Stress, Anxiety, & Depression
Empathy
Empathy is key to people understanding and helping others who have mental health issues, including stress, anxiety, and depression, as well as just being a good human being.
How to build Empathy in Teens
How to build Empathy in Teens
Empathy Videos
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Stress
Stress is not the enemy! Our stress reaction is what prepares us to play a sport, video game, write a test, etc. It gets us more focused and ready to perform, and if we can change how we think about stress it can affect us differently!
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Information on Stress (Causes, Impact, Signs, and Ways to Help):
Tips to benefit your long term mental health --> Mental Fitness Tips
- Canadian Mental Health Association defines --> "What is Stress?"
- Other sources on stress information and ways to manage:
- The CDC --> Symptoms/Reactions & Healthy Ways of Coping
- Health Canada --> Symptoms, (Health) Effects, & Managing
- Other sources on stress information and ways to manage:
Tips to benefit your long term mental health --> Mental Fitness Tips
Anxiety
Information on Anxiety (Causes, Impact, Signs, and Ways to Help):
Tips to benefit your long term mental health --> Mental Fitness Tips
Depression
Talk about Depression:
Some people do not show signs of depression and often keep quiet due to the stigma attached. Suicide is the second leading cause of death, in Canada, for people aged 14-34 years. So, it is very important that we remove the stigma of depression so more people can get help. Information on Depression (Causes, Impact, Signs, and Ways to Help): |
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Mental Health Tips & Helpful Worksheets:
- Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Sheets that can help work through anxious thoughts:
- More CBT Sheets to aid in changing thoughts and therefore behaviours around dealing with mental health:
- Understanding how Thoughts, Feelings, and Actions are connected
- Everyone is guilty of these Thinking Errors & Cognitive Distortions and must practice to avoid or work through them:
- Tips for parents to help kids:
- Healthlink Information on helping adolescents with stress management
- Healthlink BC on adolescent health topics
Mental Health Resources:
Mental Health Resources:
- Youthspace --> Safe Place to talk (online or text) with someone about stress, etc.
- Anxiety BC
- Resource to help be aware of your mental health, including creating a "My Anxiety Plan" and the "Mindshift" App
- Mindcheck is a website that has information on mental health as well as quizzes to check on your well-being.
- CMHA (Canadian Mental Health Association) has links to brochures on helping with different issues
- Kelty Mental Health --> Have a lot of information to help and learn more
- Kids Help Phone (1- 800 - 668 - 6868) --> Call, Text, Live Chat Online to speak to someone who can help 24/7
Mindfullness help with stress and anxiety
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Body Image, Relationships, Healthy diet lessons.pdf | |
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Lesson Plans to talk about Mental Health.pdf | |
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Lessons on Anxiety & Depression.pdf | |
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