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Mental Health

Serving counties: Ontario

Preventive, diagnostic and treatment services in community and hospital-based settings to help people's emotional well-being and build skills to cope with everyday demands without excessive stress or reliance on alcohol or other drugs

Popular Topics Mental Health

There is hope - 988 Suicide and Crisis Helpline

Mental Health Hotlines

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Talklines/Warmlines

Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault

Mental Health and Suicide Prevention

In Person Crisis Teams

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Psychiatric Mobile Response Teams

In Person Crisis Intervention

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Anger Management

Bereavement Counseling

Eating Disorders

Group Counseling

Perinatal and Postpartum Depression

Drop-In Centers

About Counseling

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Online License Verification

Client's Bill of Rights

Therapy Referrals

Specialized Services

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AD/HD Information

Referral and resource listings for those needing help with inattention and/or hyperactivity-impulsivity.

Developmental Assessment

Programs that provide evaluation of a child's cognitive and emotional function and skills.

Mental Health Evaluation

Screening, diagnostic and treatment planning services for people who are experiencing acute or chronic psychiatric problems.

Psychiatry and Medication

Programs that prescribe medications for control of psychiatric symptoms. Programs that provide mobile response to situations where an individual constitutes an imminent danger to themself or others.

Inpatient Mental Health

Hospital-based diagnostic and treatment services for those with acute psychiatric disorders that require hospitalization on a voluntary or involuntary basis, and that might make one a threat to themselves or others if left in the community or placed in a less restrictive treatment setting. The objective is to stabilize and return the individual to the community for ongoing treatment as quickly as possible, and to facilitate the transition by preparing the individual's family to cope with the limitations imposed by the illness and by arranging for other supportive services as required.

Psychiatric Day Treatment

Places that provide a therapeutic environment for individuals who have acute or chronic mental or emotional disturbances who can benefit from a structured environment for some portion of the day or week. Services may include individual, group and/or family therapy; social and recreational activities; and a range of adjunctive therapies.

Home Based Mental Health

Clinical therapeutic services, medication, daily living assistance, and other mental health services for those unable to leave their homes. Services for families with children experiencing a crisis so severe the child is at imminent risk for hospitalization or placement in a residential treatment facility. And home-based services for those for whom it is the most appropriate option.

Child/Adolescent Residential

Therapeutic living environments in a community-based facility for emotionally disturbed, severely learning disabled, delinquent, pre-delinquent and/or abused children and youth who, because of the severity of their problems, are unable to adjust to other placements but do not require inpatient psychiatric hospitalization.

AD/HD Information

Developmental Assessment

Mental Health Evaluation

Psychiatry and Medication

Inpatient Mental Health

Psychiatric Day Treatment

Home Based Mental Health

Child/Adolescent Residential

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Alcohol Dependency

Caregiver and Care Receiver

Domestic Violence

Drug Dependency

Health and Disability Related

Military Families and Veterans

All Mental Health Support Groups