Taking Control of Your Mental Health: Tips for Talking With Your Health Care Provider Don’t wait for your health care provider to ask about your mental health. Start the conversation. Here are five tips to help prepare and guide you on how to talk to your health care...
The most common definition of ‘health’ is one given by the World Health Organization (WHO) over 50 years ago as: “...a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.”
People of all ages and at all levels of society use substances for various reasons. However, just because a person may use a substance does not mean that the person has a substance-related problem or disorder. There are many factors that determine when the use of a...
A variety of terms are used to describe mental health problems: mental disorder, mental illness, poor mental health, psychiatric illness, nervous breakdown, and burnout. There are also numerous slang terms that are less than flattering. These terms do not give much...
The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) defines mental health as: “...the capacity of each and all of us to think, and act, in ways that enhance our ability to enjoy life and deal with the challenges we face. It is a positive sense of emotional and spiritual...