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The Positive Side

Fall 2003
Volume 6, Issue 3

Emotional Rescue

Feeling down and out? Don’t deal with it all on your own…the following services are here to lend a helping ear.

National
Canadian Mental Health Association
phone: 416.484.7750
fax: 416.484.4617
e-mail: national@cmha.ca
To find an office in your province, click on www.cmha.ca and go to “CMHA Locations.”

British Columbia
Mental Health Information Line
phone: 604.669.7600
toll-free: 1.800.661.2121

Alberta
Alberta Mental Health Board
crisis line: 1.877.303.AMHB (2642)
www.amhb.ab.ca

Alberta Mental Health Self Help Network
phone: 780.452.1930
toll-free: 1.866.452.1933
e-mail: admin@selfhelpnetwork.org
www.selfhelpnetwork.org

Saskatchewan
HealthLine
toll-free: 1.877.800.0002
tty: 1.888.425.4444
www.gov.sask.ca
Registered nurse available 24/7 for health advice or info.

Manitoba
Klinic Community Health Centre
toll-free: 1.888.322.3019
www.klinic.mb.ca
A 24-hour crisis line provides counselling, support and info.

Ontario
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)
phone: 416.595.6111
toll-free: 1.800.463.6273
www.camh.net

Quebec
Ligne d’écoute
toll-free: 1.866.738.4873
www.revivre.org

New Brunswick
CHIMO Crisis Line
phone: 506.450.HELP (4357)
toll-free: 1.800.667.5005
e-mail: chimo1@nb.aibn.com
www.chimohelpline.ca
Accessible 24/7, 365 days a year.

Government of New Brunswick
Family and Community Services
toll-free: 1.800.442.9799
www.gnb.ca

P.E.I.
Island Helpline
toll-free: 1.800.218.2885
A 24-hour, bilingual, anonymous phone service that provides info, support or help in a crisis.

Nova Scotia
The Self-Help Connection
phone: 902.466.2011
e-mail: info@selfhelpconnection.ca
www.selfhelpconnection.ca

Newfoundland & Labrador
Mental Health Crisis Line
1.888.737.4668

Newfoundland and Labrador AIDS Committee
1.800.563.1575

Yukon Territory
Mental Health Services
toll-free: 1.800.661.0408, ext. 8346

Northwest Territory
AIDS/HIV Information Line
1.800.661.0844

Crisis Telephone Line
Call collect: 0.867.872.4133

Nunavut
Health and Social Services
867.975.5713
toll-free: 1.800.663.5738

Mental Health & Family Services
phone: 867.979.7680

Family Services & Addiction Services
phone: 867.979.7670


—compiled by Denyse Boxell & Brian Huskins


 

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