Anxiety

Sunnybrook Family Navigation Project

• supporting families with youth aged 13-26
• facilitates connections and treatment providers
• sunnybrook.ca/familynavigation

eMentalHealth

• find mental health services, help and support in your community
• ementalhealth.ca

ConnexOntario

• health services information
• operates three helplines 24/7
• connexontario.ca

211Toronto

• service database
• 24/7 community information and referral helplines
• 211central.ca

Central Health Line

• links to health services
• centralhealthline.ca

Homelessness & mental health: Toronto North Support Services

• support services for vulnerable individuals on the street and in shelters
• tnss.ca

Thompson Anxiety Disorders Centre

• provides clinical care and referrals for OCD and related disorders
• helpful links and informational resources
• sunnybrook.ca/thompsoncentre

Sunnybrook Department of Psychiatry

• link for referral information
• sunnybrook.ca/psychiatry/refer

• Upcoming Support Programs across Ontario - Mood Disorders Association of Ontario (MDAO)
• Laughing Like Crazy at MDAO (looking through difficult issues through the lens of humour; a 16 week group program)
• Wellness Recovery Action Plan (W.R.A.P.) at MDAO

• Toronto East Metro Youth Services
• Skylark Child Youth and Family 

Mood Disorders Association of Ontario

• free peer support and recovery programs for patients and families
• diagnostic information
• mooddisorders.ca

Canadian Mental Health Association

• links to information and community support services
• cmha.ca

Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments

• helpful informational links
• links to resources
• canmat.org

Academy of Cognitive Therapy

• information on CBT and mental health
• academyofct.org

Beck Institute for Cognitive Behaviour Therapy

• information on CBT
• beckinstitute.org

Anxiety Disorders Association of Canada

• helpful information and links to resources
• anxietycanada.ca

National Alliance on Mental Illness

• helpful links and information
• nami.org - anxiety disorders information

Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

• helpful links and information
• camh.ca - anxiety disorders information
• community resources sheets

Anxiety and Depression Association of America

• helpful links and information
• adaa.org

Children’s Mental Health Ontario

• helpful links and information for parents in multiple languages
• kidsmentalhealth.ca

Here to Help

• helpful information and resources for patients and families
• heretohelp.bc.ca

Helping Other Parents Everywhere (HOPE)

• support and self-help groups for parents, guardians and relatives of young adults
• hope4parents.ca

• From the Royal College of Psychiatrists
• Thomas Insel: Toward a new understanding of mental illness (TedTalks)
• How to navigate the mental health care and addiction systems (Sunnybrook)

• First-person stories of people living with mental illness:
  • Healthexperiences.ca
  • Healthtalk.org

• Anxiety Disorders (Canadian Mental Health Association)
• Stress (Canadian Mental Health Association) (available as a hard copy as well as PDF in the Sunnybrook library)
• Anxiety (Royal College of Psychiatrists)
• What Are Anxiety Disorders? (American Psychiatric Association)
• Cognitive behavioural therapy: An information guide (Centre for Addiction and Mental Health)
• Experts urge early monitoring for heart disease in teens with mood disorders (Sunnybrook)
• The mental health benefits of exercise (Sunnybrook)
• #chatsafe: A young person's guide for communicating safely online about suicide (Orygen)
• Sleep and insomnia resources:
  • mySleepwell
  • CBT-I Coach
  • Ashton Manual
• Resources for Families Affected by Co-morbid Substance Use (CAMH)

• First-person stories of people living with mental illness:
  • Healthexperiences.ca
  • Healthtalk.org

Disclaimer: we have not evaluated these apps. They are listed in alphabetical order, not order of effectiveness.

Calm - guided mindfulness meditation for smartphones and tablets; $13.99/month

CBT-i Coach - for people who are engaged in cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia with a health provider, or who have experienced symptoms of insomnia and would like to improve their sleep habits.

Headspace - guided meditation for smartphones and tablets; free 10 day trial then $12.95/month Read more about Headspace: "The Science of Meditation" and "HeadSpace Research"

MediSafe - medication reminder for smartphones and tablets; $6.99

MoodKit - Cognitive Behavioural Therapy app for iPhone and iPad; $6.99

PTSD Coach - Self management of post traumatic stress for smartphones and tablets; free

Sanvello - holistic tools to address stress, anxiety and depression for smartphones, tablets and web; free 7 day trial then $5.49/month

SuperBetter - helps build personal resilience for smartphones, tablets and web; free

T2 Mood Tracker - monitor and track emotional health for smartphones and tablets; free

What’s My M3 - mood tracker for patients and clinicians to monitor trends over time for smartphones and tablets; free

Available in the Sunnybrook library:

• Beating Stress, Anxiety & Depression: groundbreaking ways to help you feel better, reprint edition (Plant and Stephenson, Little, Brown Publishing: 2011)
• The Mindful Way Through Anxiety: break free from chronic worry and reclaim your life (Orsillo and Roemer, Guilford Press: 2011)

Not available in the Sunnybrook library:

• Mind Over Mood, Second Edition: change how you feel by changing the way you think (Greenberger and Padesky, Guilford Press: 2015)
• Overcoming Anxiety for Dummies (Elliott and Smith, For Dummies: 2010)
• Mastery of Your Anxiety and Panic: workbook, 4th Edition (Barlow and Craske, Oxford University Press: 2007)
• The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook, 6th Edition (Bourne, New Harbinger Publications: 2015)
• Don’t Let Your Emotions Run Your Life for Teens (Van Dijk, New Harbinger: 2011)
• The Mindful Teen (Vo, New Harbinger: 2015)

Available in the Sunnybrook library:

• Understanding Mental Disorders: A Patient and Family Resource (American Psychiatric Association: 2015)