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YouTube and Youth Engagement

Whether you’ve been on YouTube or not, I’m sure you’ve heard about what it’s used for. It’s a video sharing website where users can upload, share and view videos from all over the world from all kinds of people on a vast variety of topics. Searching mental health, depression or autism will generate hundreds of results. Some of my favourite results are the videos uploaded by youth sharing their experiences with mental health. Read more »

Submitted by Peter on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 11:01

Depression

The Jack Project

Jack Windeler was 18-years-old and completing his first year at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ont. He started to miss classes and stopped handing in assignments. He was spending more time in his dorm room with the door closed and started to withdraw from his friends. To Jack’s University friends, these signs didn’t strike them as odd at first but looking back now, the warning signs were all there. Read more »

Submitted by Peter on Wed, 12/21/2011 - 14:16

Depression

Ontario Shores gets the ball rolling on mental health education in schools

Mental health education is finally making an appearance in the school curriculum. I am so thrilled about this. Read more »

Submitted by Peter on Thu, 10/20/2011 - 12:15

Let's remove the stigma before suicide hits the headlines again

I’m sure most of you would agree that the headlines splashed across our newspapers over the past couple of weeks have been heartbreaking. Suicide has been a topic of conversation for the past few months, which is both a good thing and a bad thing. Read more »

Submitted by Peter on Fri, 09/30/2011 - 10:14

Depression

The heartbreaking effects of stigma

It’s tough to remember a time when the term “suicide” was used more in mainstream media than in the last few weeks. Read more »

Submitted by Peter on Tue, 09/13/2011 - 07:20

Depression

Athletes are not immune from mental illness

At 28 years old, Tom Cavanagh, in the eyes of many, had already accomplished a lot. Read more »

Submitted by Peter on Thu, 01/13/2011 - 14:51

Young advocates for CMH are invaluable

There is no shortage of challenges facing child and youth mental health.

In Ontario, we often site funding, geography and awareness as three obstacles between providing service and reaching the children and young people who need us. However, when it comes to mental health, the elephant in room is always stigma. Read more »

Submitted by Peter on Thu, 12/23/2010 - 08:55

CAMH takes aim at depression and stigma

New depression prevention and anti-stigma facilitator manual available
Girls Talk is a program for young women that promotes understanding and awareness about depression. A facilitator's manual for the program is now available free from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH).

The program, which targets girls 13 to 16, aims to provide a safe place for young women to connect and learn about the contributing factors to depression through artistic and recreational activities. Read more »

Submitted by SOKMH on Fri, 11/27/2009 - 12:19