Coping during COVID-19:
mental health resources
Information from Sunnybrook experts:
- Mental health in a COVID world: How to build resilience in a global pandemic
- Mental health resilience strategies during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Grounding exercise: 5 steps to help calm anxiety and stress
- COVID-19: Practical strategies to manage your mental health
- How to use your breath to calm feelings of stress or anxiety
- Ways to cope with pandemic fatigue
- COVID-19: Mental health and the elderly
- COVID-19: Youth mental health and addiction
- How to support young people during the pandemic
- COVID-19: Sleep problems, dreams and nightmares
- COVID-19: How to manage information overload
- Finding hope and resilience during the pandemic
- Simple ways of finding happiness in challenging times
- COVID-19: Ways to stay social despite the distance
- Talking to your child about COVID-19
For more mental health resources, visit our Department of Psychiatry's patient and family education section.
If you need help in an emergency, please call 911 or visit your local emergency department.
View crisis phone lines and supports »
External resources:
- Download the SCOPE Mental Health Resource Guide (PDF) »
- Finding Meaning in Loss - New York Times
- Find Mental Health Support - Government of Ontario
- COVIDwithKIDS.org: A toolkit for coping with kids at home during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Network - COVID-19 Toolkit (PDF)
- TakeCare19: accessible and inclusive mental health resources for coping through COVID‑19
- Maintaining mental health hygiene during a pandemic (PDF) - Dr. Joshua Rosenblat
- Managing your mental health during COVID-19 - online course for University of Toronto alumni
Resources for health care workers:
- University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine - wellness resources for faculty
- Sunnybrook.ca/BeWell - wellness resources for Sunnybrook staff, physicians and learners
