Helpful Information and Resources
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General Mental Health Resources
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​Specialized Services
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Online Safety, Gaming, and Sex Trafficking Resources
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Navigating Health Services
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Crisis Services
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Helpful Phone Apps
General Mental Health Resources
Free Services
Family Services
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Virtual Walk-in: Wednesdays 12pm-8pm, Saturdays 9am-12pm
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Call: 905-453-5775
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Resource Collections
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Specialized Services
Autism Services
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Lumenus Autism Core Clinical Services
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Call: 647-578-9874, Email: autism.intake@lumenus.ca
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Papillon Family Health Resources
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Address: 60 Queen Street E Unit 205, Brampton, Ontario, L6V 1A9
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Call: 289-752-7250
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160 Traders Blvd E Unit 117 Mississauga, Ontario, L4Z 3K7
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Call: 905-232-2250
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Substance Use and Addiction Resources
Youth Mental Health Resources
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Online Safety, Gaming, and Sex Trafficking Resources
Internet Safety Quick Guides
Screen Time
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Study the Relationship between Controlling Screen Time and its Usag
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​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.
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Sexuality and the Internet
Parental Controls
Sex Trafficking
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Call: 1-833-900-1010
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Screen Time Logging Challenge
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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.
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At the end of the week, compare the amount of screen time tabulated against recommendations on the bottom of the log sheet.
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This exercise can help build new family time while guiding individual screen habits.
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Navigating Health Services
Newcomer Information & Health Plans
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Interim Federal Health Program (IFHP) Covers the following for 3 Months:
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Hospital services
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Services from doctors and nurses outside the hospital
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Basic lab work and imaging tests
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Supplementary benefits (may last up to 12 months) may include:
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Certain prescription medications
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Urgent dental care
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Limited vision care
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Other services like counselling can be available but will need approval beforehand
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Newcomers to Ontario - Learn about dealing with stress, understanding mental illness and asking for help (available in multiple languages)
Health Navigation & Crisis Resources
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Access Line for Guidance on Finding Resources
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Call: 1-888-536-3599
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Crisis Services
Immediate Support
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Call: 911 for Emergencies
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Call: 988 Suicide & Crisis Line
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EveryMind Crisis Response
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Call: 416-410-8615, available 24/7
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Spectra Helpline (Distress Centres of Greater Toronto)
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Call Mississauga & Brampton: 905-459-7777
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Call Caledon: 1-877-298-5444
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Youthdale Psychiatric Crisis Services
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Call: 416-363-9990, available 24/7 for parents/guardians
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Hope 24/7Sexual Abuse/Assault Crisis Line
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Call: 1-800-810-0180
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Aboriginal Crisis Line
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Call: 1-800-588-8717
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Kids Help Phone
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Call: 1-800-668-6868
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Interior Crisis Line Network: 1-888-353-2273
Support Lines
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For Children & Youth
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Kids Help Phone
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Call: 1-800-668-6868, Text: CONNECT to 686868
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Wellness Together for Adults, Connecting with a Mental Health Professional
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Call: 1-866-585-0445, Text: WELLNESS to 741741
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Wellness Together for Youth, Connecting with a Mental Health Professional
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Call: 1-888-668-6810, Text: WELLNESS to 686868
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Hope for Wellness Help Line for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Peoples
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Call: 1-855-242-3310, available 24/7 in English and French and, by request, in Cree, Ojibway, and Inuktitut
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Former Indigenous Residential School Students Crisis Support
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Call: 1-866-925-4419, available 24/7
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Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Crisis Line
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Call: 1-844-413-6649, available 24/7
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Helpful Phone Apps
Stress and Anxiety Relief
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MindShift CBT
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Happify
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Calm
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Headspace
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Headway
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Mood Management
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Daylio
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BoosterBuddy
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MoodMission
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Religion-based Support
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Bible Verses - Verzzle.com
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Wellness Inspired by Islam - Ruh Care
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