The Canadian Mental Health Association, York Region Branch was founded in 1984 and is dedicated to improving the quality of life for people with mental illnesses.

We help people learn how to maintain their mental health, look for and identify the signs of mental illness, and get help and support when they need it. Through several locations across York Region and South Simcoe, we provide a wide range of services to assist individuals with their recovery. Our multi-disciplinary team of professionals are dedicated to assisting people achieve their optimum level of mental health.

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Services Offered

Adult Services
* Assertive Community Treatment Teams - Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) is designed to provide comprehensive, community-based psychiatric treatment, rehabilitation and support to people with serious and persistent mental illness.

* Case Management
> Case Management, Adults - Intensive case management offers a supportive framework for individuals with serious mental illness to achieve greater independence and an improved quality of life. Our highly skilled case managers work in partnership with individuals to identify areas of strength and determine areas of need.

> Case Management, Seniors - The Geriatric Mental Health Program is dedicated to offering intensive case management for seniors aged 65 and older with a serious mental illness. The team works towards building partnerships and developing support networks for clients and their care givers. This program will help to increase the supports seniors are already receiving from their current support systems and will assist them to stay in their homes longer and help to increase their quality of life and well-being.

* Clinical Therapy - The Clinical Therapy Program helps people with serious mental illness to be more successful in day-to-day living. Clients explore the relationship between thoughts, feelings and actions and with the support of our Clinical Therapists, develop and practice coping skills that help them gain control over unhelpful thinking patterns and avoidance behaviours.

We offer a variety of Clinical Therapy Groups which may include:
> mindfulness
> CBT
> Art Therapy
> Emotion regulation
> Forgiveness & Acceptance

* Early Psychosis Intervention - Help Overcome Psychosis Early (H.O.P.E.) is our early psychosis intervention program and is offered throughout York Region and South Simcoe. The H.O.P.E. team offers specialized services for individuals aged 14 - 35 who are experiencing psychosis for the first time.

* Rapid Access Mood and Anxiety Psychiatry - The Rapid Access Psychiatry Program is an evidence-based model of service for adults with mild to moderate mood and/or anxiety disorder.

* Support for Depression - Support for Depression offers individuals who are experiencing or have experienced depression an opportunity to share experiences in a safe, non-judgmental atmosphere, so that they can support each other and develop coping skills.

There is no set format; the group takes the conversation where it needs to go. In fact, at their first session, participants may just sit and listen if they so choose. The group facilitators are not mental health professionals; they are trained volunteers who have experienced depression themselves and are at a point in their recovery where they want to help others learn to cope with the illness.

Youth Services
* Early Psychosis Intervention

* MOBYSS - Youth Walk in Clinic - MOBYSS (Mobile York South Simcoe) is Ontario's first mobile health clinic for youth who are 12 to 25 years of age. MOBYSS is a ground-breaking clinic that travels to areas across York Region and South Simcoe where youth have difficulty accessing services because of travel, stigma, and other barriers. MOBYSS is staffed with a nurse practitioner, youth counsellor and peer support specialist.

Fees and Payment

Services are free and confidential.

This is a registered charity.

Services Offered To:
Adults
Couples
Teens
Children

Special Groups:
Bilingual
LGBTQ

Payment:
Sliding Scale
Pro-bono