Terms of Use and Privacy Statement

The Mood Disorders Association of British Columbia (MDA) provides this website (www.mdabc.net) as a free information source for site visitors (users). Use of this site indicates understanding and acceptance of the following:

Information on this site is not meant to replace consultation with a qualified health care professional. Users are advised to discuss information found on this site with their health care provider(s). MDA, its officers, Board of Directors, staff and volunteers do not endorse or recommend the use of any health care provider, institution, treatment or medication. For advice about specific treatments or medications individuals should consult with their health care provider(s).

INTERNET LINKS

Organizations are free to link to the MDA website. As individual pages are subject to change or become deleted, please link directly to www.mdabc.net. As a general rule, MDA does not link to any commercial site. To request a link to your organization’s website, please write to info@mdabc.net.

This website contains links to other organizations that may provide useful information for users. Links may also exist from third party websites to the MDA website. Users acknowledge that MDA is not in control of these sites and cannot control their content or practices. Existence of a link to or from the MDA website does not indicate endorsement of any individual, organization, product or practice by MDA.

USE OF CONTENT

No content (including text, graphic image, photo, audio/video clip, or computer/Internet programming code) contained on this site may be downloaded, printed or distributed via print or electronic format for any commercial use without prior written consent from MDA. Copies of MDA's print informational brochures are available on this website. These brochures may be downloaded, printed and duplicated in entirety without alteration in limited quantity. Other information found on this site, may be printed and duplicated and distributed in limited quantity for non-commercial, educational purposes only with the inclusion of the following acknowledgement: Copyright Mood Disorders Association of British Columbia. May not be reproduced or duplicated without prior written permission.

For questions regarding use of information on this site, please contact info@mdabc.net.
The support group directory listings published on this website are provided for confidential use by MDA constituents. No part of this directory may be stored or reproduced electronically or printed (with the exception of printing individual pages listing support groups in your area) without prior permission of MDA. Information in this directory may not be used for solicitation purposes.


PRIVACY STATEMENT

MDA does not obtain information that will personally identify website visitors, unless visitors choose to provide such information by using the site’s interactive features. Information about visitors' use of this website is collected automatically without any personal or identifying information. This includes: domain name from which a user accesses the Internet, the date and time and duration user was connected to the site, the Internet address of the website from which a user linked directly to this website, the type of browser used to access this site and the search engine and keywords used when searching for this site. This information is in aggregate to measure website performance.

MDA does not give, rent, share, sell or transfer any personal information collected on this site or through any contact to MDA to any third party. Unless otherwise required by statute, MDA does not identify who sends questions or comments through this website.

When deemed appropriate at its sole discretion, MDA may provide user information, including identifying information that may have been entered into the site by the user, to authorized law enforcement agencies when the site has been used in connection with illegal practices.


Sources of Information

Scrolling mental health facts taken from:
Quick Facts: Mental Illness and Addiction in Canada. Second Edition. Mood Disorders Society of Canada. September 2007. and World Health Report-Mental health: New understanding, new hope. Geneva: WHO. www.who.int/whr/2001/en/index.html.