BCSS Youth: Holiday Mental Wellness
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Reducing the mystery and confusion of mental illness can help foster more compassion and empathy towards others and reduce stigma. By providing youth with information about mental illness, we can equip them with the necessary language to talk about it with others. This creates opportunities to express needs, access resources, and process experiences. A better understanding of mental illness and overall mental health provides security and empowerment.
For kids ages 8-12 who have a loved one with a mental illness.
Learn moreFor youth ages 11-12 who have a loved one with a mental illness.
Learn moreFor youth ages 13-18 who have a loved one with a mental illness.
Learn moreYou can’t cause it.
You can’t change it.
But you can care for yourself.
BCSS Youth offers free education and support programs for children and youth (8-18 years) who have a family member with mental illness (e.g. schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression, etc.). These programs aim to foster resilience and increase understanding of severe and persistent mental illnesses.
When given the tools to talk about mental illness, children and youth are able to express compassion for their loved ones and, in turn, better express needs, access resources, and process experiences.
Education
Mental illness and mental health are often used interchangeably, but there is a difference. Mental health affects everyone and is defined by how we feel, think, solve problems, handle stress, maintain relationships, and interact with the world. And while mental illness isn’t the opposite of mental health, the two can be connected.
This video shares information and tips to help better communicate with loved ones who have a mental illness.
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