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Achieving positive mental health
When was the last time you asked someone at the gym what was ailing them? Chances are the person on the Stairmaster beside you is exercising to increase their physical well-being, not fight a...read more
Anxiety disorders
It can drive us to be creative under pressure, warn us of danger or spur us to take action in the face of a crisis. It can also freeze us in our tracks. But like it or not, anxiety is an intense state that most Canadians expe...read more
Children, youth and mental disorders
Though Canada prides itself on its universal health care system, mental health services for children and youth are not keeping pace with the high rates of depression, suicide, eating disorder...read more
Cross-train your brain
Millions of people pursue exercise regimens to help them stay physically fit as they age. But what can you do to help your mind stay resilient and youthful as you grow older? The good news is, quite a lot. He...read more
Down's Syndrome, a developmental disability
Down's Syndrome is a condition someone is born with which causes learning disabilities, caused by an extra 'number 21' chromosome. It can come from either the mother or the father and there is no way to predict it. Down's Syn...read more
Experimenting with your consciousness
A desire to experience an altered state of consciousness has been a feature of human culture from time immemorial. In the search for mood and mind altering substances, humankind has long experimented and take...read more
Getting support for your problems
Counselling Counselling takes place when a counsellor sees you in a private and confidential setting to explore a difficulty you are having or distress you may be experiencing. No one can properly be 'sent' ...read more
Homesickness, what might help?
What is homesickness? Most people will have felt homesick at some time in their lives, perhaps when they were younger, and it is easy to forget just how overwhelming it can be. Beginning life at university n...read more
How to help yourself when you're depressed?
There are some things you can try which have been shown to help lift a depressed mood. These involve changing your behaviour and challenging your negative thoughts. Changing behaviour Peopl...read more
Mental-emotional imbalances
This is a huge subject and I am not planning on covering everything here. I am going to give an outline of the role acupuncture can have in the treatment of mental & emotional imbalances....read more
Stress: we all know what it can feel like
In 2005, close to a quarter of British Columbians indicated that they had "quite a lot" of life stress; around two-thirds had "some stress." It's an everyday part of life and part of what ...read more
The mechanics: how anger occurs
Understanding the 'mechanics' of your anger is the first step in mastering this mood. Anger: The 'Shoulds' One common way of setting yourself up to become angry is to have a version of how things should b...read more
What causes mental health issues?
Stress It is very hard to cope with too much stress. Change can be very hard whether it is the loss of a loved one, moving etc. Young people get a huge amount of pressure on them to succeed and perform from ...read more
What is clinical depression?
A depressive illness is a "whole body" disorder, involving one's physiology, biochemistry, mood, thoughts and behavior. It affects the way you eat and sleep, the way you think and feel about yoursel...read more
Why the panic habit begins
Because panics commonly begin for no apparent reason the question Why is this happening? is a common initial response to them. Understanding how and why they begin certainly helps in dealing with them because...read more
