Albertans have experienced many challenges that place a strain on our mental health. On this page you will find resources and learning opportunities to help with your mental health and self-management including:
Building Blocks for Resilience: Developed as a teaching tool for parents and caregivers with information and activities to help build resilience. This series highlights evidence informed information and parenting practices that support positive mental health and overall resilience.
Self-Management of Depression and Anxiety: Developed for healthcare providers who work with adult or teens and their families who have poor mental health, depression, and/or anxiety. This series highlights evidence-based ways to help people improve and maintain their positive mental health through lifestyle management and professional care.
Self-Management of Stress: Developed for adults, teens, educators, and healthcare providers. The toolkit provides information about stress, how it can affect your physical and mental health, and coping strategies to help manage stress.
Self-Care in Disaster Times and Beyond Toolkit: Developed for first responders, helpers, and leaders involved in disaster and emergency response work, as well as a wide range of crisis support work. Includes resources and strategies to help increase knowledge and improve skills and capacity for personal well-being, team wellness, and organizational planning to support self-care.
Spiritual Care Resources to Support Well-being: Developed for adults, teens, educators, and healthcare providers. This toolkit can be used to support resilience, well-being, and coping in a disaster or emergency.
Learning opportunities: Developed for adults, educators, and healthcare providers. Skill-building, self-directed learning modules and interactive workshops aim to increase coping and self-efficacy skills, build resilience, and improve social and emotional well-being using practical tools and strategies that aim to promote positive mental health.
Tell us about yourself and the resources you're accessing by taking our short survey!
Questions or concerns, email us at: hpdip.mh.earlyid@recoveryalberta.ca
Albertans have experienced many challenges that place a strain on our mental health. On this page you will find resources and learning opportunities to help with your mental health and self-management including:
Building Blocks for Resilience: Developed as a teaching tool for parents and caregivers with information and activities to help build resilience. This series highlights evidence informed information and parenting practices that support positive mental health and overall resilience.
Self-Management of Depression and Anxiety: Developed for healthcare providers who work with adult or teens and their families who have poor mental health, depression, and/or anxiety. This series highlights evidence-based ways to help people improve and maintain their positive mental health through lifestyle management and professional care.
Self-Management of Stress: Developed for adults, teens, educators, and healthcare providers. The toolkit provides information about stress, how it can affect your physical and mental health, and coping strategies to help manage stress.
Self-Care in Disaster Times and Beyond Toolkit: Developed for first responders, helpers, and leaders involved in disaster and emergency response work, as well as a wide range of crisis support work. Includes resources and strategies to help increase knowledge and improve skills and capacity for personal well-being, team wellness, and organizational planning to support self-care.
Spiritual Care Resources to Support Well-being: Developed for adults, teens, educators, and healthcare providers. This toolkit can be used to support resilience, well-being, and coping in a disaster or emergency.
Learning opportunities: Developed for adults, educators, and healthcare providers. Skill-building, self-directed learning modules and interactive workshops aim to increase coping and self-efficacy skills, build resilience, and improve social and emotional well-being using practical tools and strategies that aim to promote positive mental health.
Tell us about yourself and the resources you're accessing by taking our short survey!
Questions or concerns, email us at: hpdip.mh.earlyid@recoveryalberta.ca
Interactive, skill-building workshops can improve your social and emotional well-being by providing you with practical tools and strategies that promote positive mental health, improve coping skills, and build resilience.
D-Stress - Learn how to identify stress and explore coping skills and strategies to manage daily stressors.
Relationship Skills - Learn ways to support healthy relationships with yourself and others.
Wellness Exchange - Learn 5 practical ways to improve coping and self-efficacy through self-exploration and self-management.
Psychosocial Disaster Learning Series for PFA Responders: This five chapter learning module was design to help existing PFA Responders refresh their Psychological First Aid knowledge and skills prior to being deployed in a disaster. Note: This learning module is not intended to replace full Psychological First Aid training.
Psychological First Aid Responder Tips for Supporting Children, Youth, and Families: This mini module is refresher for existing PFA Responders who would to improve their Psychological First Aid skills for supporting children and youth prior to being deployed in a disaster. Note: This mini module is not intended to replace full Psychological First Aid training.
There are several theories and evidence that guide the work of MHPIP. Many health professionals use our resources in their practice to support their patients and clients. We have developed several resources that can be helpful for health professionals in the promotion of positive mental health.
Some resources available to health professionals include:
Building Blocks for Resilience which are teaching tools for healthcare providers who work with young children and their parents.
Mental Health Promotion & Illness Prevention, Mental Health & Addiction Services, Recovery Alberta
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What is Mental Health Resilience?
This is the ability to adapt to difficult situations. When stress, adversity, or a disaster event occurs, you still experience feelings of anger, grief and pain, but resilience means that you are able to keep functioning physically and mentally.