Toronto Services for Perinatal Mental Health

Perinatal Mental Health Hospital Psychiatry Services

• Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)
• Michael Garron Hospital (partnership program with South Riverdale CHC and Toronto Public Health)
• North York General Hospital
• Scarborough and Rouge Hospital
• Sinai Health System (Mount Sinai Hospital)
• St. Joseph’s Health Centre
• St. Michael’s Hospital
• Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
• Women’s College Hospital
  • Reproductive Life Stages Program
  • Mother Matters  (on-line support group)

Community Programs Offering Support for Perinatal Mental Health Services

• East Toronto Perinatal Adjustment Program (Michael Garron Hospital, South Riverdale CHC, and Toronto Public Health partnership)
• Father’s Mental Health
• Parkdale Queen West Community Health Centre – Post-partum Mood Disorders Program
• Sheena’s Place – Support for Mothers and Expecting Mothers with Eating Disorders
• Scarborough Perinatal Support Network (Aisling Discoveries, Taibu Community Health Care, VHA Home HealthCare, and Toronto Public Health partnership)
• Toronto Public Health (includes one-to-one phone counselling for perinatal mood disorders)

Infant Mental Health and Attachment Resources

• Adventure Place Child and Family Centre
• Aisling Discoveries Child and Family Centre (including the Crying Clinic)
• Child Development Institute
• Massey Centre – Maternal Infant Mental Health
• Regent Park Community Health Centre – Infant Mental Health and Family Support
• Sick Kids Centre for Community Mental Health (formerly Hicks Dellcrest Centre)
• The Etobicoke Children’s Centre
• The George Hull Centre for Children and Families
• Yorktown Child and Family Services

Online Information

• Mother Matters (on-line support group through Women’s College Hospital)

Walk-In Services

• Family Service Toronto (single-session counselling – not specific to perinatal mood disorders)
• Woodgreen Walk-In Counselling Services (not specific to perinatal mood disorders)

Child Protection Agencies

• Children’s Aid Society of Toronto
• Catholic Children’s Aid Society of Toronto
• Jewish Family and Child
• Native Child and Family Services of Toronto

Telephone Health Advice

• Connex Ontario (Ontario’s Mental Health help line – email and e-chat also available)
• Telehealth Ontario
• Toronto Public Health eChat