First Responders for Young People

first responders for young people
First Responders for Young People: Fall 2006

Vol. 3 No. 2 (36 pages) PDF of complete issue (1.6 mb)


Table of Contents

  • Editor's Message (Christina Martens)
  • A Village of First Responders: Who are They? How Can They Help? (Donna Murphy) [guest editorial]
  • School, Family and Friends Matter: Improving Mental Health in Young People (Annie Smith)
  • Quality Child Care = Caring Family Support (Ruth Bancroft)
  • Police (and Others) Facing Adolescence: 'Normal'? Mental Illness? Can be Hard to Tell...(Camia Weaver)
  • Bridge Over Troubled Waters: Meeting the Needs of Youth with Concurrent Disorders (Erin Toews)
  • Responding to Teen Drug and Alcohol Use: A Guide for Parents (Rob McGirr)
  • Marijuana Use by Youth: When is it a Problem? (Barbara Moffat and Joy L. Johnson)
  • Social Work: Strenghtening Systems Youth Live Within (Autumn Jenkinson and Deneen Jensen)
  • Journey to Recovery from First-Episode Psychosis: don't wait. get help early (Tara and Terry Lee Marttinen)
  • Medical Staff and Self-injury (Lisa Marie Sterr)
  • FRIENDS--has been a Friend (Michelle Anderson)
  • Aboriginal Superhero (Shierly Muir)
  • Spokes, Needles and Anti-therapy (Dave Ehle, Karen Larsen, Glenn Neilson, Karin Stotzer)
  • My Path to 'Mental Illness First Aid': From Young Adult with Mental Illness to Facilitator (Shannon Ryan)
  • Meth: An Innovative Addiction Prevention Project (David Diamond)
  • Honoured to be a FRIENDS trainer (Jonaire Bowyer-Smyth)
  • What Is Team Izzat? (Jet Sunner)
  • 'Co-ed' Parent Group: Strengthening Family Responders (Bjorn and Gabrielle Ratjen)
  • Quality Info on Kid's Mental Health: New Website takes a Community Approach (Sherry Cecil)
  • So a Youth Enters the Door -- Now What? Approaches at Victoria's Youth Clinic (Maia Love)
  • Changing with the Times: Online Youth Crisis Service in Real Time (Robin Shantz)
  • The Youth Net Model (Gemma Fletcher and Sophia Khan)
  • Healthy Attitudes: Youth Body Image and Self-esteem Prevention Program (Sarah Thorsteinson)
  • One Community, Our Future: Sto:lo Youth (Brenda Wallace)
  • Fraser South Early Psychosis Intervention Program (Karen Tee)
  • The Church as Supporter (Marja Bergen) [web-only article]
  • Mirror, Mirror: Youth-penned Drama Turns Spotlight on Teen Depression (Mark Rayter) [web-only article]

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