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On this Page:

1. General Mental Health Resources

2. ​Specialized Services

3. Online Safety, Gaming, and Sex Trafficking Resources

4. Navigating Health Services

5. Crisis Services

6. Helpful Phone Apps

 

General Mental Health Resources
Free Services

• Free OHIP-covered TeleCBT

• Virtual Free CBT

• Free Therapist-Guided Online Program

• Mental Health and Addiction Services​

• Find a Doctor or Nurse Practitioner

• Medicall

• Healing after Violence, Sexual Abuse and Assault

• Distress and Crisis Services

• Islamic Help per Feeling

Low-Cost and Affordable Services    

• Sliding Scale Therapists (BLCC)

• Centre for Interpersonal Relationships (CFIR)

• Islamic Help per Feeling

Family Services

• Family Services of Peel

  • Virtual Walk-in: Wednesdays 12pm-8pm, Saturdays 9am-12pm

  • Call: 905-453-5775

• Where to Start (For Parents)

• Developmental Services Ontario (DSO) for Adults

  • Find Your Area's Developmental Service Ontario Agency​

  • How to Access Developmental Service Ontario Services

     

Resource Collections

• UHN Guide to Finding Therapy for Adults Booklet

• Ontario Shores Navigation Tool 

• Resilience Resources Aga Khan Health Board

• Good 2 Talk Phone Numbers

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Specialized Services

Autism Services

• Ontario Autism Program Access Guide

• Peel Autism Resources Facebook

• Support for Children with Special Needs in the Peel Region

• Lumenus Autism Core Clinical Services

  • Call: 647-578-9874, Email: autism.intake@lumenus.ca

• Papillon Family Health Resources

  • Brampton Clinic: 

    • Address: 60 Queen Street E Unit 205, Brampton, Ontario, L6V 1A9

    • Call: 289-752-7250

  • Mississauga Clinic:

    • 160 Traders Blvd E Unit 117 Mississauga, Ontario, L4Z 3K7

    • Call: 905-232-2250

• Developmental Services Ontario (DSO) for Adults

  • Find Your Area's Developmental Service Ontario Agency​

  • How to Access Developmental Service Ontario Services

 

Substance Use and Addiction Resources

• Resources for Addictions UHN    

• Canada Substance Use Help

• Free Mental Health and Addiction Services

     

Youth Mental Health Resources

• Associated Youth Services of Peel (AYSP Counseling Programs)

• Kids Help Phone

• Kids Help Phone Youth Mental Health Resources Finder App

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Online Safety, Gaming, and Sex Trafficking Resources

Internet Safety Quick Guides

• Guide on Internet Safety 

• Parents' Guide to Internet Safety

• Device Contract for Caregivers/Children

• How to Protect Children’s Privacy Online

• Teenagers’ Online Photo Privacy

• Teenagers’ Talking Online Privacy Guideline Video

 

Screen Time

• Encouraging Health Screen Usage for Children & Adolescents

• Overview of ScreenTime by SickKids

• Family Media Plan

• Child and Youth Health

• Study the Relationship between Controlling Screen Time and its Usag

• Breaking Free Online

  • ​A free online therapy tool designed to help Ontarians ages 16 and older reduce or stop the use of over 70 substances, such as tobacco, alcohol and drugs, including opioids.

 

Sexuality and the Internet

• Relationships, Sexting and the Risks

• Understanding Sexting - Ontario Principals’ Council

• Explaining Pornography to Your Children

 

Parental Controls

• Parents’ Guide to Online Parental Control

 

Sex Trafficking

• Quick Facts about Sexual Exploitation of Children in Canada

• Human Trafficking - Public Safety Canada

• Sex Trafficking

• Human Trafficking Hotline

  • Call: 1-833-900-1010

• Canadian Centre to End Human Trafficking

• Healing after Violence, Sexual Abuse and Assault​​

• Distress and Crisis Services

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Screen Time Logging Challenge

• Challenge your youth to complete the one-week log Screen Time Challenge with you. Fill out a log with your teens daily to increase communication, closeness, understanding and accountability. 

• At the end of the week, compare the amount of screen time tabulated against recommendations on the bottom of the log sheet.

• This exercise can help build new family time while guiding individual screen habits. 

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Navigating Health Services

Newcomer Information & Health Plans

• Apply for OHIP

• Interim Federal Health Program (IFHP) Covers the following for 3 Months:

  • Hospital services

  • Services from doctors and nurses outside the hospital

  • Basic lab work and imaging tests

  • Supplementary benefits (may last up to 12 months) may include:

    • Certain prescription medications 

    • Urgent dental care

    • Limited vision care

    • Other services like counselling can be available but will need approval beforehand 

• Recommended Vaccinations

• Where to Obtain Vaccinations

• Newcomers to Ontario - Learn about dealing with stress, understanding mental illness and asking for help (available in multiple languages)

• Find a Doctor or Nurse Practitioner

 

Health Navigation & Crisis Resources

• Toronto Central Healthline

• Access Line for Guidance on Finding Resources

  • Call: 1-888-536-3599

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Crisis Services

Immediate Support

• Call: 911 for Emergencies

• Call: 988 Suicide & Crisis Line

• EveryMind Crisis Response

  • Call: 416-410-8615, available 24/7

• Spectra Helpline (Distress Centres of Greater Toronto)

  • Call Mississauga & Brampton: 905-459-7777

  • Call Caledon: 1-877-298-5444

• Youthdale Psychiatric Crisis Services

  • Call: 416-363-9990, available 24/7 for parents/guardians

• Hope 24/7Sexual Abuse/Assault Crisis Line

  • Call: 1-800-810-0180

• Aboriginal Crisis Line

  • Call: 1-800-588-8717

• Kids Help Phone

  • Call: 1-800-668-6868

• Interior Crisis Line Network: 1-888-353-2273

 

Support Lines

• For Children & Youth

  • Kids Help Phone

  • Call: 1-800-668-6868, Text: CONNECT to 686868

• Wellness Together for Adults, Connecting with a Mental Health Professional

  • Call: 1-866-585-0445, Text: WELLNESS to 741741

• Wellness Together for Youth, Connecting with a Mental Health Professional

  • Call: 1-888-668-6810, Text: WELLNESS to 686868

• Hope for Wellness Help Line for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Peoples

  • Call: 1-855-242-3310, available 24/7 in English and French and, by request, in Cree, Ojibway, and Inuktitut

• Former Indigenous Residential School Students Crisis Support

  • Call: 1-866-925-4419, available 24/7

• Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Crisis Line

  • Call: 1-844-413-6649, available 24/7

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Helpful Phone Apps

Stress and Anxiety Relief

• MindShift CBT

• Happify

• Calm

• Headspace

• Headway

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Mood Management

• Daylio

• BoosterBuddy

• MoodMission

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Religion-based Support

• Bible Verses - Verzzle.com

• Wellness Inspired by Islam - Ruh Care

• Islamic Help per Feeling​

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