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Resources
- Clinical Global Impression (CGI)
- Mental Health & High School Curriculum Training (Full Evaluation Report)
- Mental Health & High School Curriculum Training (Executive Summary Evaluation)
- Teening Your Parent
- Parenting Your Teen
- Evaluation of the Health Provider Training Depression #2
- Academy in School Mental Health 2012: Three Day Complete Agenda
- Understanding Brain Injury in Adolescence
- Brain Injury Guide for Youth
- My Brother/Sister Has a Mental Illness: A Guide For Young People Ages 11-16
- My Brother/Sister Has a Mental Illness, But What Does That Mean. A Guide For Young People Ages 17-24
- IDENTIFICATION DIAGNOSIS & TREATMENT OF ADOLESCENT DEPRESSION (MDD) (Spanish)
- Evergreen: document-cadre en matiere de sante mentale des enfants et les adolescents au Canada
- IDENTIFICATION DIAGNOSIS & TREATMENT OF ADOLESCENT DEPRESSION (MDD)
- Evergreen: A Youth Mental Health Framework for Canada (English)
- Échelle de dépression pour adolescents de Kutcher (KADS) (French)
- Mental Health Literacy For Educators Evaluation #4
- Evaluation of the Educator Training in Adolescent Depression and Suicide Program
- Teachers Resource Guide for Virtual Classroom
- MED ED Booklet
- Evaluation of the Health Provider Training in Adolescent Depression and Suicide Program
- Mental Health Literacy For Educators Evaluation #3
- Gatekeeper Training for Educators
- Mental Health Literacy For Educators Evaluation #2
- The Effectiveness and Safety of Suicide Postvention Programs
- Systematic Review of Suicide Postvention Programs
- Mental Health Integration and Navigation (MH-IN) Evaluation Report
- Mental Health Training for Youth Service Providers
- Youth Mental Health for Health Care Professionals Training Evaluation
- Mental Health Literacy For Educators Training Evaluation
- Mental Health and High School Curriculum
- Mental Health and High School Curriculum (French)
- School Mental Health Teachers Training Guide (French)
- School Mental Health Teachers Training Guide (English)
- Transitions (Canadian Version)
- Transitions (French Version)
- Transitions (US Version)
- IDENTIFICATION DIAGNOSIS & TREATMENT OF ADOLESCENT DEPRESSION (MDD)
- IDENTIFICATION DIAGNOSIS & TREATMENT OF ADOLESCENT DEPRESSION (MDD) (Spanish)
- Support After Youth Suicide
- Evidence Based Medicine For Patients
- Evidence Based Medicine For Youth
- La médecine factuelle à l’intention des patients (French)
- Are You Coping With Suicidal Thoughts (brochure)
- Coping with Suicidal Thoughts
- Understanding My Medications
- Understanding My Medications (French)
- Taking it Global Guide to Mental Health Action
- Guide to Understanding Adolescent Major Depressive Disorder (MDD)
- Guide to Panic Disorder
- KUTCHER ADOLESCENT DEPRESSION SCALE (KADS) Spanish
- KUTCHER ADOLESCENT DEPRESSION SCALE (KADS) German
- KUTCHER ADOLESCENT DEPRESSION SCALE (KADS) Chinese
- KUTCHER ADOLESCENT DEPRESSION SCALE (KADS) Albanian
- KUTCHER ADOLESCENT DEPRESSION SCALE (KADS) Polish
- KUTCHER ADOLESCENT DEPRESSION SCALE (KADS) Korean
- KUTCHER ADOLESCENT DEPRESSION SCALE (KADS) Portuguese
- KUTCHER ADOLESCENT DEPRESSION SCALE (KADS) Serbian
- KUTCHER ADOLESCENT DEPRESSION SCALE (KADS) English
- 11 ITEM (KADS) (Turkish)
- 11 ITEM (KADS) (Portuguese)
- 11 ITEM (KADS)
- Cheil Kutcher Side Effects Scale (CKS)
- Outil de résultats thérapeutiques en santé mentale (TOT) (French)
- Mental Health Therapeutic Outcomes Tool (TOT)
- Panic Attack Diary
- Mood Enhancing Prescription (MEP) (Spanish)
- Mood Enhancing Prescription (MEP)
- Conseils pour l’amélioration de l’humeur (MEP) (French)
- Psychotherapeutic Support for Teens (PST) (Spanish)
- Soutien psychothérapique pour adolescents (PST) (French)
- Psychotherapeutic Support for Teens (PST)
- TeFA (Spanish)
- Evaluation fonctionnelle pour adolescent (TeFA) (French)
- TeFA
- Outil d’évaluation du risque suicidaire chez l’adolescent (TASR-A) (French)
- TASR-A (Polish)
- TASR-A (Spanish)
- TASR-A (Turkish)
- TASR-A (Chinese)
- TASR-A
- Kutcher Generalized Social Anxiety Scale for Adolescents (KGSADS) (Spanish)
- Kutcher Generalized Social Anxiety Scale for Adolescents (KGSADS)
Media Room
- Providing Ways to Increase Awareness About Adolescent Brain Injury
- Haligonian wins top CIHR award to fund research in mental health education programs for teens
- Fighting Stigma with Humour: Youth Advisory Committee Launches Stigma Fighting PSA
- Canadian Psychiatric Association Awards Dr. Stan Kutcher with J.M. Cleghorn Award
- Building a Community of Support: Support After Youth Suicide Booklet Launches
- Sun Life Financial Chair In Adolescent Mental Health (Media Backgrounders)
New Initiatives
About Us
Glossary
- Avolition
- Alogia
- Flattened Affect
- Blunted Affect
- Disorganized speech and behaviour
- Hallucinations
- Youth
- Suicidal Plan
- Suicidal Intent
- Suicidal Ideation
- Remission
- Risk factor
- Psychological treatment (psychotherapy)
- Psychosis:
- Neuroscience
- Neurodevelopment
- Mood Disorders
- Mood
- Mental Health Professional
- Mental Health Issue
- Mental Health
- Mental Disorder
- Knowledge Translation
- Informed Consent
- Grandiosity
- Hormones
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder
- Evidence-Based Medicine
- Diagnosis
- Distress
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- Cognition
- Clinical Trial
- Bexting
- Circadian Rhythm
- Anxiety
- Agoraphobia
- Addiction
- Delusion
- Depression
Blog
- Head Injury: Dealing with an important mental health concern in youth
- What Causes or Prevents Mental Disorder?
- Informing Canadians about Mental Health: the media has a lot to answer for
- How Can Some People Be So Far Out of Touch?
- The Elephant in the Room: mental disorder or mental health problem
- The right care when you need it!
- Stigma’s Role in Perpetuating the Cycle
- Teachers Can Make A Difference—My Experience with Mental Illness
- If we don’t build it, it can’t work…
- Who’s the Professional?
- What’s next?
- Preventing Youth Suicide: Doing the right thing or not?
- Digital Media and Mental Health—Another Opinion
- Understanding Teens—Is it Possible?
- It’s Time To Focus On Triumphs
- New mtvU & Associated Press Poll Examines College Students’ Mental Health
- If the world were a village of 100…
- Parental Anguish, Teen Angst
- Getting the Message
- Reading Between the Lines
- Protection of Privacy or Impediment to Care?
- Data Clarifies “Sexting” Panic
- Does Anonymity Breed Cruelty?
- Is it Boys or is it ADHD?
- Even, if that means letting go of our opinions.
- A Global Opportunity to Advance Mental Health: Can we grasp it?
- Helping Early May Help in Unexpected Ways
- The Academy in Mental Health for Educators: A new opportunity
- Stigma’s Role in Perpetuating the Cycle
- Helping Students with ADHD Achieve Success: Tips for Teachers
- How do I talk to my teenager about suicide?
- Parents Can Make A Difference
- Youth have a Say in Mental Health Research
- Substance Use and Mental Health Care, Can They Co-Exist?
- Reaching Out Can Make the Difference
- Moving the Mental Health Agenda Forward in Canada
- Teachers Can Make A Difference—My Experience with Mental Illness
- Nova Scotia and its mental health plan: how is it going?
- New Brunswick and its new mental health plan: how will it go forward?
- Charlie Sheen, the Media Circus and Mental Disorder
- Can Facebook Prevent Suicides?
- Mental Health in Schools Act
- Mental Health and Universities: the SFU innovation
- Check This Out
- Modern Technology and the Brain – is it Chicken Little all over again?
- When is behavior an illness?
- Back to School
- If we don’t build it, it can’t work…
- Human rights, gender issues and suicide
- The Healing Touch
- So what is the allure of the drugs and alcohol and creativity connection?
- Suicide Prevention Programs, Do They Work?
- You Can Make a Difference
- Who’s the Professional?
- The police and mental health
- Who Makes the Decisions?
- What’s next?
- Preventing Youth Suicide: Doing the right thing or not?
- Girls not boys and definitely not in between or beyond (another opinion)
- Advancing mental health through gender equality
- Digital Media and Mental Health—Another Opinion
- Digital Media and Mental Health
- Preventing Tragic Outcomes Starts with Us
- Early onset of mental disorder hurts – in your wallet
- Show Me the Evidence
- Understanding Teens—Is it Possible?
- Should we fix child and youth mental health first?
- Lets make everyone feel good and ignore those who need help!
- Anxiety: Flight or Fight?
- Whatever Were They Thinking?
- How about a mental health day!
- How much longer before action?
- Doing the right thing in mental health programs
- Using What Works and NOT Using What Does Not Work
- More on the word depression
- A mind at sleep is a mind at rest
- Presents for Christmas
- Doing better with Depression
- Suicide attempt or self-harm: does it matter?
- Sleep – A Teenagers Best Friend
- Understanding Youth Suicide
- Mental Illness can impact anyone
- Suicide Prevention – Time to Get On With What We Know Works
- It’s Time To Focus On Triumphs
- Mental health in schools: How teachers have the power to make a difference
- Stigma associated with mental illness runs deep
- Teens aware of marijuana harm and impact on mental health
- Kutcher Adolescent Depression Scale for the iPhone
- New mtvU & Associated Press Poll Examines College Students’ Mental Health
- School Mental Health: The Next Frontier
- YoungMinds launches youth mental health video and manifesto
- Nova Scotia Releases Report on Suicide, Attempted Suicide
- Mental illness ad campaings: sexy, edgy or emotional?
- Evergreen Child and Youth Mental Health Survey
- How to Spread your Cause: A Child and Youth Mental Health Case Study
- Youth Mental Health on Facebook
- Stigma associated with Mental Illness: A long road ahead
- Animated Minds: Part II
- Teenmentalhealth.org wins Gemstone Award of Excellence in Web Communications
- Animated Minds: Youth make movies about mental health
Ask an Expert
- How should I be involved with the doctors when they to figure out what is ‘wrong’ with my child?
- How Can I Get a Second or Third Opinion?
- Is there a residential care treatment centre in Canada for youth and adults that self-harm?
- How should I be involved with the doctors when they to figure out what is ‘wrong’ with my child?
- How can I help my son/daughter engage with their friends after being diagnosed?
- How can I tell if a medication is working?
- Who can I talk to about my medications?
- What happens when I start taking a medication for mental illness?
- Why are medications for mental illnesses prescribed?
- How do medications for mental illness work?
- Myth: Mental illnesses are totally hereditary.
- Myth: Mental disorders are caused by the stresses of everyday life.
- Myth: Treatments for mental disorders are not usually effective.
- Myth: Mental disorders are a consequence of bad parenting or personal weakness.
- Myth: People with mental disorders are usually violent.
- Myth: People who are mentally ill will not get better.
- Myth: Mental disorders are rare.
- Myth: People with mental illness are unable to lead productive lives.
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