The following links are listed to provide you with additional online mental health care information, counseling resources and books:
Mental Health Information:
Addiction
Beyond Addiction: How Science and Kindness Help People Change
Anxiety Disorders
Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Panic Disorder
Posttraumatic Stress disorder
Social Anxiety Disorder
Postpartum Anxiety and OCD
Good Moms Have Scary Thoughts
Dropping the Baby and Other Scary Thoughts
Mother Hunger: How Adult Daughters Can Understand and Heal from Lost Nurturance, Protection, and Guidance
The Birth of A Mother: How the Motherhood Experience Changes you Forever
Trauma and Intergenerational Trauma
The Body Keeps the Score
It Didn’t Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle
Emotional Inheritance
Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
CHADD – The National Resource on ADHD
ADDA – Attention Deficit Disorder Association
Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, NIH
Bipolar Disorder
National Institute of Mental Health
Depression
American Psychological Association
Canadian Mental Health Association – Postpartum Depression
Mindful Way Through Depression
Divorce/Separation & Children
Difficult Questions Kids Ask (And Are Afraid To Ask) about Divorce
Mama and Daddy Bear’s Divorce
Eating Disorders
American Psychological Association
National Institute of Mental Health
Early Childhood Development/Parenting
How to Talk so Kids Will Listen and Listen so Kids Will Talk
Touchpoints: Birth to Three
The Magic Years: Understanding and Handling The Problems of Early Childhood
Parenting from the Inside Out: How Deeper Self Understanding can Help You Raise Children who Thrive
Mindfulness
The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation
The Mindfulness and Acceptance Workbook for Anxiety: A Guide to Breaking Free from Anxiety, Phobias, and Worry using Acceptance and Commitment
Wherever You Go, There You Are
Personality Disorders
American Psychiatric Association
American Psychological Association
Schizoaffective Disorder
National Alliance on Mental Illness
Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Early Psychosis and Psychosis
Schizophrenia
Treatment Clinics & Centres:
Adult Mental Health, North York General Hospital
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Child and Adolescent Mental Health, North York General Hospital
Day Treatment, Mount Sinai Hospital
Eating Disorders Clinic, Hospital for Sick Children
Eating Disorders Clinic, Toronto General Hospital
Frederick W. Thompson Anxiety Disorders Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Inpatient Services, Mount Sinai Hospital
Mindfulness-Based Interventions for Chronic Health Conditions, North York General Hospital
Sheena’s Place- Support for Eating Disorders
Substance Abuse Program, Hospital for Sick Children
Transgender Youth Clinic, Hospital for Sick Children
Youthdale Treatment Centres (children and Youth)
Associations and Institutes:
American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
American Psychological Association (APA)
Canadian Mental Health Association
Children’s Mental Health Ontario
International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
National Eating Disorder Information Centre (NEDIC)
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
National Institute on Mental Illness (NAMI)
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Apps
Emergencies:
If you are in need of immediate medical attention, go to the nearest hospital emergency department, or call 911.
24-hour Crisis Services:
Good2talk is a free, confidential and anonymous helpline for post-secondary students in Ontario, and it is open 24 hours /day. Call1-866-925-5454
Emergency and Crisis Services at 211Toronto.ca offers a variety of crisis services.
The Gerstein Centre offers crisis intervention to adults living in Toronto who experience mental health problems. Services include telephone support, community visits and a short-stay residence. All services are free of charge and can be accessed through the Crisis Line at 416-929-5200, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Assaulted Women’s Helpline | 416-863-0511 | TTY/ATS 416-364-8762
Toronto Rape Crisis Centre | 416-597-8808
York Region Women’s Sexual Assault Helpline | 905-895-7313
Ontario Victim Support Line | 416-314-2447