Important Links & Contacts

Mental Health Crisis Services

If you or someone else is experiencing a psychiatric crisis and want help you can contact the following three 24-hour crisis services in Toronto at no charge.

The Gerstein Centre (serves the former cities of Toronto and York)
http://www.gersteincentre.org/
416-929-5200

• community visits
• ten-bed, short-stay residence
• telephone support

The Scarborough Mobile Crisis (serves East York and Scarborough)
416-495-2033

• Community crisis assessment and intervention
• mobile crisis team response in the home or other community setting
• telephone crisis line

Integrated Community Mental Health Crisis Response Program
(serves Etobicoke and North York)
416-498-0043

• Continuum of services include mobile crisis intervention
• support available in the consumer's home or at meeting place of their choice
• telephone access and support available to family members, significant others, caregivers

Emergency Department
You can also go to your nearest emergency department in a psychiatric crisis.

If you are feeling distressed and need to talk to a sympathetic person call the Distress Centres of Toronto
416-408-4357; 416-408-HELP

• Telephone response to persons in need of immediate emotional support
• crisis intervention
• suicide prevention

CAMH (Centre for Addiction and Mental Health)

• CAMH Main switchboard
  (416) 535-8501

• For a mental health or addiction concern (416) 595-6111 (within Toronto) or 1-800-463-6273 (toll free)

General Toronto Emergency Services

In an emergency call 9-1-1