Depression

Other Places To Get Help

Book

The Feeling Good Handbook
Author/Editor: D.D. Burns
Publisher: Plume
Publication Date: 1999
 

This is a consumer's guide to reshaping negative thoughts and responses to help avoid stress and depression.


Organizations

Canadian Mental Health Association
180 Dundas Street West
Suite 2301
Toronto, ON  M5G 1Z8
Phone: (416) 484-7750
Fax: (416) 484-4617
E-mail: info@cmha.ca
Web Address: www.cmha.ca
 

The Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) promotes mental health and focuses on combatting mental health problems and emotional disorders. The organization offers workshops, pamphlets, newsletters, and other educational materials.


Canadian Psychiatric Association
141 Laurier Avenue West
Suite 701
Ottawa, ON  K1P 5J3
Phone: (613) 234-2815
Fax: (613) 234-9857
Web Address: www.cpa-apc.org

Mood Disorders Society of Canada
3-304 Stone Road West
Suite 763
Guelph, ON  N1G 4W4
Phone: (519) 824-5565
Fax: (519) 824-9569
E-mail: info@mooddisorderscanada.ca
Web Address: www.mooddisorderscanada.ca

National Mental Health Association (NMHA) (U.S.)
2000 North Beauregard Street, 6th Floor
Alexandria, VA  22311
Phone: 1-800-969-NMHA (1-800-969-6642). This is a hotline for help with depression.
(703) 684-7722
Fax: (703) 684-5968
TDD: 1-800-433-5959
Web Address: http://depression-screening.org
 

The National Mental Health Association (NMHA) has a Web site that includes a confidential depression screening exam available to anyone who would like to take the test. The short test may help you decide whether your symptoms are related to depression.



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Author: Jeannette Curtis
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Ralph Poore
Last Updated: May 14, 2007
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Andrew Swan, MD, CCFP, FCFP - Family Medicine
Lisa S. Weinstock, MD - Psychiatry

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