Education is an essential element of recovery for people with mental health and addictions conditions and leads to better jobs. Learn about mental health supports available in Ontario’s education system.Continue readingEducation
Mental Health and Addictions
Support for Families and Caregivers
Families can play an important role in supporting a loved one with a mental health or addiction condition. Learn more about resources available for families and caregivers of individuals with mental health and addictions issues.Continue readingSupport for Families and Caregivers
Mental Health and Addictions Services
There are many different kinds of mental health and addictions services available in Ontario. The type of service you may require depends on your needs. CMHA Ontario’s 30 branches provide community mental health services across Ontario. For a list of programs offered by the branch nearest you, find your local branch.Continue readingMental Health and Addictions Services
Are You in Crisis?
If you are thinking of suicide or think someone else may be, there is help. Call your local crisis line or mobile crisis team or the police, or go to the emergency room of your local hospital. Learn more about crisis support services available.Continue readingAre You in Crisis?
Concurrent Disorders
Concurrent disorders describes a condition in which a person has both a mental illness and a substance use problem. This term is a general one and refers to a wide range of mental illnesses and substance use disorders. For example, someone living with schizophrenia who also engages problematic cannabis use has a concurrent disorder, as does […]Continue readingConcurrent Disorders
Connection Between Mental and Physical Health
Mental and physical health is fundamentally linked. There are multiple associations between mental health and chronic physical conditions that significantly impact people’s quality of life, demands on health care and other publicly funded services, and generate consequences to society. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines: health as a state of complete physical, mental and social […]Continue readingConnection Between Mental and Physical Health
Positive Mental Health and Well-Being
Mental health is more than the absence of a mental health condition or illness: it is a positive sense of well-being, or the capacity to enjoy life and deal with the challenges we face. Mental health impacts each and every one of us. We all have mental health, just as we all have physical health. […]Continue readingPositive Mental Health and Well-Being
Mental Health and Wellness Services for Indigenous Children and Youth
How to find mental health services and supports oriented toward young people with ties to the First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities, and where they might be available.Continue readingMental Health and Wellness Services for Indigenous Children and Youth
Understanding and Coping with Loss and Grief
Learn about loss and grief and how to help children and youth cope.Continue readingUnderstanding and Coping with Loss and Grief
Family and Caregiver Support
Learn about family associations and support services for families and caregivers of children and youth experiencing mental health issues.Continue readingFamily and Caregiver Support