In this section we have gathered a variety of links to reputable and useful resources related to women’s mental health. These have been divided up by themes, namely: Trauma Informed Care, Gender Based Violence, Unique considerations in women’s mental health, Social determinants of women's health.
- Trauma informed care
- Gender based violence
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- Canadian Women’s Foundation- the facts about gender based violence
- Canadian Women’s Foundation- the facts about sexual assault and harassment
- RED WOMEN RISING: Indigenous Women Survivors in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside 2019
- REASONABLE DOUBT: The Use of Health Records in Legal Cases of Violence Against Women in Relationships 2003
- Review Mental and Physical Health and Intimate Partner Violence against Women 2013
- #16 Days of Activism: Resources on Women, Gender Based Violence and Serious and Persistent Mental Illness 2018
- Safety Planning
- Unique considerations in women’s mental health
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- Women and Psychosis - Information Guide CAMH 2015
- Public Resources - Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada
- “Mind Your Business” how to make connections between mental and sexual health 2018
- Demonstrating progress: Innovations in Women’s Mental Health 2003
- Mainstreaming Women's Mental Health: Building a Canadian Strategy 2003
- Women and Psychosis: Review 2012
- Social Determinants of Health
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- Health Gap - Women’s College Hospital
- Canadian Women’s Foundation- The Facts of Women and Poverty in Canada
- Sex and Gender Based analysis
- “Me, I’m living it”: The Primary Health Care Experiences of Women who use Drugs in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside 2009
- REPAIRING THE HOLES IN THE NET: Improving Systems of Care for Northern Homeless Women With Mental Health Challenges 2015
- Chronic Pain
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- Take Charge- reproductive health guide for women with disabilities 2015
- The Challenges of Change: The Midlife Health Needs of Women with Disabilities 2000
- PMS & PMDD: When PMS Symptoms interfere with functioning & quality of life
- Psychosocial impact of endometriosis 2018
- Identity and coping experiences in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome 2007
- Evaluation and Treatment of Female Sexual Pain: A Clinical Review 2018
- Review Mental and Physical Health and Intimate Partner Violence against Women 2013
- The association of interpersonal trauma with somatic symptom severity in chronic pain 2014
- Mothering
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- Pregnancy and Women’s Mental Health in Canada 2014
- Mothers’ Mental Health Toolkit: A Resource for the Community 2012
- Mothers’ Mental Health Toolkit: Group Practice 2012
- Understanding Mother’s Mental Health Problems Series
- Indigenous Approaches to FASD Prevention: Indigenous Mothering 2018
- Impacts of Strong Parental Support for Trans Youth 2012
- Women and Reproductive Health
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- FASD prevention
- Double Exposure: Best practices alcohol and pregnancy 2008
- Indigenous Approaches to FASD Prevention: Indigenous Mothering 2018
- WHO Mental Health Aspects of Women’s Mental Health 2009
- FDA Medicine and Pregnancy- Resources
- Take Charge- reproductive health guide for women with disabilities 2015
- “Mind Your Business” how to make connections between mental and sexual health 2018
- “Ready for Some Pillow Talk?” A handbook for health care providers working with clients from diverse populations 2017
- Evaluation and Treatment of Female Sexual Pain: A Clinical Review 2018
- Menopause
- Women and Substance Use
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- Double Exposure: Best practices alcohol and pregnancy 2008
- Trauma informed Care and the Opioid Crisis 2018
- New Terrain: Trauma and Gender Informed Responses to Substance Use 2018
- Sex, Gender and Substance use resources from BCCEWH
- Sex, Gender and Trauma informed Video resources from BCCEWH
- Indigenous Approaches to FASD Prevention: Indigenous Mothering 2018
- Expecting to Quit: Review of Smoking Cessation Interventions for Pregnant and Postpartum Girls and Women 2011
- Liberation! Helping women quit smoking 2012
- Young Women
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- Indigenous Approaches to FASD Prevention: Interventions with Girls and Women 2018
- “Mind Your Business” how to make connections between mental and sexual health 2018
- Native Youth Sexual Health Network
- Planned Parenthood Ottawa
- Scarleteen - Sex ed for the real world
- Impacts of Strong Parental Support for Trans Youth 2012
- Indigenous women
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- Culture as Healing - Colleen Dell
- FN women’s encounters with mainstream health care services 2000
- Indigenous Approaches to FASD Prevention: Indigenous Mothering 2018
- Native Youth Sexual Health Network
- RED WOMEN RISING Indigenous Women Survivors in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside 2019
- REPAIRING THE HOLES IN THE NET: Improving Systems of Care for Northern Homeless Women With Mental Health Challenges 2015
- Trans Women
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- Impacts of Strong Parental Support for Trans Youth 2012
- Toward a Broader Conceptualization of Trans Women’s Sexual Health 2015
- Depression in Male-to-Female Transgender Ontarians 2012
- Drug Use Among Transgender People in Ontario, Canada 2017
- Intervenable Factors Associated with Suicide Risk in Transgender Persons 2015