Resource Tag: DIRECTORIES

This manual provides an overview of the mental health system in Central Alberta. Contents include information on: accessing services; schizophrenia; taking care of yourself; depression; manic depression; choosing a therapist; income assistance; the Mental Health Act of Alberta; & mental health services in Central Alberta. It concludes with a glossary of terms & a brief […]

This directory was developed to help meet the suicide prevention needs of people in British Columbia. Over 200 entries are listed in a summary format & cross-referenced into 3 indexes. Services listed include: community emergency & crisis intervention; hospices; hospitals & clinics; mental health centres; government offices; churches; schools; police departments & victim services; & […]

This pamphlet outlines the development of telephone services in the Ukraine & the aims of the national organization. Some statistics about the types of call received & the callers are presented. A brief directory concludes the pamphlet.

This document includes an information tree, & Protocols & follow-up procedures for youth suicide, adult suicide, professional personnel suicide, cluster/multiple suicide, & homicide/suicide. Appendices include a list of care-giver resources & papers describing the development process of the community post-vention protocols, & operational guidelines of the critical incident stress interventions protocol. These protocols were developed […]

This edition of the Help Directory has over 800 entries identifying a variety of helping agencies in communities across the Northwest Territories.

This booklet lists the individual members & member associations of the International Association for Suicide Prevention. This file also has a copy of the 1994 membership directory.

After a brief introduction which discusses how adolescent suicidal behaviours can be reduced, the services provided by Regina area agencies for at-risk adolescents are listed. Each entry gives the agency name, address, telephone number(s), hours of operation, & fees, if any. Information on how to access the agency’s services, what the priorities of the agency […]

The American Suicide Foundation, a private organization, was formed by members of the private sector. Major projects of the Foundation include grants to help medical centres concerned with suicide research & prevention, collection of data on completed suicides, & funding of treatment, education, prevention programs. The Foundation is presently cataloguing suicide survivor’s groups & establishing […]

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A manual for orienting board & committee members of community suicide prevention programs to the Alberta Suicide Prevention Program which incorporates both provincial & community programs. Also included are appendices covering the topics: suicidal behavior, program organizational structure & responsibilities, provincial program boundaries, & current suicide intervention priorities. (CM)

A report designed to decrease the number of adolescents involved in self-destructive & suicidal behaviors. Prevention is presented on 3 levels: primary prevention (e.g. building healthy self concepts & skills through parent education), intervention (e.g. staff training for school personnel, written crisis procedures), & treatment (e.g. recommended protocol for a potential suicide, & for an […]

A listing of research, service delivery, & education programs relating to suicide was compiled by the Task Force on Youth Suicide. This was done in an effort to consolidate current information within the Dept. of Health & Human Services & to provide needed information to orgnizations & individuals actively involved in suicide prevention or education […]

An international directory of Lifeline International Centres is provided. The directory, which was updated in August 1987, provides names, addresses & telephone numbers, & includes the national office information. An example of the Lifeline International Newsletter is also included. (LH)

The IASP membership directory (revised September 1985) contains addresses of the National Representatives of IASP for 34 countries as well as a listing, by country, of member associations.

This 1985 directory lists contact centers in 28 states.

A directory of 15 attempter support groups in 8 U.S. States & 4 in the province of Alberta, Canada.(NBB)

A 1984 international directory of 27 right-to-die/euthanasia organizations; 2 canadian societies are included.(NBB)

Hot lines offer telephone assistance to adolescents overwhelmed by their problems. By dialing Hot Line, a caller may have a “tuned in, turned on” adult to listen to him; he may receive information about free clinics, drug counseling, or draft counseling; he may get the address of a crash pad. In many communities, hot lines […]

A directory compiled by CASLIS (the Canadian Association of Special Libraries & Information Services, a division of the Canadian Library Association) Calgary chapter listing special libraries in the Calgary area. The directory is sold on a subscription basis–see information form attached to this section.

This directory lists Telecare Centres in Canada, locations, opening dates and address and phone number of the director/contact persons for each. For more information contact: Telecare Teleministries of Canada, Inc; box 695, Midland, Ontario, L4R 4P4 Phone: (705) 526-8058.