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Mental health and wellness is an important focus of our work in Labrador and across the North. Our team is committed to helping de-stigmatize mental illness and asking for help, and working to improve mental health and mental health services. #BellLetsTalk 
Mental health can be difficult to talk about. If you need help or support in NL, call the Mental Health Crisis Line at 1-888-737-4668. For more resources from across Canada, visit https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/mental-health-services/mental-health-get-help.html #BellLetsTalk
If you live in Labrador and are looking for mental health support, you can check out the resources from @LGHealthNL at https://www.lghealth.ca/your-health/programs-and-services/mha/ #BellLetsTalk
If you live in Nunatsiavut and are looking for mental health support, contact your local Department of Health and Social Development office or check out them out on facebook https://www.facebook.com/NunatsiavutDHSD/ #BellLetsTalk
If you are in Sheshatshiu or Natuashish and want to talk to someone, contact the Mary May Healing Centre at 709-497-8231 https://www.facebook.com/groups/289991994747225/ #BellLetsTalk
If you are in NunatuKavut and want to talk to someone, check out @NunatuKavut mental health counselling services https://nunatukavut.ca/covid-19/mental-health-counselling-services/ #BellLetsTalk
The factors that influence mental health are complex. Much of our work is guided by a social determinants of health approach. This helps us focus on how we can contribute to broader change in the community and region #BellLetsTalk
For more information on the social determinants of health and mental health, check out this resource from the @WHO https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/112828/9789241506809_eng.pdf;jsessionid=13A1DCAC98D25D5967456B28FE78FF47?sequence=1 #BellLetsTalk
The Public Health Agency of Canada ( @GovCanHealth) has a framework for positive mental health that is useful for understanding the factors that shape individual and community experiences of mental health https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/health-promotion/mental-health/mental-health-promotion.html #BellLetsTalk
In the context of suicide prevention in Inuit communities, @ITK_CanadaInuit has identified risk and protective factors that are necessary to recognize and can help direct collective action https://www.itk.ca/risk-and-protective-factors-associated-with-suicide-for-inuit-in-canada/ #BellLetsTalk
The new School of Arctic and Subarctic Studies is an important step in our work to strengthen post-secondary education in Labrador, and contribute to a key social determinant of mental health #BellLetsTalk https://gazette.mun.ca/campus-and-community/northern-sovereignty/
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