Mission
This primary care service aims to offer education, psychotherapy, and psycho-educational and psychosocial interventions using a family, systemic and transcultural approach.
Who is it for?
- Children and adolescents (aged 0–17) with a mental health diagnosis or symptoms of a mental disorder, and their families and friends
Specific services provided by the Youth Mental Health Team
The team provides numerous services, including:
- Psychosocial needs assessment
- Individual and/or family follow-up (at the CLSC, in the community or at home, depending on the needs of the young person and the family)
- Therapy groups for young people and/or their parents on anxiety (HORS-PISTE program), symptoms of depression (Blues program), the parent-adolescent relationship (Connect group for parents)
- Specialized services referral
- Referral to appropriate resources
Our clinical team
- Social workers
- Psychoeducators
- Psychologists
- Art therapists
- Special education counsellors
- Occupational therapists
- Nurses
- Child psychiatrists
Many of our professionals are psychotherapists as well.
The team works closely with the school system and with partners in the community.
Ask for help
- Are you worried about your mental health or that of someone close to you?
- Are you feeling depressed, anxious, confused, exhausted, aggressive, in distress?
- Have you noticed a significant change in your thoughts, moods or behaviour?
- Do you need help after experiencing a difficult event (disaster, family crisis, separation, loss of a loved one, victim of violence, etc.)?
Go to the psychosocial reception desk at your CLSC or call Info-Social at 8-1-1, option 2 (24 hours a day).
A counsellor will direct you to the programs best suited to your needs.
For more information, go to the page Mécanisme d’accès en santé mentale jeunesse (MASMJ).
6484, avenue de Monkland, Montréal, H4B 1H3 | 5700, ch. de la Côte-des-Neiges, Montréal, H3T 2A8 | 7085, rue Hutchison |
Other resources
Kids Help Phone
Start a confidential conversation with a real person you can trust, who won’t judge you and who wants to help.
24 hours a day
7 days a week
kidshelpphone.ca
Suicide Crisis Helpline
Get help | 9-8-8: Suicide Crisis Helpline