LibGuides: Mental Wellness: Find Websites

Websites

BC First Responders' Mental Health
Firefighters, paramedics, and law enforcement officers experience traumas and stressors on the job that are unlike those seen in most other occupations. B.C. First Responders Mental Health Committee is working collaboratively to provide cross-organizational leadership and recommend practices that promote positive mental health for first responders across the province.
The LifeLine Canada Foundation
This website offers resources and services for the First Responder community to understand the various steps of a PTSD program from managing a crisis through to implementing best practices into an existing program.
Mental Health Commission of Canada - First Responders
The MHCC helps build capacity to advance the mental health of first responders and improve their interactions with people living with mental health problems and illnesses. Through stakeholder collaboration, the MHCC develops and adapts training tools and resources to enable first responder organizations to adopt comprehensive mental wellness strategies, focused both internally and externally.

B.C.'s Hub for Workplace Mental Health
Workplace mental health has never been more important. BC’s Hub for Workplace Mental Health is here to help.
BC Mental Health and Substance Use Services
BC Mental Health & Substance Use Services provides a network of services for BC residents across the province.
The Canadian Alliance on Mental Illness and Mental Health (CAMIMH)
Established in 1998, CAMIMH is an alliance of national organizations whose activities span the broad continuum of mental health.
Canadian Mental Health Association
The Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) is the most established, most extensive community mental health organization in Canada. Through a presence in more than 330 communities across every province and one territory, CMHA provides advocacy, programs and resources that help to prevent mental health problems and illnesses, support recovery and resilience, and enable all Canadians to flourish and thrive.
Capacity to Connect: Supporting Students’ Mental Health and Wellness
"Capacity to Connect: Supporting Students’ Mental Health and Wellness" includes a facilitator’s guide with handouts and a PowerPoint presentation. This adaptable training resource covers foundational mental health and wellness knowledge for post-secondary faculty and staff and ways to support students in distress. It can be used for two-hour online or in-person training or for self-study.
Health Canada - Mental Health and Wellness
Health Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada support mental health research, develop programs and policies designed to promote and support the needs of people with mental health problems and disorders.
HealthLink BC Mental Health Resources
Lists the numerous mental health and substance use related services and resources available to British Columbians.
HeretoHelp
HeretoHelp is a project of the BC Partners for Mental Health and Substance Use Information.
MindHealthBC
Developed by Vancouver Coastal Health and Providence Health Care in partnership with the Shared Care Committee – a joint committee of the Doctors of BC and the Ministry of Health, MindHealthBC is a tool you can trust.
More Feet on the Ground
The goal of this website is to help you better understand mental health on your campus and help your fellow students. We encourage you to read the modules and take the quizzes, to test what you have learned.

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Developed by the Council of Ontario Universities, Brock University, and the Centre for Innovation in Campus Mental Health, which is funded by the Ontario Government.
Public Health Agency of Canada - Mental Health
This site is designed to provide convenient access to a range of online materials related to the promotion of mental health, the planning, delivery, cost and evaluation of mental health programs and services in Canada, and the mental health issues, problems and disorders encountered by Canadians. The information is drawn from many areas within the Public Health Agency of Canada and other federal departments and agencies. Selected links to other sites are also included.

Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention
The Association works towards reducing the suicide rate and minimizing the harmful consequences of suicide by advocating, supporting and educating.
Canadian Mental Health Association - Preventing Suicide
Provides information on preventing suicide, grief after suicide, and youth and suicide.
Centre for Suicide Prevention
A branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association, Centre for Suicide Prevention is a non-profit education centre, established in 1981. Check out their Resources section - multimedia, publications, statistics.
Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention Centre of British Columbia
Crisis Centre is an independent, non-profit society that exists to provide community services including: a free and confidential, 24-hour distress line providing immediate, non-judgmental support and community resources; stress management and suicide prevention education programs for youth; after-hours distress line support for other agencies; training volunteers and other community members in crisis intervention and suicide prevention; and much more.
Let’s Talk About Suicide: Raising Awareness and Supporting Students
Open access eBook. This adaptable resource offers a sensitive, respectful, and detailed training on suicide awareness and response.

Evaluating Websites

Anyone can publish on the internet. Always evaluate a website to make sure it is a reliable and authoritative source.

Ask yourself these questions:

Authority

Is the author/producer easy to identify?
Are the author's credentials listed?
Is the author's affiliation easy to determine (e.g. university, government)

Content

Are there errors or discrepancies on the site?
Is the content appropriate for your needs?
Is there sufficient coverage of the topic?

Currency

Can you find the date that the site was created?
Was the site updated recently?
Do the links on the site work?

Objectivity

Is the information factual or opinion?
Is the site trying to sell something that seems too good to be true?
Is the information consistent with other sources you’ve found?
Is the source of the information provided?

More Information

Checklist for Evaluating Web Sites (Word document) (University of Maryland)

Evaluate Websites
It's important to always evaluate sources before using them in an assignment. This guide gives some quick tips on what to look for in a website.