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RESOURCES FOR PARENTS:
MENTAL HEALTH: STIGMA

For more information, see our Health Topics section on Mental Health Stigma.

	Talking About Mental Illness: A Guide for Developing an Awareness Program for Youth
	Centre for Addiction and Mental Health	English
	Available at: AFM William Potoroka Memorial Library (borrow) (Toll-free: 1-866-805-8885)
	This guide contains information, support, and tools to bring about positive change in young people's knowledge about mental illness and in reducing stigma that surrounds mental illness.

	Tearing Away the Myths of Mental Illness
	Canadian Mental Health Association	English
	Available at: Canadian Mental Health Association CMHA Mental Health Education Resource Centre of Manitoba (borrow) (Toll-free: 1-866-997-9918)
	Provides basic information and address some of the myths and the effects of stigma and stereotyping. The audience is taken through the various stages of dealing with mental illness - from symptoms to reaction of friends and family, to finding help, coping on a personal level and working together towards recovery.

	Understanding Mental Illness
	Canadian Mental Health Association	English/French
	Information about understanding mental illness.

	National Mental Health Awareness Campaign
	National Mental Health Awareness Campaign	English
	This site is dedicated to battling the sigma, shame, and myths about mental illness.

For more information about
Healthy Schools, please contact:

Healthy Schools
Phone: (204) 788-6679
Email: healthyschools@gov.mb.ca

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