Resources

Nova Scotia

Resource List

Mobile Crisis

902-429-8167

1-888-429-8167 (Toll Free)

Nova Scotia Mental Health Crisis Telephone Line is a provincial service providing crisis intervention for children, youth and adults experiencing a mental health crisis or mental distress.

The service is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to support callers who present with suicidal thoughts, self-harming thoughts or behaviors, overwhelming anxiety, difficulty coping with distress, psychotic or distorted thinking, depression, substance use difficulties or any other self-identified mental health concerns. Crisis is self-defined by the individual calling for support.

The crisis line also supports families, friends, community agencies and others to manage mental health crisis through education, outreach and consultation.

211

https://ns.211.ca/

Available 24/7, in English and French and for the hearing impaired. There are also interpretation services available in over 100 languages. 211 assist in find services and programs offered by local community groups, non profits and government departments.

Reproductive Mental Health Service

** Physician, Midwife and Nurse Practitioner Referrals Only. This is covered by MSI and is a service for women in pregnancy and up to 12 months postpartum who are experiencing moderate to severe mental illness. A Psychiatrist is on staff to prescribe and/or consult regarding medications as well.

IWK Health Centre

PO Box 9700

Halifax NS B3K 6R8

Telephone Number - 902-470-8098, we do have confidential voice mail available

Fax Number - 902-470-6760

https://www.iwk.nshealth.ca/mental-health/reproductive-mental-health-rmh-services

https://www.iwk.nshealth.ca/sites/default/files/Links%20for%20Internal%20and%20External%20Website%202018%20Update%20to%20IT%20July%205%202018.pdf

Websites:

Canadian Mental Health Association, Nova Scotia Division, Maternal Hub

https://novascotia.cmha.ca/mental-health/womens-mental-health-wellness/

https://www.postpartum.net/

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