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Mental Health Awareness/Supports

 

Danielle LeBlanc
(Child & Family Support Worker)
Mr. Andrew Laursen
(Mental Health Capacity Builder)
 
 
If you are in crisis, call 911 or click HERE for crisis supports.
Community Resources and Supports
 
Contact your local Addictions/Mental Health Services office, doctor or other health care provider if you need more information.   The following resources are also available:
 
 

Anxiety:

Does your child need help identifying the signs, symptoms and coping strategies for anxiety? This interactive site is an excellent resource if your child is looking for tools and strategies to help manage anxious thoughts and behaviours.
 
Looking for practical skills to manage stress, anxiety and depressive thoughts? This link will teach your youth ways to use their skills to calm themselves down. The skills mentioned include: calm breathing, a tense and release strategy, visualization activities, mindfulness exercises, and other helpful ways to stay balanced.
 
This Kids Help Phone resource provides additional interactive coping activities, as well as articles on how to help friends cope with anxiety, study-habit tips to reduce school anxiety, sleeping tips, and more.
 

Depression:

Are you noticing some signs or symptoms of depression in your child or teen? The links below are a great resource to go through with your child if you are questioning their mental health. It describes what depression is, as well as signs, types, and treatments for depression, and what a child can do to start feeling better.
 
 
 
Not sure how to help your friend or another family member with their depression? This next link provides detailed tools to use, such as, listening without judgement, learning about depression, encouraging them seek help, staying alert for warning signs of suicide, and remembering to take care of yourself.
 
 

Legalization of Cannabis

As part of PVSD work to support mental health and substance abuse prevention, we are providing this information to clarify details regarding the expected legalization of cannabis in Saskatchewan.
 
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SUPPORTS:

Emergency services  
9-1-1​

Kids Help Phone    Text – 686868

Kids Help Ph​one is a 24/7, national support service. It offers professional counselling, information and referrals and volunteer-led, text-based support to young people in both English and French.  Text – 686868     or Call - 1-800-668-6868

Regina Mental Health Clinic and COAST

The Adult Mental Health Clinics are part of a continuum of treatment and support services available for adults (age 18 and over). They provide a wide range of community-based services for people who are having significant problems related to their mental health and well-being. All services are provided free of charge.​

​​Community Outreach and Support Team (COAST) 306-766-7800​

COAST is a multifunctional approach to stabilizing and supporting people identified with mental health and addiction issues in the community. C​OAST services include: support transitioning home from hospital or detox, follow support as requested by psychiatry, and crisis intervention. Services are short term and intensive to support individuals while connecting them to longer-term services or until stabilization.     

​​​Al-Anon/ Ala-Teen 306-522-7500​

Al-Anon provides support to any​one affected by a relative or friends drinking.      

www.sk-alanon.ca

Caring Hearts 306-532-2787

Provides supports towards the health and wellbeing of individuals, comminutes and organizations.

www.caringheartssk.ca