Mental Health for Care Providers

Anxiety Canada has put together a list of resources for youth who are experiencing anxiety.

BounceBack® is a free skill-building program managed by the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA). It is designed to help adults and youth 15+ manage low mood, mild to moderate depression and anxiety, stress or worry. Delivered over the phone with a coach and through online videos, participants will get access to tools that will support them on their path to mental wellness.

Jack.org, School Mental Health Ontario and Kids Help Phone have partnered to bring you all the information needed in one easy-to-access hub so that youth mental health remains top of mind, and our communities are able to easily access the education, tools, support and reliable information they need.

At one of Ontario’s Distress Centres you can find a listening ear for anyone who is feeling lonely, depressed, suicidal, or struggling otherwise. Most centres operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and include Suicide Survivor programs, support services for youth, telephone call-out programs for seniors and other vulnerable populations, mental health crisis lines, and more.

Good2Talk provides confidential support services for post-secondary students in Ontario and Nova Scotia.

Eating disorders are serious mental illnesses with potentially grave consequences. Teens will not accurately estimate the risk that an eating disorder poses to their health. As such, it is up to caregivers to see that their child is supported to recovery. NEDIC provides access to information, tips on how to discuss symptoms with a teen's healthcare provider, and ways to broach the subject with the teen.

NEDIC provides information, resources, referrals and support to Canadians affected by eating disorders. They also have a Helpline and Instant Chat.

This is a workbook from the Vancouver Island Health Authority is for parents and caregivers who love and worry about a teenager who may be experimenting with or regularly engaged in a relationship with alcohol or other drugs. This workbook is for caregivers including grandparents, aunts, uncles, foster parents, family friends, neighbors, or others who care about a teen.

This guide is meant for foster parents, caseworkers, relatives, and other adults who care about youth that are in the foster care system. It specifically focuses on methods of supporting youth who have experienced trauma and are working to improve their mental health.

This guide from the CMHA offers information about psychosis and how to find help early for youth in Ontario.

This guide from the Canadian Mental Health Association provides information about suicide and how to find help for children and youth in Ontario.

Jack.org has created a sheet outlining the importance of self-care, which is aimed at youth and focuses on physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, and social wellness and how to build a self-care toolkit.

The International OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) Foundation has compiled overviews and articles for caregivers, kids, and teens.

The Centre of Addictions Research of BC, University of Victoria has created this workbook to help readers work through their own individual experience of substance use, and how to address any changes they are seeking to make in their relationship with substance use.

Youth Wellness Hubs Ontario are fully integrated “one-stop-shops” for youth aged 12-25, to address their needs related to mental health, substance use, primary care, education, employment, training, housing and other community and social services. These hubs also include peer services, outreach, and system navigation services. Visit the website to locate a hub in your area.