Hinton's Rural Mental Health Network

• Women attempt suicide up to 2X more often than men. (Public Health Agency of Canada,2019), but men die by suicide 3X more often than women
• Suicide prevention is everyone’s business. Preventing a death by suicide does not always need an expert; it is something we all can do. We can all learn skills to help promote life and help someone struggling with thoughts of suicide.

                                                Suicide Crisis Helpline

Get help if you are in crisis, if you’re worried about yourself or if you’re worried about someone else. A safe space to talk, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

                                                          CALL 9-8-8

NEW MindShift app gives Canadians FREE anxiety relief. A user-friendly self-help tool based on proven scientific strategies, MindShift™ CBT teaches about anxiety, helping users to engage in healthy thinking and to take action. Users check in each day to track their anxiety and work with tools in the app. 

https://www.anxietycanada.com/

Hey GUYS! Are you a safe person for your friends to talk about mental health? Buddy UP is a men's suicide prevention campaign: a call to action for men, by men, to drive authentic conversations amongst men and their buddies. Through friendship and peer support, men can mutually share experiences, problem-solve in less formal settings and ultimately help prevent other men from suffering in silence. Participate in the Buddy Up Challenge! This helps you think of ways to make time with a buddy. Fill your bucket with fun hang-outs and conversations that matter. Pick up your Buddy Up toolkit at BRIDGES or call us for more information at 780-865-4464.

https://www.buddyup.ca/  

HeadsUpGuys supports men's mental health in a positive, inclusive, and mutually supportive way with and for people of all backgrounds, regardless of gender, race, or sexual orientation. The website offers tips and articles that arm men with the tools they need to fight depression, as well as recovery stories form men who have face depression, and an international therapist directory to connect men with local mental health professionals.

https://headsupguys.org/ 

Man Therapy is an interactive website that encourages men to address their mental health and to seek help for themselves if necessary. Including various topics of men’s mental health, do a self-assessment, and get mental health tips. https://mantherapy.org/ 

Next Gen Men is working towards a future where boys & men experience less pain, and cause less harm by promoting positive masculinities, mental wellness, healthy relationships, and gender equality in schools, communities, and workplaces across Canada.

 https://www.nextgenmen.ca/ 

This is a program for men working in trades, industry, and agriculture. The program features males who have dealt with stress, depression, suicidal behaviours, or loss from suicide. 

https://www.toughenoughtotalk.org/ 

Providing information, tools, virtual mental health counselling and motivations for men and their families to live healthier. Offering e-health resources that improve men's quality of life and reduce men's risk for chronic diseases. Take the online self- assessments that can help identify signs and symptoms of anxiety and depression and how it impacts your health. 

https://menshealthfoundation.ca/