Mental Health

How you think, feel, and react to things can make a big difference in your life. Being mentally healthy can help you feel good about yourself, have positive relationships, and make good life choices.

No one knows exactly what causes mental health problems. There are a lot of factors that impact a person’s mental health, including stress and trauma.

Stress is the physical and emotional responses to situations that are new, unexpected, or a threat to a person’s well-being. Stress can become toxic if it is frequent, serious, or prolonged.

Trauma is experience of events that harm, or threaten to harm, them or others physically or emotionally.

If you or someone you know is worried about their mental health, it is important to get help and support. You can talk to a family member, friend, spiritual leader, doctor, mental health agency, or health line.

Some signs of mental health concerns include the following:

  • A change in school performance
  • Poor grades in school even though someone is trying very hard
  • Severe worry or stress that keeps you from going to school, sleep, or take part in activities that are normal for the person’s age
  • Frequent physical complaints
  • Marked changes in sleeping and/or eating habits
  • Extreme difficulties in concentrating that get in the way at school or at home
  • Sexual acting out
  • Changes in eating (no appetite or binge eating)
  • Difficulty sleeping
  • Severe mood swings
  • Feeling suicidal or having a plan to die
  • Repeated use of alcohol and/or drugs

More Information About Mental Health

Crisis Services Canada

Suicide Prevention and Support (24/7)

1-833-456-4566

Youth Space

(Online Chat and Text)

Text only: 1-778-783-0177

www.youthspace.ca

Kids Help Phone

Toll free, 24/7, confidential:
1-800-668-6868

Text:
CONNECT to 686868 for text chats

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First Nations and Inuit Hope for Wellness Help Line

1-855-242-3310

www.hopeforwellness.ca

HealthLine

Professional health advice (mental health, addictions, education, pregnancy, poisoning)
Toll free, 24/7, confidential: 811

Government of Saskatchewan Resources

Information
Available Services

Embracing Life Saskatchewan

(Northern Saskatchewan)

www.embracinglifesk.com
Hotlines and directory

LifeLine Canada App

www.thelifelinecanada.ca

Youth Mental Health Canada

www.ymhc.ngo

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