Mental Health Across the Lifespan
IN THIS ISSUE: Making Mental Health a Lifelong Investment – Teach Your Children Well: Lessons in Stress and Self-Esteem for Kids – Talkin’ about My Generation – A Labour of Love – Building Lynx: A Rural Early Psychosis Intervention Program Sows the Seeds of Success – Remodelling the Village: Supporting Parents with Mental Illness – Minding Our Elders: Mental Health in Long-Term Care – The Gold Standard: Ontario’s Depression Strategy Vol. 22, No. 3
Guest Editorial
Making Mental Health a Lifelong Investment
Teach Your Children Well
Anti-anxiety and self-esteem programs can help kids cope with difficult situations in a healthy way
Talkin’ about My Generation
The Mind Your Mind website encourages young people to speak to one another about mental illness through personal stories and creative expression
A Labour of Love
A mother and daughter team create an online resource that inspires others to get help early
Building Lynx
CMHA Peterborough Branch and a network of community partners create a culture of early intervention for people experiencing psychosis
Remodelling the Village
Parents with mental illness face poverty, isolation, and the fear of losing their children, while adult mental health services and children’s aid struggle to collaborate and keep families intact
Minding Our Elders
Mental health services are few and far between for seniors in long-term care homes
The Gold Standard
Mental health must remain a priority for the Ontario government, including a depression strategy that supports mental health across the lifespan
Remembering and Celebrating a Good Life
Jack Griffin Education and Research Endowment Fund
Re: Cover
Mark Belvedere, Would You Love Me through the Winter, #9 (top) and #10 (bottom) (both Giclée, 22” x 16.5”). Reproduced by permission. This work appears in the Being Scene 2006 art exhibit at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto.