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  • 8 facts on eating disorders

    1. Eating disorders strike more than 7 million American women each year, and 1,000 of those will die from complications of anorexia nervosa. Up to 80 percent of female college students have reported binge eating, a prede…

  • Myth: Teenagers don't suffer from "real" mental illnesses — they are just moody. Fact : One in five teens has some type of mental health problem in a given year. — National Institute of Mental Health/Harvard University…

  • - One in five people worldwide have a mental or neurological disorder at some point in their lives.- 450 million people currently suffer from such conditions placing mental illness among the leading causes of ill-health …

  • Myth: Self-injury is a suicide attempt gone wrong. Fact: People who self-injure are not attempting suicide. They are using self-injury as a way to deal with difficult, overwhelming emotions.

  • Top 10 Depression Myths Debunked.

    1. Myth: Depression is not a real medical illness.Clinical depression is a serious medical condition that affects not only an individual’s mood and thoughts, but also the individual’s body. Research has shown that depres…

  • Some Myths About Suicide

    Myth: Young people rarely think about suicide. Reality: Teens and suicide are more closely linked than adults might expect. In a survey of 15,000 grade 7 to 12 students in British Columbia, 34% knew of someone who had a…

  • Arm Yourself with the Facts.

    Myth: I can't do anything for a person with mental illness. Fact: You can do a lot, starting with how you act and speak. You can create an environment that builds on people's strengths and promotes understanding. For exa…

  • more myths & facts

    Myth: People with schizophrenia are developmentally delayed.Fact: People with schizophrenia are NOT developmentally delayed. This myth has its basis in the treatment programs in the 1960s. During this period, people with…

  • what Self Injury is NOT -

    It is sad to think that people suffering trauma, anxiety and depression can be told that they are using their self injurious behavior to manipulate people, or just as a 'cry for attention'. Self injury may be used to gar…

  • Self Injury Facts

    About Self-Injury: Self-Injurious behavior is defined as the deliberate, repetitive, impulsive, non-lethal harming of one’s self. Self-injury includes: 1) cutting; 2) scratching; 3) picking scabs or interfering with woun…