Resources for General Mental Health
Finding a Therapist
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Psychology Today - An online resource for finding therapists, online counseling, support groups, and treatment facilities. Enter your postal code, city, or name and browse through a number of local options.
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eMental Health - A web-based resource that offers a publicly accessible database of resources specific to a desired city. A feature of this site is that you can specify what mental health topic you want resources for (i.e., depression)and the city you are in and instantly information regarding what supports are available near you.
Self-Esteem
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A Comprehensive Guide to Overcoming Your Low Self-Esteem - 449 Recovery - 449 Recovery has created a comprehensive guide that provides information and tips for understanding and ultimately building up self-esteem.
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Centre for Clinical Interventions - CCI has online resources such as worksheets and information pages to help inform users and offer well researched methods for improving self-esteem.
More Resource Guides
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National Institute for Mental Health (NIMH) - NIMH envisions a world in which mental illnesses are prevented and cured. The mission of NIMH is to transform the understanding and treatment of mental illnesses through basic and clinical research, paving the way for prevention, recovery, and cure.
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MentalHealthLiteracy.org - A Calgary-based organization committed to creating and delivering the highest quality mental health literacy information, research, education, and resources. They provide materials in a variety of mediums that include videos, animations, brochures, e-books, face-to-face training programs, and online training programs, specifically designed to meet the needs of children, youth, young adults, families, educators, community agencies and health care providers.