HEALTH RESOURCES
MENTAL HEALTH
Resources:
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Vancouver Island Crisis Line: available 24/7, call 1‑888‑494‑3888
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Mindshift: free award-winning app by Anxiety Canada for skill-building
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Kelty's Key: Self-Help online program or Online Therapist Access
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Bounceback Canada: free online / phone 1-on-1 skill-building program for youths and adults
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Mind-Space: 8-week Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) groups for adults age17.5-75 (physician referral required). They offer three programs:
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CBT Skills Foundation Group - for life transitions, stress, depression and anxiety
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Raising Resilient Kids (RRK) - for caregivers of young kids (age 0-6yrs)
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Skills for Success (SfS) - ADHD Strategies for Adults with suspected or diagnosed ADHD
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Counselling (subsidised): Citizens' Counselling, Beacon Community Services, the Foundry (for ages 12-24)
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Registered Counsellors: Find one at the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors website
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Child and Youth: Island Health Resources for Children & Youth Mental Health
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Rolling With ADHD: free 8-module series on coping with ADHD for parents and teens
Forms:
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Depression/Anxiety - PHQ/GAD Questionnaire
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Child Anxiety- SCARED Questionnaire
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Adult ADHD - Self Report Scale
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Child ADHD - SNAP-IV Questionnaire
COMMON CONDITIONS
EXERCISES
Vertigo (BPPV): Epley Maneuver Video and Handout
Low Back Pain (SK Spine Pathway):
Neck Pain: Neck Health and Exercises (UHS Berkley)
Plantar Fasciitis: Information and Exercises (Orthoinfo)
Frozen Shoulder: Information and Exercises (NHS UK)
TMJ Syndrome: Exercises
DIETS & PREVENTION
Diabetes: Diet Basics, Low Glycemic Index Diet, and other resources (Diabetes Canada)
Gout: diet and lifestyle tips to reduce attacks
High Blood Pressure: DASH diet
High Cholesterol: Portfolio diet, Mediterranean diet
Irritable Bowel Syndrome: FODMAP diet
Kidney Disease: Kidney-Friendly Foods, Potassium-Lowering Diet, and other resources (BC Renal)
Kidney Stones: diet and lifestyle tips to reduce kidney stones
Osteoporosis:
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Treatment with Bisphosphonates / Prolia and other resources (Osteoporosis Canada)