Bringing a new baby into the family can be challenging at the best of times, both physically and emotionally. It is natural for new parents to experience mood swings, feeling joyful one minute and depressed the next. These feelings are sometimes known as the ‘baby blues,’ and often go away […]Continue readingPostpartum Depression
Mental Health
Mental health is not only the avoidance of serious mental illness. Your mental health is affected by numerous factors from your daily life, including the stress of balancing work with your health and relationships. In this section you will find resources to help you stay mentally fit and healthy.
Preventing Suicide
Suicide. It’s a difficult topic to bring up. However, when someone talks about suicide or brings up concern for a loved one, it’s important to take action and seek help quickly.Continue readingPreventing Suicide
Psychotherapy
Psychotherapy is a common treatment for many mental illnesses. It may also be very helpful for people who want to better manage aspects of their lives like stress, relationship problems, anger, or physical health concerns. Psychotherapy may take place on its own or alongside other treatments.Continue readingPsychotherapy
Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a serious mental illness. One of the biggest myths around the illness is that it isn’t treatable. With the right supports, people can work or volunteer, be active in their own care, and contribute to their communities.Continue readingSchizophrenia
Social Support
People need other people. Social support can help us cope with setbacks, solve problems, improve self-esteem and even manage health problems and stress.Continue readingSocial Support
Stress
We all talk about stress, but we’re not always clear about what it is. Stress comes from both the good and the bad things that happen to us. If we didn’t feel any stress, we wouldn’t be alive! Stress may feel overwhelming at times, but there are many strategies to […]Continue readingStress
Supporting a Loved One
When someone you love has been diagnosed with a mental illness, you feel a mixture of emotions. Concern, compassion, disbelief, anger, relief, anxiety, grief, love, guilt – any and all of these emotions are understandable and normal.Continue readingSupporting a Loved One
Talking to Teens
We know that teens want open lines of communication with their parents. Teens who are connected to caring adults they can turn to tend to feel better and do better.Continue readingTalking to Teens
Toward Recovery
For many people, recovery is bigger than treatment services. Hope, social connections, purpose, and stability are also key. Peer support, support groups, employment programs, housing supports, and income supports are some of the services that can help you achieve your goals.Continue readingToward Recovery
Understanding Substance Use
All substance use is on a spectrum from helpful to harmful, and in some instances can be both. How and why people use alcohol or drugs can move them closer to helpful use or closer to harmful use.Continue readingUnderstanding Substance Use