Student Success: Mental Health and Self-Care

Loyalist offers a wide range of counselling services to students at no cost. You can explore any issues or concern you may have in complete confidence. There are many issues students bring to counselling, but the list can include matters such as anxiety, anger, depression, feeling out of control, eating disorders, homesickness, bullying and harassment, overwhelming stress, an inability to put limits on substance use or other addictions, sexual or other assault, abuse and mental illness. To learn more, click on the link above, or drop in to the Hub, located on the third flood above the Student Access Lab (SAL).

"Loyalist’s Student Health Centre is staffed by a full-time registered nurse, support specialist and part-time attending physician. It provides comprehensive, high-quality and responsive health care services" -- website

The Crisis Intervention Centre is a community mental health program located at Belleville General Hospital. The team of social workers and psychiatric nurses are ready to respond to crisis calls and offer emergency mental health intervention in the form of assessments, referrals, short-term crisis resolution or simply information. There is no cost for services. For more information, please contact the Crisis Intervention Centre at (613) 969-7400, Ext. 2753 or 969-5511, Ext. 2753. You can also call toll free at 1-888-757-7766. Hours of operation are 7:30 a.m. - 11:30 p.m. Telephone response by a crisis worker is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

"The Hope for Wellness Help Line offers immediate mental health counselling and crisis intervention to all Indigenous peoples across Canada." -- website
Chat services are also available on the website.

Good2Talk is a free, completely confidential and anonymous help line for colleges and universities in Ontario. It is available 24/7 in English and French. Students can talk to a professional counselor to receive immediate telephone counseling support and referral for face-to-face support in their school or local community.

Canada's only 24/7, national support service. We offer professional counselling, information and referrals and volunteer-led, text-based. Kids Help Phone has expanded its mandate to include former youth in care of any age.

Anonymous Support is available from the Lesbian Gay Bi Trans Youth Line. Sunday - Friday 4pm - 9:30pm. Call 1-800-268-9688 in complete confidence or visit their website www.youthline.ca

"The Nishnawbe Aski Mental Health Wellness Support Access Program (NAN Hope) provides community-driven, culturally appropriate and timely mental health and addictions support to members of the 49 First Nations communities in the Nishnawbe Aski Nation Territory." -- website

Open Line, Open Mind offers information, support and referral to mental health and addiction services in Hastings and Prince Edward Counties. Services are free, private and confidential for adults aged 16+ and are available 24/7.

24-hour crisis support: 1-800-909-7007
Through counseling and support groups, Safe Place drop-in, and Paths of Courage Residential Healing Program, SACQD staff and volunteers reach out to sexual assault survivors and their families. Visit sacqd.com for more information.