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Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission www.aadac.com Anxiety Disorders Association of Canada (ADAC) www.anxietycanada.ca This website provides information on anxiety disorders, links to provincial societies and other useful organizations and pharmaceutical companies. Canadian Mental Health Association www.cmha.ca The Canadian Mental Health Association is a nation-wide charitable mental health organization. Its website has a variety of information on mental health and mental illness. Canadian Psychiatric Research Foundation www.cprf.ca HealthLine: What is Bipolar Disorder ? www.healthline.com Centre for Suicide Prevention www.suicideinfo.ca The Centre for Suicide Prevention is a non-profit organization serving thousands of people in Alberta, across Canada and around the world. The Centre has a special library on suicide and suicidal behaviour, provides training workshops for Albertans including Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) and other workshops across Canada, and supports research on suicide and suicidal behaviour. Contact the Centre for Suicide Prevention for a full description of workshops and other services offered. Centre for Addiction and Mental Health www.camh.net The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) is a leading addiction and mental health teaching hospital in Toronto. Under "About Addiction and Mental Health" it has resources on mood disorders and on concurrent disorders of mental health and substance abuse. Family and Community Resoruce Center http://www.fcrc.sacyhn.ca Located at the Alberta Children's Hospital, the Southern Alberta Family & Community Resource Centre is one of the essential components of the Southern Alberta Child & Youth Health Network. LivingWorks Education Inc. www.livingworks.net LivingWorks Education provides training courses around the world that teach people how to intervene when someone is suicidal. This organization provides ASIST training outside of Alberta, and also provides a variety of other workshops on suicide and suicidal behavious to people across Canada and beyond. Visit the LivingWorks Education website for a full description of workshops and other services offered. Mindyourmind.ca www.mindyourmind.ca Mindyourmind.ca is an award-winning, innovative Internet resource for youth who are looking for relevant information on mental health and creative stress management. Mood Disorders Society of Canada www.mooddisorderscanada.ca The Mood Disorders Society of Canada (MDSC) is a national, not-for-profit, volunteer-driven organization that is committed to improving quality of life for people affected by depression, bipolar disorder and other related disorders. Organization for Bipolar Affective Disorder www.obad.ca Public Health Agency of Canada www.phac-aspc.gc.ca Schizophrenia Society of Canada www.schizophrenia.ca The Schizophrenia Society of Canada is committed to improving the lives of those affected by schizophrenia along with their families. The site provides both information and advocacy opportunities. World Health Organization www.who.int/topics/mental_disorders/en This section of the World Health Organization has international information on mental health and mental disorders. EMDR International Association http://www.emdria.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=56 General information about the EMDR treatment method. Scientific American http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=emdr-taking-a-closer-look An article reviewing various aspects of the EMDR treatment method.