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Unemployment, Mental Health and Substance Use
9 August 2016Seventy to 90% of people living with serious mental illnesses in Canada are unemployed. Research tells us that most people living with a serious mental illness want to work, but few do find work—and, often, the work doesn’t meet their goals or abilities.
Visions: BC’s Mental Health and Addictions Journal
9 August 2016Visions is an award-winning quarterly magazine that brings together many views on mental health and substance use. It’s a place to explore different aspects of wellness, share your own experiences, learn from others, and discuss ideas.
Training for Police and Other First Responders
9 August 2016Learn about crisis intervention and mental health training available for police and other first responders.
Criminal Justice
9 August 2016These resources and fact sheets were developed through our projects on mental health and the criminal justice system.
Engaging People with Lived Experience
9 August 2016Embracing the voice of people with mental illness and addiction is one of the key values of CMHA. This workbook is designed to help CMHA and other like-minded service providers bring this value to life through their work.
Family and Youth Peer Support
9 August 2016The Strengthening Family and Youth Voices project was a province-wide project exploring the role of peer support in child and youth mental health.
Privacy and Information Sharing Resources
9 August 2016These guides are to serve as reference tools for practitioners, individuals and families that access the mental health and substance use system of care.
Cross-cultural Mental Health
9 August 2016Our communities are culturally diverse. We know that mental health and substance use problems affect everyone, regardless of their background, culture or ethnicity, but current mental health and substance use services may not be able to respond to the diverse needs of our community members.
Violence, Mental Illness and Substance Use
9 August 2016We see mental illness, substance use and violence connected often—in the news, on TV shows, and in movies. The relationship between violence, mental illnesses and substance use is more complex than we see in the media.
Many different factors increase the risk of violence.