Mental health help and support resources

To obtain care or services or to find a professional with whom you feel comfortable, contact one of the following resources:

• Info-Social 811
• A doctor or the Primary Care Access Point
• A local community services centres (CLSC)
• A mental health professional in a private practice (psychologist, psychotherapist, social worker, etc.)

Organizations are also available in your community. Consult the list below or use the Mental Health Resource Directory to find a resource near you.

Talk anytime, anywhere in Québec, with a professional who is able to speak openly about suicide:

• By telephone: suicide prevention and help line: 1-866-APPELLE or 1-866-277-3553
• By text (SMS): 535353
• By chat: suicide.ca

Also see the page Recognizing signs of distress and preventing suicide.

• Veterans Affairs Canada
  Helpline: 1-800-268-7708
  This resource is for veterans and their immediate families only
• Association des centres d’écoute téléphonique du Québec (in French only)
  Find a help line in your region
• Tel-jeunes parents
  Helpline: 1-800-361-5085 (6 a.m. to midnight)
  Live chat (6 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.)
  Free and confidential intervention services provided by professionals for parents of children aged 0 to 20 years.
• Tel-jeunes 
  Helpline: 1-800-263-2266 (6 a.m. to 2 a.m.)
  Text messages or live chat: 514-600-1002 (8 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.)
  This free and confidential service is provided by professionals for children aged 12 to 17 years.
• Family Peer Supporters
  Helpline: 1-800-349-9915
  Québec-wide and pan-Canadian Francophone service for family and loved ones of people living with mental disorder.
  Free and confidential.
  Available Mondays from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. and Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.
  Video available to learn more (in French only).

Anxiety disorders

• Relief
  Offers several services to help you live with anxiety, depression or bipolar disorder.
• Phobies-Zéro (in French only)
  Helpline: 1-866-922-0002
  Support groups for young people and adults experiencing anxiety disorders, including obsessive-compulsive disorder. These services are also intended for family and loved ones.

Attention deficit with or without hyperactivity (ADHD)

• Regroupement des associations PANDA du Québec (in French only)
  The Regroupement supports establishing services that promote the educational and social success of people with ADD/ADHD and responding to the needs of their family and friends.
• Fondation Philippe Laprise – Complètement TDAH (in French only)
• ADHD Informations Tips Tricks
• Naître et grandir – Le trouble du déficit de l'attention avec ou sans hyperactivité (TDA/H) (in French only)
• Institut des troubles de l’apprentissage – Qu'est-ce que le TDAH? (in French only)

Mood Disorders

• Relief
  Offers several services to help you live with anxiety, depression or bipolar disorder.

Eating disorders

• Anorexie et boulimie Québec (ANEB)
  Help and reference line: 1-800-630-0907
  Information and services for youth, adults and loved ones
• Douglas – Mental Health University Institute – Eating Disorders: what are they?
• Association des médecins psychiatres du Québec – Troubles alimentaires (in French only)
• Tel-jeunes – Eating Disorders
• Suicide.ca – Troubles alimentaires et suicide (in French only)

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

• Veterans Affairs Canada
  Helpline: 1-800-268-7708
  This resource is for veterans and their immediate families only
• Douglas – Mental Health University Institute – Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): causes, symptoms and treatments
• Trauma Studies Center
  Institut universitaire en santé mentale de Montréal
• Centre d’aide aux victimes d’actes criminels (CAVAC)
• Centres d'aide et de lutte contre les agressions à caractère sexuel (CALACS)

Psychotic Disorders

• Société québécoise de la schizophrénie (in French only)
• Réseau québécois d’entendeurs de voix (in French only)
  For people who hear voices and those who support them
• Association québécoise des programmes pour premiers épisodes psychotiques (in French only)

Resources are available for the family and friends of people living with mental disorders:

• LigneParents (in French only)
  Helpline: 1-800-361-5085 (6 a.m. to midnight)
  Chat (8 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.)
  Free and confidential intervention services provided by professionals for parents of children aged 0 to 20 years.
• Regroupement des associations PANDA du Québec (in French only)
  The Regroupement supports establishing services that promote the educational and social success of people with ADD/ADHD and responding to the needs of their family and friends.
• CAP santé mentale
  (Confédération des associations de proches en santé mentale du Québec)
  To help you cope better with a loved one living with a mental health problem
• Société québécoise de la schizophrénie  (in French only)
• Réseau québécois d’entendeurs de voix (in French only)
  For people who hear voices and those who support them
• Phobies-Zéro (in French only)
  Helpline: 1-866-922-0002
  Support groups for young people and adults experiencing anxiety disorders, including obsessive-compulsive disorder. These services are also intended for family and loved ones.
• Family Peer Supporters
  Helpline: 1-800-349-9915
  Québec-wide and pan-Canadian Francophone service for family and loved ones of people living with mental disorder.
  Free and confidential.
  Available Mondays from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. and Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.
  Video available to learn more (in French only).

Also see the page Living with a person suffering from mental disorder to find out how you can help someone with a mental illness while respecting your limits.

• Au cœur des familles agricoles (in French only)
  Psychosocial support network for agricultural producers and their family

• Mental health (for youth and adults)
• Canadian Mental Health Association
• Douglas – Mental Health University Institute – Mental Health Info
• Mouvement Santé mentale Québec (in French only)
  Mental health promotion and prevention tools (for youth and adults)
• Positive mental health, rain or shine (for children, adolescents and young adults)
  Tools to promote the development of personal and social skills in young people (also for parents and school staff)
• CAP santé mentale
  (Confédération des associations de proches en santé mentale du Québec)
  To help you cope better with a loved one living with a mental health problem
• Regroupement des ressources alternatives en santé mentale du Québec (RRASMQ) (in French only)
  Tools related to Autonomous medication management (GAM – Gestion autonome de la médication), publications on mental health and a list of member resources (self-help groups, accommodations, community follow-up, support for socio-professional integration, other treatments, etc.)
• Station SME (the station to support student mental health)
  Useful tools and resources to support the mental health of students. One section is aimed directly at students, the other at staff members (CEGEP, college and university)
• Tel-jeunes – Tools for school staff

• Association des groupes d'intervention en défense des droits en santé mentale du Québec  (in French only)
• Regroupement provincial des usagers en santé et services sociaux