Making the right connections : Promoting positive mental health among BC youth

For who live in poverty or have an unstable home example, the more connected youth felt to life, those who have been physically or sexu- family or school, the more likely they were to ally abused and youth who are living with a report excellent general health and higher self- chronic illness or disability. [...] In contrast, youth who reported positive mental health In addition to being more likely to report and higher self-esteem were more likely to good mental and physical health, males be free of. [...] Immigrant youth felt that the more con- stress, despair and suicide as youth born in nected they were to their culture of.