All posts in Spring 2011

CMHO’s ABOUT THE “CHANGE THE VIEW” 2012 VIDEO CONTEST

1 in 5 kids has mental health issues. You can help create a more positive outlook. Make a video that shows how we can all take the stigma out of kids’ mental health issues like stress, depression, eating disorders, ADHD, …

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Sens Foundation: For Greater Goals

It’s the support from the community that has been the catalyst for the success of the Sens Foundation. That support, combined with the strength of Ottawa Senators Hockey

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Mental Health Starts At Home

I wonder how much longer I will have to suffer like this, one teen wrote to Kids Help Phone. I hate living like this. I have plans and

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Why You Should Care About Your Neighbourhood

The broken window is a metaphor for the effects of minor crime in communities. The theory states that if minor crimes in a community are allowed to happen,

Crime Prevention Pays

Crime Prevention Pays: Why Stopping Crime Before It Happens Saves Us All

It seems like a simple concept: if you do the crime you do the time. Many of us like the balance of this cause and effect equation -

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Bill 168: Workplace Violence

“You see that guy watching the store? He’s just staring at us.” “That one, wearing the grey coat, sitting on the bench in the mall right in

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Teenage Suicide: Is Your Child At Risk Because of Bullying?

According to the World Health Organization (WHO) nearly a million people worldwide commit suicide each year. Out of that number, about 30,000 people reportedly kill themselves each year

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Inhalant abuse: What parents should know

What is inhalant abuse?

Inhalant or solvent abuse is when someone intentionally breathes in or sniffs common toxic substances (chemicals) to get a high. It is also called huffing

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The Role of the Media in Shaping Attitudes Towards Mental Health

The often negative ways that the media portray mental illnesses, is something of which many mental health consumers are painfully aware.  Distorted and demeaning images of mental illnesses

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Youth, Crime, and Mental Health: Causes, Links, and Solutions

Most individuals in law enforcement, politics, education, and research agree that Mental Health issues have an important impact on the creation and maintenance of criminal behaviour. This may