MindCare

What is MindCare?

MindCare is an organization that offers preventative and coping mechanisms for anxiety, bullying, depression, self-esteem, self-harm, and stress to people of all ages. These services are delivered effectively by frequent engagement with users via Facebook, which includes a tool on Messenger called CalmBot. Regardless of the severity of the circumstances you are going through, MindCare is always here to support you.

MindCare is here to ensure that someone will always say, "I care."

Helplines

Immediate Emergencies: 911

Kids Help Phone: 1-800-668-6868

Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention: 204-784-4073

Your Life Counts: 289-820-5777

Here is a link to the complete list of help lines from across Canada:

http://www.ctvnews.ca/mental-health-in-canada-where-to-get-help-1.704877

What is CalmBot?

CalmBot is a highly user-friendly program that helps anyone through difficult times in life. It is a featured service provided by MindCare and it is designed to identify your feelings in the moment. Since it is offered through Facebook, CalmBot is able to do this with the following steps:

Prompting answers with questions in a comfortable, conversational setting
Narrowing the problem
Referring you to the appropriate mental health resources

Mental health affects everyone and it is crucial to have a bot like CalmBot to help fight the stigma surrounding mental health and encourage discussion.

Mindfulness and Meditation

Mindfulness and meditation are implemented by MindCare's CareBot because it allows you to reflect upon your feelings safely to a program that keeps your information and your usage confidential. Forms of meditation can be as traditional as the video to the left or you can meditate through the form of exercise which helps clear one's mind.

Recovering from Grief

As you lose a loved one, it is normal for you to go though and to feel the five stages of grief; denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. In many cases, these stages can become unmanageable to deal with and can lead to psychological damage. We at MindCare encourage anyone who is experiencing grief, to have a session with their local grief counsellors. To the right is a link to Google Maps which highlights different grief counsellors from across Canada.

Google Maps

Resources for Rehabilitation

When you find yourself in a situations where you develop a drug or alcohol addiction, there are numerous organizations in each city which assist in the rehabilitation process. We have provided a link to Google Maps outlying the different rehabilitation centers across Canada.

Self Implicated Harm Prevention

MindCare works to prevent self implicated harm as it encourages a more welcoming environment for you to speak freely and be expressive. Many people may resort to self-harm as a way to cope with overwhelming thoughts and feelings, so when CareBot recognizes this user's habits, it lists common alternative methods to relieve them of their overwhelming feelings.

Stress and Anxiety Management

Improvements in stress and anxiety management are possible with MindCare's CareBot because the advice it gives to users is immediate, useful, and carefully curated to help them develop healthy habits for their mental health. Although CareBot cannot dictate what the user decides to do, the constant tips will be a continous reminder of the great significance of stress and anxiety management.