Support & resources
The kind of list a doctor hands you: clinics and hospital programs, peer support groups, education organisations and directories. Condition-specific services live inside each guide.
General & multiple conditions
Front doors that can assess, treat or refer for almost anything.
Canada's largest mental health hospital: complex mood disorders, psychosis, addiction, inpatient and outpatient care.
Wellness programs, peer support and counselling, plus community support for severe and persistent mental illness.
Free, confidential 24/7 directory of mental health, addiction and problem-gambling services across Ontario.
Searchable local service listings plus plain-language info sheets you can print.
Addiction & concurrent disorders
For substance use alongside a mental illness — treated together, not separately.
Withdrawal management, outpatient addiction medicine and concurrent disorder programs.
Treats dual diagnoses combining addiction with bipolar disorder, ADHD and BPD.
Programs spanning bipolar, BPD, depression, eating disorders, psychosis and addiction.
Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous meetings in Toronto and across Ontario.
Family & caregiver support
Support for the people around the person who is unwell.
Recovery-oriented support, education and navigation for families.
Child and youth mental health: family peer support and community networks.
Self-help groups specifically for family members of someone living with psychosis.
Crisis response
When help is needed today.
Non-police mobile crisis response and wellness checks for Toronto residents 16+.
Free, anonymous 24/7 phone and online counselling for young people 20 and under.
Therapies for addiction & substance use
Approaches commonly offered alongside peer support and medical care. Therapies for each illness live in the Therapies tab of its guide.
CBT
Relapse prevention.
Motivational Interviewing (MI)
Builds internal motivation to change.
DBT
For those with co-occurring emotional dysregulation.
12-step / peer support models
Community-based and non-clinical.
Contingency management
Structured rewards for verified abstinence; strong evidence for stimulants.
Relapse prevention therapy
Mapping high-risk situations and rehearsing a response to each.
Community Reinforcement and Family Training (CRAFT)
For families supporting someone who is not yet ready to seek help.
Medication-assisted treatment with counselling
Suboxone, methadone or naltrexone alongside regular therapy.
Wider self-help & international
Finding care
Filter therapists by issue, modality, insurance and availability.
US directory of mental health and substance use treatment facilities.
Low cost
Therapy sessions at reduced rates for people without insurance.
Peer support
Free peer-led recovery support groups across the US.
Self-help
Free downloadable CBT workbooks for anxiety, low mood, sleep and anger.
For carers
Practical and financial support for people caring for someone unwell.
Workplace
Toolkits for talking to employers and requesting adjustments.
Understanding
Reliable, research-backed overviews of every major condition.