helper Resources
CRISIS 24/7 Helplines
911
(If this is a mental health emergency, please dial 911 or go to your nearest ER)
Crisis Services Canada
CALL TOLL FREE 1.833.456.4566 - Available 24/7
http://www.crisisservicescanada.ca/
National Suicide Prevention Line (USA & Canada)
https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/
1-800-273-8255 / Crisis Text Line by texting TALK to 741741
Nova Scotia Mental Health Mobile Crisis Team
(902) 429-8167 or 1 (888) 429-8167 (Toll Free)
Kids Help Phone
1 (800) 668-6868 (Toll Free 24/7)
Need help for a family member or friend that lives away, try facebook's worldwide resource list. https://m.facebook.com/help/103883219702654?helpref=faq_content
NON-CRISIS: suicide prevention and support resources
Grief Relief for Survivors of Suicide Loss
https://www.facebook.com/groups/griefreliefforsurvivors/
(On-line private facebook group managed by Linda Marshall. Provides free virtual support to family and friends who have lost a loved one to suicide)
CASP (Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention)
https://www.suicideprevention.ca/
AFSP (American Foundation for Suicide Prevention)
resources - nova scotia
211 Nova Scotia
Phone: 211 (Provides confidential information and referral services for community and social services available across Nova Scotia)
811 Nova Scotia
Phone: 811 (Provides support regarding non-urgent health-related issues and questions)
Avalon Sexual Assault Centre
(902) 422-4240 (Provides support, counselling, education and forensic evaluation for those who have experienced sexualized violence)
Bryony House
Distress Line: (902) 422-7650; Shelter Main Number (902)423-7183
(provides 24 hour emergency services for women, with or without children, escaping intimate partner abuse.)
Canadian Mental Health Association
(902 ) 455-5445. (Provides various social support programs and initiatives to improve mental health)
Early Psychosis Program of Nova Scotia
http://www.cdha.nshealth.ca/programs-services/e
(902)-473-2976 . Promote early detection and optimal, timely healthcare for persons at risk for, or experiencing, a first episode of psychosis.
ISANS Mumford | main office
Phone: 902-423-3607/ Toll free in Nova Scotia: 1-866-431-6472 (We help immigrants to settle and give orientation to living in Nova Scotia)
IWK Central Referral
(902) 464-4110 (Provides referrals to IWK mental health services/information for youth: Monday – Friday: 8:30 am – 4:30 pm)
Phoenix Youth
https://phoenixyouth.ca/services
(902) 420.0676; 24 hr intake 902.446.4663 Toll free: 1.888.878.5088
(dedicated to supporting youth between the ages of 11 and 24, their families, and communities across multiple locations in Halifax)
Shelter Nova Scotia
(902)406-3631 (Provides a home for people who need somewhere to stay. We offer care to people who can find it nowhere else)
Vets Canada
1 (888)228-3871 (committed to helping homeless and at-risk veterans reintegrate into civilian life)