Depression in Children and Teens

Other Places To Get Help

Online Resource

Canadian Health Network (CHN)
Health Canada
Web Address: www.canadian-health-network.ca
 

The Canadian Health Network (CHN) is a national, non-profit health information service. CHN provides information on disease prevention and health issues such as violence prevention, mental health, environment and health, and workplace safety. The Web site contains links to more than 17,000 English and French Canadian Web-based resources.


Organizations

Canadian Mental Health Association
180 Dundas Street West
Suite 2301
Toronto, ON  M5G 1Z8
Phone: (416) 484-7750
Fax: (416) 484-4617
E-mail: info@cmha.ca
Web Address: www.cmha.ca
 

The Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) promotes mental health and focuses on combatting mental health problems and emotional disorders. The organization offers workshops, pamphlets, newsletters, and other educational materials.


Canadian Psychiatric Association
141 Laurier Avenue West
Suite 701
Ottawa, ON  K1P 5J3
Phone: (613) 234-2815
Fax: (613) 234-9857
Web Address: www.cpa-apc.org

Kids Help Phone
300-439 University Avenue
Toronto, ON  M5G 1Y8
Phone: 1-800-668-6868 (hotline number for kids and youth)
(416) 586-5437 (national office)
Fax: (416) 586-0651
E-mail: info@kidshelp.sympatico.ca
Web Address: www.kidshelpphone.ca
 

Kids Help Phone provides children and teens access to counsellors 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Counsellors also respond to questions posted online. At the Web site, visitors can find information on issues specific to children and teens, such as on bullying, dating, girls' and boys' health, and violence and abuse.


Mood Disorders Society of Canada
3-304 Stone Road West
Suite 763
Guelph, ON  N1G 4W4
Phone: (519) 824-5565
Fax: (519) 824-9569
E-mail: info@mooddisorderscanada.ca
Web Address: www.mooddisorderscanada.ca


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Author: Jeannette Curtis
Lila Havens
Carrie Henley
Last Updated: June 26, 2007
Medical Review: Anne C. Poinier, MD - Internal Medicine
Michael J. Sexton, MD - Pediatrics
Gisele Ferguson, MD, FRCPC - Psychiatry, Child and Youth Psychiatry

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