Hi everyone!

If you, your colleagues or clients are experiencing high levels of anxiety or stress during this current COVID-19 pandemic, please share with them the tip sheets we’ve prepared. It highlights ten basic tips to help individuals experiencing heightened mental health concerns to remain calm and balanced as this public health situation unfolds.

The tip sheets are available in English and French.

CCSA has developed a new resource,

Institute for Advancements in Mental Health (IAM), formerly the Schizophrenia Society of Ontario (SSO), has extended the hours of their mental health telephone support line (1-855-449-9949 or support@iamentalhealth.ca) during the COVID-19 pandemic, ensuring that you will reach someone to talk to live.

In order to continue to meet the needs of children, youth and families during COVID-19 many service-providing agencies are quickly moving to virtual care. Some platforms that service providers are using include: ThinkResearch , oncallhealth.ca and Zoom for Healthcare. It looks like all of these platforms are HIPPA and PIPEDA/PHIPA compliant.

The Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA)’s BounceBack program is a key component of the government's expansion of online and virtual mental health supports to help Ontarians navigating the difficult realities in the wake of COVID-19.

BounceBack's expanded services are available now, free of charge, to help people experiencing mild to moderate anxiety, stress and other mental health challenges associated with the pandemic.

In this time of uncertainty and stress related to the COVID-19 pandemic, Mental Health Works is providing a free webinar series to help employees and employers address the impact these circumstances may have on our work and well-being.

This resource was developed by the Global Network of Women’s Shelters (GNWS) and Asian Network of Women’s Shelters, and shared by the Homeless Hub.

The brainXchange has partnered with Behavioural Supports Ontario (BSO) to create a COVID-19 resource webpage which is now available. This webpage provides access to public health resources, practical tips, wellness strategies, family care partner resources and more. 

Disability issues related to COVID-19 Townhall hosted by Ontario Autism Coalition and partners (April 7th, 2020)

Cross-posted from EENet Connect's French Mental Health forum.