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Links to Supports
Links to Supports
H.O.P.E. is a registered non-profit organization that offers therapy to all children, teens and families who do not have insurance and who otherwise could not afford counselling services.
Youth between ages 17 and 24 years who are living with serious mental illness like psychosis or mood disorders can get the support they need to prepare for a healthier future.
Promotes sexual and reproductive health within an environment respecting and supporting individual choice.
Mental Health/Illness Community Contacts
Lists a number of useful organizations and contacts that are helpful in negotiating mental health/illness within the Province of Nova Scotia.
A website for parents, teachers, students and healthcare providers that outlines and explains mental health, mental illness, and initiatives to educate all concerned.
IWK Mental Health and Addictions Services
Lists a number of resources for youth pertaining to physical and mental well being.
Kids Help Phone is Canada’s only 24/7 national service offering bilingual (English and French) professional counselling, information and referrals and volunteer-led, text-based support to young people.
Community Supports (to access the links, click the hyperlink and then click the blue link)
Community Supports (to access the links, click the hyperlink and then click the blue link)
211: http://ns.211.ca/ : Accessing all local services in HRM
Youth Project:
https://www.nshealth.ca/content/online-mental-health-services
Provincial Mental Health Crisis Line: Available 24/7 for anyone experiencing a mental health crisis or someone concerned about them. Call (toll-free) 1-888-429-8167.
IWK Central Referral: 902-464-4110
Canadian Armed Forces: New & confidential Crisis Line available 24/7 for kids from military families. TEXT: CAFKIDS to 686868
Military Family Resource Centre : Supporting Military Families
http://halifaxmfrc.ca/index.php/en/ Phone: 902-427-7788 0R 1-888-753-8827
If you or someone you care about is experiencing a mental health emergency crisis, call the Province-wide
Mental Health Crisis Line at 1-888-429-8167. You can also call 911 or go to your nearest emergency room.
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