Mental Health Resources
Stressed? Anxious? Struggling with depression? This guide is intended to provide TMU students, faculty, and staff with easy to access resources about common mental health concerns. On the menu to the left, you will find links to physical books, online resources, and videos, divided by category. Below, you will find a list of mental health services and groups offered at TMU.
These resources are for personal education and self-care, and are not intended as a replacement for counseling or treatment. If you are experiencing a crisis, please call:
9AM - 5PM : Call TMU’s Counselling Centre: 416-979-5195
After 5PM : Call Student Helpline -Good2Talk: 1-866-925-5454
24 Hours: Gerstein Centre: 416-929-5200
Crisis help and referral
24 Hours: Distress Centre of Toronto: 416-408-4357
Immediate emotional support, crisis intervention, suicide prevention, and referrals by phone
More crisis resources.
More phone lines.
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Services and Groups at TMU
- Student Development and Counselling
The CSDC offers free, confidential counselling services in a professional and friendly environment. While our services are predominantly short term in nature, the duration of counselling is determined on a case by case basis depending on need and resources availability. Services are provided by our team of psychologists, counsellors, and master’s and doctoral interns. - Mad Student Society
Mad Students Society (MSS), created in 2005, is a community of students who are attending or planning to attend institutions of post-secendary or adult education and have past and/or present experiences with the psychiatric and/or mental health systems. We meet monthly and communicate through an email listserv to support each other, discover tools for self-advocacy, and connect with our history and broader social movements. - Ryerson SMASH
Students for Mental Awareness, Support, & Health (SMASH)
SMASH increases mental health awareness and support for students through peer-to-peer support and advocacy for policy change within Toronto Metropolitan University. - TMU Mental Health and Wellbeing
This site outlines TMU's commitment to Mental wellbeing, lists useful resources for students, faculty, staff, and family, and provides crisis resources.
- TMU Health Promotion
Descriptions of common feelings students experience with tips for how to manage them.
This guide has been created by the Toronto Metropolitan University Library and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution International 4.0 License unless otherwise marked.
