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Appendix B: Resources

Challenges & Choices: Finding mental health services in Ontario
Across Boundaries
Contact: (416) 787-3007 in Toronto
Web: www.web.net/~accbound
Across Boundaries provides supports and services to people of colour from various ethnoracial communities who have mental health problems.
American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Web: www.aacap.org
Anxiety Disorders Association of Ontario
Contact: (613) 729-6761 in Ottawa or toll-free at 1-877-308-3843
Web: www.anxietydisordersontario.ca
Applied Psychotherapy and Biofeedback
Web: www.aapb.org
ARCH: A Legal Resource Centre for Persons with Disabilities
Contact: (416) 482-8255 in Toronto or toll-free at 1-866-482-2724
Their TTY line is (416) 482-1254.
Web: www.arch-online.org
Canadian Health Network
Web: www.canadian-health-network.ca
Canadian Mental Health Association, National Office
Contact: (416) 484-7750 in Toronto
Web: www.cmha.ca
Canadian Mental Health Association, Ontario Division
Contact: (416) 977-5580 in Toronto or toll-free at 1-800-875-6213
Web: www.ontario.cmha.ca
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Contact: (416) 535-8501 in Toronto
Drug, Alcohol and Mental Health Information Line: (416) 595-6111 in Toronto or toll-free at 1-800-463-6273
Web: www.camh.net
Children's Mental Health Ontario
Contact: (416) 921-2109 in Toronto
Web: www.cmho.org
College of Dietitians of Ontario
Contact: (416) 598-1725 in Toronto or toll-free at 1-800-668-4990
Web: www.cdo.on.ca
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario
Contact: (416) 967-2626 (Find a Doctor Service),
(416) 967-2603 (General Inquiries) in Toronto or toll-free at 1-800-268-7096 Web: www.cpso.on.ca
Community Legal Education Ontario (CLEO)
Web: www.cleo.on.ca
Consent and Capacity Board
Web: www.ccboard.on.ca
Consumer Health Information Service
Contact: (416) 393-7056 in Toronto or toll-free at 1-800-667-1999
Dawn Ontario: DisAbled Women's Network Ontario
Contact: (705) 494-9078 in North Bay
Web: http://dawn.thot.net
Dietitians of Canada
Contact: (416) 596-0857 in Toronto
Web: www.dietitians.ca
Distress Centres Ontario
Web: www.dcontario.org
Drug and Alcohol Registry of Treatment (DART)
Contact: (519) 439-0174 in London or toll-free at 1-800-565-8603
Web: www.dart.on.ca
GP Psychotherapy Association (GPPA)
Contact: (416) 410-6644
Human Resources Development Canada
Web: www.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca
Internet Mental Health
Web: www.mentalhealth.com
Lawyer Referral Service of the Law Society of Upper Canada (Ontario)
Contact: 1-900-565-4577--automatic charge of $6
Legal Aid Ontario
Contact: (416) 979-1446 in Toronto or toll-free at 1-800-668-8258
Web: www.legalaid.on.ca
LEGIT--The Lesbian & Gay Immigration Task Force--Canada
Contact: (613) 230-6522 in Ottawa or (416) 944-8801 in Toronto
Web: www.qrd.org/qrd/www/world/immigration/legit.html
LEGIT provides immigration information and support to same-sex partners.

Ministry of the Attorney General
Web: www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca
Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
Contact: (416) 314-5518 in Toronto or toll-free at 1-800-268-1154
Web: ww.gov.on.ca/health/english/program/ mental_health/mentalhealth_mn.html
Mood Disorders Association of Ontario
Contact: (416) 486-8046 in Toronto or toll-free at 1-888-486-8236
Web: www.mooddisorders.on.ca
Motherisk
Contact: (416) 813-6780 in Toronto or the toll-free Alcohol and Substance Use Helpline at 1-877-327-4636
Web: www.motherisk.org
Motherisk provides information about the effects of alcohol, as well as prescription, over-the-counter and illegal drug use during pregnancy and while breastfeeding.
National Eating Disorder Information Centre
Contact: (416) 340-4156 in Toronto or toll-free at 1-866-633-4220
Web: www.nedic.ca
National Institute of Mental Health
Web: www.nimh.nih.gov
National Network for Mental Health
Contact: (905) 682-2423 in St. Catharines or toll-free at 1-888-406-4663
Office of the Public Guardian and Trustee
Contact: (416) 314-2803 in Toronto or toll-free at 1-800-366-0335
Ontario Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
Contact: (416) 364-2627 in Toronto or toll-free at 1-800-267-2638
Web: www.oamft.on.ca
Ontario Association of Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine
Contact: (416) 944-2265 in Toronto
Ontario Association of Naturopathic Doctors
Contact: (416) 233-2001 in Toronto or toll-free at 1-877-628-7284
Web: www.oand.org
Ontario Association of Social Workers
Contact: (416) 923-4848 in Toronto
Web: www.oasw.org
Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers
Web: www.ocswssw.org
Ontario Council of Alternative Businesses (OCAB)
Contact: (416) 504-1693 in Toronto
Web: www.icomm.ca/ocab
Ontario Disability Support Program
through the Ministry of Community, Family and Children's Services
Web: www.cfcs.gov.on.ca/CFCS/en/programs/IES/ OntarioDisabilitySupportProgram/default.htm
Ontario Massage Therapist Association
Contact: (416) 979-2010 in Toronto or toll-free at 1-800-668-2022
Ontario Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Network
Contact: (416) 410-4772 in Toronto Web: www.oocdn.org
Ontario Peer Development Initiative
Contact: (416) 484-8785 in Toronto or toll-free at 1-866-681-6661 Web: www.opdi.org
Ontario Psychological Association
Contact: (416) 961-0069 in Toronto
or toll-free at 1-800-268-0069 Web: www.psych.on.ca
Ontario Rental Housing Tribunal
Contact: toll-free at 1-888-332-3234
Web: www.orht.gov.on.ca
Ontario Self-Help Network (OSHNET) of the Self-Help Resource Centre
Contact: (416) 487-4355 in Toronto
or toll-free at 1-888-283-8806
Web: www.selfhelp.on.ca/oshnet.html
Ontario Women's Health Network
Contact: (416) 408-4840 in Toronto
Web: www.owhn.on.ca
Progress Place
Web: www.progressplace.org
This is the first and largest clubhouse in Canada.
Psychiatric Patient Advocate Office (PPAO)
Contact: (416) 327-7000 in Toronto or toll-free at 1-800-578-2343
Web: www.ppao.gov.on.ca
Schizophrenia Society of Canada
Contact: (905) 415-2007 in Toronto
or toll-free at 1-888-SSC-HOPE (772-4673)
Web: www.schizophrenia.ca
Schizophrenia Society of Ontario
Contact: (416) 449-6830 in Toronto
or toll-free at 1-800-449-6367
Web: www.schizophrenia.on.ca
Shelternet
Web: www.shelternet.ca
Shelternet provides a list of shelters for women who have been abused.
Shiatsu Therapy Association of Ontario
Contact: (416) 923-7826 in Toronto or toll-free at 1-877-923-7826
StressFree Net
Telehealth Ontario
Contact: 1-866-797-0000 and TTY is 1-800-387-5559
Web: www.gov.on.ca/health/english/program/ telehealth/telehealth_mn.html
Toronto Social Housing Connections
Contact: (416) 392-6111 in Toronto
211 Toronto
Contact: 211 in Toronto or (416) 397-4636 from outside Toronto
Web: www.211toronto.ca
211 Toronto provides information about community services in Toronto and some surrounding areas.
Please note: Aside from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) Web site, CAMH does not endorse any of the sites listed above.
 
 

Challenges & Choices: Finding Mental Health Services in Ontario

CAMH Switchboard 416-535-8501
CAMH General Information Toronto: 416-595-6111 Toll Free: 1-800-463-6273
Connex Ontario Help Lines
Queen St.
1001 Queen St. W
Toronto, ON
M6J 1H4
Russell St.
33 Russell St.
Toronto, ON
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College St.
250 College St.
Toronto, ON
M5T 1R8
Ten offices across Ontario