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Where to Get Mental Health Care

When you need mental health support, your options vary depending on where you live, how much money you make, whether you have access to benefits, and what language you’re most comfortable speaking.

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Online suicide prevention modules for healthcare professionals

Three hours is all it takes – to learn from lived experience, change the narrative and build a lifetime of confidence. The revamped training, Talking About Suicide: Empowering Healthcare Providers, Instilling Hope in Clients, is a free, self-directed e-course. It is accredited for family physicians and nurses but designed to be helpful to allied health professionals as well. Talking About Suicide walks participants through everything from understanding suicide and its complex causes to practical interventions and appropriate language to use.

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E-Mental Health

Living in a digital world E-mental health Technology can bridge the gap between need and access. But… There is always a “but”. Technology is not

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E-Mental Health Strategy

An E-Mental Health Strategy for Canada In response to the burgeoning use of e-mental health (e-MH) solutions and resources in Canada, the Mental Health Commission

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