I wanted to write about how to talk about mental health and mental illness to young people. And then I realized that there are many people more qualified to do that than me. Those people are the youth out there that deal with mental illness every day.

One of the amazing things about the use of social media and web-based tools is that youth can  talk to each other across time and geography and also talk across age, class and gender. I think I want to let you browse through a selection of those youth voices that are speaking to us and to their peers and to know that our ability to erase stigma, bring awareness to mental health issues and support children an d youth in finding answers can be found in these voices.

http://mindyourmind.ca/

http://www.yoomagazine.net/

http://www.youtube.com/user/ChangeTheView2010

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oU3D629hcoQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTLTLl_KDJA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsLsRB8W8yo&feature=related 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMT40tB8GCs&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yX_IKDJHvts

http://www.muchmusic.com/tv/muchtalks/mentalhealth/ 

Let me know if you have any favourites out there! And let’s all talk to each other!