Mental health conditions

Identifies the need for a women-centred framework as part of the solution to improve services that support women’s safety and health. Based on research, practice and women’s narratives confirming that violence is pervasive and central to the development of substance use and mental ill health.

Looks at the proliferation of sexualized images of girls and young women in advertising, merchandising, and media, and explores the cognitive and emotional consequences, consequences for mental and physical health, and impact on development of a healthy sexual self-image. Also has a section on what parents can do.

Presents information on general hospital readmissions and their relationship to seven diagnosis categories of mental illness.

Provides information on various mental health conditions, including statistical data.

Discusses the gender gaps in the report, "Out of the Shadows at Last." Argues for a systematic gender review of mental health, mental illness and substance use in Canada.

Describes the structured living environment offered at Hummingbird House, which offers services to women offenders with significant mental health and emotional disregulation issues.

Discusses integrated and women-centred approaches to treatment and support for women who experience mental health, trauma-related and substance use problems.

Discusses what families can do in the event of a mental health crisis or emergency, or overdose, in order to ensure that the person is getting the best help.

Discusses how mental health disorders and substance abuse can impact on the workplace.

Discusses why people with a history of child sexual abuse are more likely to develop anxiety disorders, problems with identity and post-traumatic stress disorder.