Referral Resources On Toronto

Toronto Area Resources 10 Resources in Your Community (National) 1.1 Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse (CCSA) 1.1.1

Searchable webpage for treatment services in Canada http://www.ccsa.ca/Eng/KnowledgeCentre/OurDatabases/TreatmentServices/Pag es/default.aspx

20 Resources in Your Community (Ontario) 2.1 Online Directories 2.1.1

Drug and Alcohol Registry of Treatment (DART)

What is DART?1 The Drug and Alcohol Registry of Treatment (DART) is a program of ConnexOntario Health Services Information and is funded by the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. The Drug and Alcohol Registry of Treatment (DART) is: • a toll-free, province-wide, treatment information and referral service located in Ontario, Canada • available to professional and public callers • designed to link callers with suitable treatment options tailored to their individual needs DART specializes in the provision of information and referral to treatment services related to alcohol and drugs in Ontario. DART operates a toll-free, province-wide telephone service: The Drug and Alcohol Registry of Treatment Information Line (1-800-565-8603) (available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week) DART’s role is to link members of the general public with treatment resources for themselves or someone they know, and to provide professional callers with information about a range of suitable treatment options tailored to their client's specific needs. DART provides comprehensive, up-to-date status reports on the availability of a wide range of drug and alcohol treatment options, detailed descriptions of the types of treatment services available, and referral and admission procedures. DART staff members search a computerized database that is updated regularly and includes information about the 187 alcohol and/or drug treatment organizations in Ontario providing over 1,200 different programs. Treatment organizations report regularly to DART about available or upcoming treatment spaces.

1

From http://www.dart.on.ca/whatisdart.html(accessed July 28, 2009).

1

DART contributes statistical data to the development of public policy and strategic planning concerning drug and alcohol treatment on a provincial, regional or local basis. DART responds to requests from the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, Local Health Integration Networks (LHINs), other planning bodies, and treatment organizations for summaries of descriptive and statistical information from the DART database regarding the addiction treatment system in Ontario. DART regularly utilizes information in its database to produce the 'Directory of Drug and Alcohol Treatment Services in Ontario' and for its interactive Online Treatment Directory on the DART website. The DART database includes substance abuse treatment organizations in Ontario that: • receive funding (in whole or in part) from the federal, provincial, or municipal governments; • offer specialized treatment service(s) for individuals having alcohol and/or drug problems; and • accept referrals from the community. DART Online Resources Searchable Directory: http://www.dart.on.ca/DART/owalive/dart_dir_multi_v2.select_by_multi PDF alphabetical list of services (i.e., printable) http://www.dart.on.ca/ALL_DART.pdf 2.2 Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) 2.2.1 General Information and searchable website for meetings: http://www.aa.org/lang/en/meeting_finder.cfm?origpage=29 2.2.2

AA – Greater Toronto Area Intergroup Main page: http://www.aatoronto.org/webapp/app/webroot/index.php Meeting search page: http://www.aatoronto.org/webapp/app/webroot/index.php/meetings

2.3 Narcotics Anonymous (NA) 2.3.1 The Ontario Region of Narcotics Anonymous Home page: http://www.orscna.org/ Meetings search page: http://www.orscna.org/english/meetings.php 2

2.4 Problem Gambling 2.4.1

Ontario Problem Gambling Treatment Agencies

http://www.problemgambling.ca/EN/WebSiteLinks/Pages/OntarioProblemGamblingTre atmentServices.aspx 2.5 Self-Help 2.5.1

Self-Help Resource Centre of Greater Toronto Home page http://www.selfhelp.on.ca/index.html Searchable page (Toronto area): http://www.selfhelp.on.ca/togroups.html

2.6 Special Populations 2.6.1

First Nations

National Native Alcohol and Drug Abuse Program (NNADAP) Search for treatment centres by region and type: http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fniah-spnia/substan/ads/nnadap-pnlaada_dir-rep-eng.php 2.6.2

Women

BC Centre of Excellence for Women’s Health http://www.hcip-bc.org/resources-forwomen/documents/BCCEWHWomenAlcoholBrochureLR.pdf Health Choices in Pregnancy http://www.hcip-bc.org/index.htm Jean Tweed Centre The vision of the Jean Tweed Centre is to be one of the most innovative, accessible and effective centres responding to the needs of women with substance abuse and gambling problems and their families. Our mission is to provide counseling and care to assist each woman to restore herself to a meaningful life within her community. Recognizing the diversity of women's experience in today's society, our programs seek 3

to address a range of issues in a woman's life that may contribute to substance use and gambling problems. Understanding each woman's experience within the broader physical, emotional, social, cultural and gender framework, we provide a 'client-centred' approach to health recovery.2 E Fry Society of Toronto http://www.efrytoronto.org/services/ 2.6.3

Youth

CAMH: Youth Addiction and Concurrent Disorders Services http://www.camh.net/Care_Treatment/Program_Descriptions/Child_Youth_Family/Yout h_Addiction_Youth_Outreach_Services/index.html Central Toronto Youth Services 2.6.4

Families

2.6.5

Older Adults

Directory of Mental Health and Addiction Services for Ontario's Older Adults (PDF; last updated 2007) http://www.ontario.cmha.ca/opmhan/index.asp?cID=6687

30 Resources for Patients 3.1 Concurrent Disorders 3.1.1

A Family Guide to Concurrent Disorders http://www.camh.net/Publications/Resources_for_Professionals/Partnering_with _families/partnering_families_famguide.pdf

3.2 Self-Help 3.2.1

Literature on self-help groups (print publications, fact-sheets, etc), including how to start a group http://www.selfhelp.on.ca/pubs.html

3.3 Problem Gambling 3.3.1 2

Brochure (CAMH): Women and Problem Gambling: When Dreams Become Nightmares

From http://www.jeantweed.com/about-mission.asp (Accessed July 31, 2009)

4

http://www.camh.net/About_Addiction_Mental_Health/Drug_and_Addiction_In formation/women_probgamb_dreamnight.pdf 3.4 Women http://www.hcip-bc.org/resources-forwomen/documents/BCCEWHWomenAlcoholBrochureLR.pdf 3.5 Pregnant Women and Mothers of Young Children http://www.hcip-bc.org/resources-for-practice/documents/Double_Exposure_final.pdf MotherRisk: http://www.motherisk.org/women/index.jsp 1-877-327-4636 - Alcohol and Substance

5