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