Mental Health
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Hot Tip for Mental Health!

Your health records may not be immediately available to ER, or to other health regions, or when you change doctors, or are traveling.  Have your own & family members' health summaries ready and take copies with you.

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Mental Emergencies

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In an Emergency

• Know when/who to call for help, and when it is more serious than a family/friend should manage with you
• 911 - Fire, Police, Ambulance (about 911​)
• 811 - Nursing Hotline (about 811)
  
• ​Drug interactions checker​​

Children and Teens

• Kids Help Phone: 1-800-668-6868 or live chat counselling on the website.
• Kids Help Phone - online info topics for kids

Get Ready for Emergencies

• Be ready to leave - have some cash on hand, fuel in car, cell phone charged,  to-go kit ready.​
• ICE your phone (In Case of Emergency, call ___)
• keep immunizations updated (shingles, flu, hepatitis, etc.)
• Drug interactions checker
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Keep Good Health records

•  Make a medications/conditions list ready and post it on your refrigerator for 911 and have a copy in your wallet  
  • examples as pdf, doc, rtf 
•  Interior Health MyHealthPortal for your lab test results and reports

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Mental Health Info

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Mental Health Resources

• The Canadian Mental Health Association has a 24-hour helpline: 1-833- 456-4566 
• Klinic Crisis Line 1-888-322-3019 
• Crisis Line Association of BC

1800SUICIDE (24 hours): 1-800-784-2433
Mental Health Support (24 hours): 310-6789

• Mental Health Conditions info
• Ask Wellness​
• BC Health Link​
• Canadian Mental Health​​

Good Basic Info Sources​​​​​

• Mayo Clinic health info
• National Institute of Health (US medical research)
• Medline Plus health info
• Health Canada​​
• Women's Health​​

Children and Youth Mental Health 

• Autism - EmbraceAutism.com
• video - "9 signs of poor boundaries" ​
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Staying Healthy

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Aging and Mental Health

• McMaster Optimal Ageing portal

Dementia

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Alzheimers

• Alzheimer Society of Canada​