The following Windsor-Essex County organizations offer presentations, assessments, support, or referrals related to the Keep Health in Mind initiative and other summer health issues. The purpose of the initiative is to address the importance of achieving and maintaining positive mental health, and how to deal effectively with mental illness. Topics covered include: the connection between physical activity and mental health, how pets affect health, helping someone you know who has a mental illness, coping with a mental illness at work, age and mental well-being, and much more.

Mental Health Service Information Ontario (MHSIO)

T:  1-519-439-0174 (Business Line) 1-866-531-2600  ·  F:  1-519-439-0455 (Business Fax) ·  www.mhsio.on.ca/index.html 

This organization can provide you with:

Information and Referral Services - info_ref_services_mhsio@connexontario.ca – that will direct your E-mail to an MHSIO Information and Referral Specialist, who can answer your questions about the location and availability of mental health services and supports in Ontario.

T: 1-866-531-2600 Information and Referral Line – within Ontario only

MHSIO staff is available to answer calls in both English and French. Interpretation services are also available in over 140 languages. The 1-866 telephone line is open to callers 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and is free, confidential, and anonymous.

Bulimia Anorexia Nervosa Association (BANA)

T:  519-969-2112  ·  F:  519-969-0227  ·   www.bana.ca  ·  info@bana.ca

Bulimia Anorexia Nervosa Association – Ottawa Street Site

Bulimia Anorexia Nervosa Association (BANA) provides community-based prevention and treatment services for persons diagnosed with and/or affected by an eating disorder. Services include specialized assessment and diagnosis, psycho-education, cognitive behavioural therapy, body image group therapy, relapse prevention, nutrition education, follow up, and after care support group.

• Presentations on eating disorder topics are available to workplaces.

Canadian Mental Health Association – Windsor-Essex County Branch

T:  519-255-7440  ·  F:  519-255-7817  ·  http://www.cmha-wecb.on.ca

CMHA offers a range of services to help people who are seriously mentally ill and those who are working through some of life's difficulties. CMHA also provides public education services to promote mental health.

Community and Social Support

• Housing and Employment Services
• Prevention and Specialized Services
• Resource Centre
• Employee Assistance Program for Workplaces

For more information or resources on mental illness and mental health call 519-255-7440.

CMHA also provides referral assistance to those unable to access resources on their own. If you or someone you know has recently been discharged from a psychiatric unit of the hospital, and are unsure of what community services could assist you, CMHA staff can help connect you to the service or services in the community that best suit your individual needs. CMHA’s Community Support Services (CSS) and Essex ACTT Team also offer a range of supports to assist individual’s aged 16 and over, experiencing difficulties related to a mental illness. CMHA’s Resource Centre addresses all requests for case management supports for both programs in Windsor and Essex County.

•  Information / Referral Services
•  Advocacy Services
•  Diversion and Court Support Services
•  Outreach Services
• Community Treatment Order (CTO) Case Management

Employee Assistance Program for Workplaces

The Employee Assistance Program is designed to address concerns through the development of a comprehensive system of professional support, which includes assessment, referral, short-term counselling and follow-up.

A key service area addresses the mental health related needs of the workplace. Work related stress is increasingly recognized as an influence which, combined with the stress of day-to-day living, can result in reduced productivity, reduced job satisfaction, and increased absenteeism. These pressures occasionally lead to problems and difficulties that affect an employee's life and create a need for professional intervention and support.

Community Crisis Centre of Windsor-Essex County

T:  519-973-4435  ·  F:  519-973-1989  ·   www.hdgh.org   

The Community Crisis Centre is a partnership of area hospitals and social organizations committed to providing 24 hour crisis response services to residents of Windsor and Essex County who are experiencing serious mental illness and / or acute psychosocial problems. The services include:

• 24 hour Crisis Telephone Line 519-973-4435 (toll free).
• 24 hour Walk-In Service, Hotel Dieu Grace Hospital Emergency Department.
• 24 hour Mobile Crisis Response Monday through Friday and 3 pm to 11 pm on weekends.

• Walk-In Service in the Community Crisis Centre, Jeanne Mance Building 1^st Floor  1030 Ouellette, Monday through Friday during business hours.

Glengarda Child and Family Services

T:  (519) 257-5106  ·  F:  (519)257-5216  ·   glengard@jet2.net

Glengarda is a fully accredited, multi-disciplinary Children’s Mental Health Centre located on the campus of Windsor Regional Hospital. Its mission is to meet mental health needs of children and their families in Essex County through:

• Day Treatment
• Prevention, Early Intervention, and Community Support Services
• Advocacy and Research
• Presentations are available to workplaces outlining Glengarda’s services and mental health issues faced by children and their families.

Iris Residential Inns and Services

T:  (519) 252-1819  ·  F:  (519) 252-2378  ·  www.irisinns.ca  ·  iris@irisinns.ca

Iris Inns is a supportive, long-term housing complex for persons with a persistent serious mental illness (schizophrenia, manic depression, or clinical depression). Services include medical treatment, vocational opportunities, and comprehensive rehabilitation. Iris Inns promotes self-respect, courage, hope, and caring in a compassionate environment.

John Howard Society of Windsor-Essex County

T:  (519) 252-3461  ·  F:  (519) 252-0439  ·   www.jhswindsor.org  ·  jhswindsor@on.aibn.com

The John Howard Society is a charitable, community based organization founded in 1949 and run by a citizen Board of Directors. Their goal is a safer community. The Society provides crime prevention services and education to young people. They also provide practical help to youth and adults in conflict with the law and assistance to their families. They encourage members of the community to be aware of criminal justice issues and to share in seeking solutions to problems of crime.

Programs offered by the Society include:

• The 'New Leaf" Anger Management Program for adult males:  This is a twelve-week program to help men understand and deal with the problems of anger.
• The "Taking Charge" program for Women:  This is a twelve-week self-management program for women that address such issues as self-esteem, family violence, anger management, healthy/abusive relationships, drug/alcohol dependency, etc.
•  Drug/Alcohol Counselling Program:  This is a three-session program for suspended high school students.

Maryvale Adolescent and Family Services

T:  519-258-0484  ·  F:  519-258-0488  ·   marvyvale@maryvale.ca

Maryvale provides both mental health treatment services to emotionally disturbed adolescents ages 11 to 17 and their families, and provides secure detention for youth between 12 and 15 years of age. Programs include:

• Residential
• Day Treatment
• After-Care
• Good Shepherd Centre
• Stabilization Program
• Windsor-Essex Children’s Aid Society - access to Day Treatment and Residential Programs on a fee for services basis

Mental Health Consumer/Survivor Employment Association of Essex County

T:  519-254-3000  ·  F:  519-252-4291  ·   tenfriendsdiner@cogeco.net

Through counselling and working with supportive employers, the Association helps individuals recovering from mental illness to return to work.

• Ten Friends Diner:  The Diner hires individuals, who are recovering from mental illness and are ready to be re-employed. They are provided with restaurant training along with the continued support of counsellors from the Survivor Employment Association. 

Regional Mental Health Care, London and St. Thomas

T: 519-455-5110  ·  F:  519-455-3712  ·  www.sjhc.london.on.ca/mhl/mhl.htm  ·  www.sjhc.london.on.ca/mhst/mhst.htm

Regional Mental Health Care, London, and Regional Mental Health Care, St. Thomas, offer specialized programs for individuals with severe and persistent mental illness in thirteen counties in Southwestern Ontario. The following programs are based at RMHC, London:

• Specialized Adult - Serving adults from Grey, Bruce, Huron, Perth, Oxford, Middlesex, Waterloo and Wellington Counties. Referrals also accepted from Norfolk County Schedule 1 Hospitals.
• Geriatric Psychiatry - Serving adults generally over the age of 65.
• Adolescent Program - Serving adolescents, ages 13-18 years.
• Developmental Behavioural Management Program - Serving adults between the ages of 18 and 64 with a Developmental Challenge (IQ below 70), as well as a mental health care need.
• Mood Disorders Program - Serving adults affected by severe and complex mood disorders including but not limited to manic depression and bipolar disorder.
• Schizophrenia Treatment and Research (STAR) Program - Serving adults who are affected with Schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorders, and other complex issues.
• Concurrent Disorders - Serving adults affected by a serious and persistent mental illness who also have an addiction.

Schizophrenia Society of Ontario, Windsor/Sarnia/Chatham Region

T:  519-254-6793  ·  F:  519-254-8601  ·   www.schizophrenia.on.ca ·  laurabedard2004@canada.com

• Public Awareness:  This program reaches out to the community at large to raise awareness about the signs and symptoms of psychotic disorders, encouraging early recognition and treatment. The objectives are to disseminate accurate information about psychotic disorders, thus dispelling the myths and misunderstanding that leads to the stigmatization of those affected by mental illness. Presentations are available.
• Family Support and Education:  This program provides support to families of those affected by serious mental illness. This support takes the form of family support groups, based on a self-help, peer support model, as well as ten-week psycho-educational programs for families. It also provides short-term counselling and support to families who are in crisis.
• Presentations are available to workplaces on a variety of topics.

Sexual Assault Crisis Centre of Essex County

T:  519-253-3100  ·  F:  519-253-0175  ·   sacc@cogeco.net ·  24-hour Crisis Line 519-253-9667

The Essex County program is an outreach program designed to take counselling services located in our Windsor office for victims of sexual violence (sexual assault, sexual abuse, and incest).  It also offers support for non-offering significant others to those who reside in Essex County through five satellite offices located throughout the county.

Presentations are available to workplaces on topics such as: 

• The Realities of Sexual Victimization
• Sexual Harassment
• Building Healthy Relationships  

Teen Health Centre

T:  519-253-8481  ·  F:  519-253-4362  ·   www.teenhealthcentre.com  · www.teenhealthcentre.com/contact/contact.html

The Teen Health Centre is dedicated to helping Essex County’s young people achieve physical and emotional health and well-being through education, counselling, and support. We encourage young people to make their own decisions based on reliable information.  Our list of services and programs grows as the needs of our clients surface. While THC excels at helping young people break free of harmful habits and behaviours, we are not here just for clients in crisis. Through education and information, we share valuable life skills that everyone approaching adulthood should know.

• A presentation is available to workplaces on Self-Harm by contacting Dr. Andrew Taylor, Clinical Psychologist, at 519-253-8481 Ext. 265 or by e-mail at ataylor@teenhealthcentre.com.
• Presentations are also available on Anger Management/Conflict Resolution, Parenting Adolescents, and Dealing with Poverty and Homelessness in our Community by contacting Jenny Stranges, MSW, at 519-253-8481 Ext. 225 or by e-mail at jstranges@teenhealthcentre.com.
• Services available through the Teen Health Centre include:
• Medical Services (Provided by Doctors, Nurses, & Nurse Practitioners)
• Dietician 
• Prenatal/Postnatal Classes and Support Groups
• Individual and Group Counselling
• Parent Support Workshops/Groups
• Substance Abuse Counselling and Prevention Programs
• Homeless Outreach
• Community Workshops and Programming
• ROPES Course
• Youth Programming (e.g., Kids Alliance and Skills Link)
• Resource Library
• Volunteer and Student Placements

The Hospice of Windsor and Essex County

T:  519-974-7100  ·  F:  519-974-7111  ·   www.hospicewindsoressex.com 

• Wellness Centre Program and Clinical Services:  The services include support, education, and counselling for clients with a severe mental illness and a diagnosis of a life threatening illness - in partnership with other SMI agencies.
• Wellness Drop-In Group, Individual Support and Counselling:  This program provides support, counselling, and education for the client with a severe mental illness and a life-threatening illness. Support is also provided to caregivers. Partnerships have also been established with other mental illness organizations for continuity of care. Average length of stay is three to five years.

The Windsor Mood Disorders Self Support Group

T: 519-254-7357 (Bill) or 519-944-2056 (Pattie)

This group is a completely independent organization with members working together to help each other cope with mood disorders. The group meets on the 1^st and 3^rd Tuesdays of each month at 7pm at The Canadian Mental Health Association, 1400 Windsor Avenue at Ellis Street, Windsor.

Windsor Family Forum

T:  519-253-2607  ·  F:  519-252-1867  ·   www.windsorfamilyforum.com  ·  bob@windsorfamilyforum.com

The Windsor Family Forum provides opportunities, resources, and support to anyone moving through personal change. They provide support to individuals and families in group and one-to-one settings. These services are fee-based although the Forum accepts both money and volunteer work as methods of payment. Services include:

• Peer Facilitated Support Groups for Men and Women
• One-to-One Coaching
• Mediation for Families and Couples
• Parenting – Group or One-to-Once Coaching for Parents
• The Road Ahead – A Substance Abuse Relapse Prevention
• Senior’s Outreach Program
• Interactive Imagery – Shaffering
• Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse – A Safe, Confidential Support Group
• Peer Facilitation Training

Pamphlets and Brochures are available:

• Windsor Family Forum – Our Services
• The Road Ahead – Support for People Dealing with a Relapse
• Mediation Services
• Reach – A Community Resource Centre
• We Want to Know – a campaign to support boys and men surviving sexual abuse

Windsor Regional Hospital

T:  519-257-5111 Ext. 75152 ·  F:  519-257-5257  ·   www.wrh.on.ca  · mental.health@wrh.on.ca

• Windsor Regional Hospital Mental Health Services:  This includes specialized inpatient, outpatient, and outreach services to persons with complex mental health issues.
• Windsor Regional Hospital Mental Health and Addiction Programs:  This program provides withdrawal management (detoxification) services. Assessment, referral, and treatment services are also available.
• Concurrent Disorder Treatment Program:  This program includes social work, assessment, psychiatric consultation, and intense individual and group treatment. The program consists of three group sessions weekly plus individual sessions for eight week duration.
• Dual Diagnosis Outreach Stabilization Program:  This program includes psychiatric and nursing assessment, medical intervention, and client and family education. These services are
• provided in the client’s home or alternate normal residence.
• Mood and Anxiety Treatment Program:  This program includes psychiatric and psychological assessment, as well as individual and group treatment. The program serves adults with severe mood and anxiety disorders that interfere with daily functioning for an extended period of time, and have not responded to primary care treatment. Treatment duration is normally 12 to 16 sessions primarily using cognitive-behavioural therapy.
• Psycho Geriatric Outreach Program:  This program includes social work, nursing assessment, psychiatric consultation, individual counselling, and family support and education.