RESOURCES

There are services available for your loved one to help them adjust to returning to the community. This should begin as soon as possible to avoid relapse and to build skills to enable the person to cope with having a mental illness. Here is a description of the most commonly used resources available for persons with mental illness living in the West Island area. Remember that each organization offers different services. What works for one person may not be appropriate for another person's need.

West Island Mental Health Resources

EMERGENCY SERVICES

Police/Urgence santé..............................................................911
Info-santé...............................................................................811
West Island Crisis Center.......................................................(514) 684-6160
Suicide-Action Montreal ........................................................(514) 723-4000
SOS Conjugal Violence.........................................................1-800-363-9010
Batshaw Youth & Family Center (Youth Protection)..............(514) 935-6196

HOSPITALS

Lakeshore General Hospital..................................................(514) 630-2225
Lakeshore General Hospital Outpatient Clinic ......................(514) 630-2010
Douglas Hospital ..................................................................(514) 761-6131
Montreal Children's Hospital .................................................(514) 412-4449
Saint-Justin's Hospital ...........................................................(514) 345-4695

GUICHET D'ACCES

Entry point for mental health services ...................................(514) 626-2572 ext. 4415

CLSC/INFO SANTÉ

CLSC Lac-St-Louis ................................................................(514) 697-4110
CLSC Pierrefonds ..................................................................(514) 626-2572
CLSC Lachine-Dorval .............................................................(514) 639-0650

POLICE

Sector 1 ..................................................................................(514) 280-0101
(Beaconsfield/Baie D'Urfé/Kirkland/Senneville/Sanite-Anne-de-Bellevue)
Sector 3 .................................................................................(514) 280-0103
(Pierrefonds-Roxboro/L'Île-Bizard/Sante-Genevieve)
Sector 4 ..................................................................................(514) 280-0104
(Dollard-des-Ormeaux)
Sector 5 ..................................................................................(514) 280-0105
(Dorval/Pointe-Claire-L'Île Dorval)

NETWORK CLINICS

Brunswick Medical Center .......................................................(514) 697-4110
Statcare Medical Clinic ............................................................(514) 697-4110
Medistat Medical Clinic ............................................................(514) 697-4110

HELP LINES AND SELF HELP GROUPS

Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance..................................mondaynight@live.ca
Recovery...................................................................................(514) 639-1012
Self Help Against Depression....................................................(514) 684-9896
Depressed Anonymous.............................................................(514) 278-2130
Revivre......................................................................................(514)738-4873
Deuil Secours (Grief)................................................................(514) 389-1784
Phobies-Zéro............................................................................(514) 276-3105
La Clé des champs....................................................................(514) 334-1587
Tel-Aide.....................................................................................(514) 935-1101
AA-Alcoholics Anonymous..........................................................(514) 376-9230
Drugs/Help and Referral.............................................................(514) 527-2626
Gambling: Help and Referral......................................................(514) 527-0140

FOR YOUTH

West Island Youth Action (AJOI) ..................................................(514) 674-1270
Amcal Family Services. ...............................................................(514) 694-1109
Family Resource Center ..............................................................(514) 685-5912

FOOD BANKS AND CLOTHING

West Island Assistance Fund ........................................................(514) 683-0456
Volunteer West Island/ Meals on Wheels ......................................(514) 457-5445

FOLLOW-UP AND ASSISTANCE

The Lakeshore General Hospital Outpatient Clinic........................(514) 630-2010
Community Perspective in Mental Health.......................................(514) 696-0972
West Island Citizen Advocacy........................................................(514) 694-5850

CRISIS CENTER

West Island Crisis Center...............................................................(514) 684-6160

DAY CENTERS

Omega Day Centre.........................................................................(514) 631-2760
Centre Bienvenue...........................................................................(514) 421-2212

HOUSING RESOURCES

Omega Group Home.......................................................................(514) 683-1647
Omega Apartments.........................................................................(514) 683-7224
West Island Citizen Advocacy..........................................................(514) 694-5850
Community Perspective (Home Run)..............................................(514) 696-0972

WORK/TRAINING

Équipe Entreprise...........................................................................(514) 636-1081
Omega Day Centre.........................................................................(514) 631-2760
Placement Potentiel.........................................................................(514) 694-0315
L'Arrimage.......................................................................................(514) 389-9393
Referral Centre Of Greater Montreal...............................................(514) 527-1375

SUSTANCE ABUSE

Pavillion Foster...............................................................................(514) 636-1081
Portage...........................................................................................(514) 935-3431
Dollard-Cormier..............................................................................(514) 385-1232

USER RIGHTS AND ADVOCACY

Legal Aid.........................................................................................(514) 864-9437
McGill Legal Aid...............................................................................(514) 398-6792
Citizens Advocacy............................................................................(514) 694-5850
Action-Autonomie.............................................................................(514) 525-5060

OTHER USEFUL RESOURCES

Canadian Mental Health Association-Montreal Branch.....................(514) 849-3291
Palais de justice (requesting a psychiatric evaluation)
Montreal...........................................................................................(514) 393-2000
Valleyfield.........................................................................................(450) 370-4006
Public Curator...................................................................................(514) 873-4074
West Island Community Resource Center.........................................(514) 694-6404
Face à Face (listening and intervention)..........................................(514) 934-4546
Employment Assistance....................................................................(514) 694-9494
Avatil.................................................................................................(514) 634-8944
Racor................................................................................................(514) 847-0787
West Island Womens Shelter............................................................(514) 620-4845
Family Life Center ............................................................................(514) 630-7794
West island Association For The Intelectually Handicapped (WIAIH).(514) 694-7090
Alzheimers Society of Montreal............................................................(514) 369-0800
Anorexia and Bulimia Quebec (ANEB)...............................................(514) 630-0907
West Island Calacs (sexual assault)...................................................(514) 620-4333

About Friends

Providing support to families to cope with a loved one's mental illness serving primarily the West Island of Montreal: Baie-d'Urfé, Beaconsfield, Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Dorval, Île-Bizard, Kirkland, Pierrefonds, Pointe-Claire, Roxboro, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Ste-Geneviève and Senneville.