The Ontario COVID-19 Mental Health Network has ceased active operations as of July 1, 2020.
If you are looking for support, we suggest that you check out these mental health resources:
The Canadian Psychological Association provides a of licensed therapists who have volunteered to provide pro bono support during COVID-19.
CAMH provides a for healthcare workers who have been impacted by COVID-19 as well as a .
The Ontario government has announced it is during COVID-19.
The Ontario Hospital Association has a list of for frontline healthcare workers.
ABOUT US
The Ontario COVID-19 Mental Health Network was initiated on Friday March 20, 2020 in response to the evolving crisis.
The goal was to offer fast friction-free mental health support for frontline healthcare workers, and address a terrible gap in our system around mental health.
As of April 28, 2020, over 900 licensed therapists volunteered through this initiative to provide short term pro bono one-to-one teletherapy for healthcare workers impacted by COVID-19 in their workplace.
From March 25, 2020 to July 1, 2020 over 1,000 healthcare workers requested support and received referrals to licensed volunteer therapists.
On the other side of the crisis, we will use this initiative as evidence that mental health is not adequately supported in this country, and that mental health IS health.
A MESSAGE FROM THE TEAM
To each of our 900+ volunteer therapists (and the many others who provided administrative support) we’d like to say thank you for stepping up.
Kind regards and stay safe,
The Team