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Reach out to Your Existing Supports
Primary Care Provider
You may have a trusted established relationship with your family physician or nurse practitioner who is often your first contact with the health care system. Most primary care providers are still available to provide you with virtual care (telephone/video).
Employee Assistance Program
Consider reaching out to your existing employee assistance program as your first step in seeking help.
Self-help tools
Managing Stress, Anxiety and Substance Use During Covid-19: A Resource For Healthcare Providers
Mental Health Commission of Canada: Mental Health First Aid COVID-19 Self-Care & Resilience Guide
Sunnybrook: Tips for health-care workers: Talking to your kids about COVID-19
Understanding and Addressing Moral Injury: A Toolkit for Leaders
Videos
Mount Sinai Hospital and University of Toronto: (Video): Three Steps to coping with anything (including COVID-19), a 7.5 minute video for healthcare workers, offered by Dr. Rober Maunder and Dr. Jonathan Hunter
Ontario Medical Association: (Video): 4 things to know about coping with COVID, a 4 minute video for healthcare workers, offered by Dr. Joy Albuquerque
On-line community of practice & peer support
ECHO Ontario Coping with COVID: Community of practice for hospital-based healthcare workers
ECHO Care of the Elderly for LTC: COVID-19 Care of the Elderly for LTC: COVID-19
Occupation Specific COVID-19 Resources
- Dental Health Care Professionals
- Long-term Care
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Canadian Home Care Association: COVID-19 Resources for home and community care providers
- Mental Health and Addiction Workers
- Nurses
- Paramedics
- Pharmacists
- Physicians
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Ontario Medical Association’s Physician Health Program for physicians, medical students, residents and veterinarians seeking help for mental health and substance use concerns. Does not provide treatment but matches callers to a community service and provides initial support. 1-800-851-6606
The College of Family Physicians of Canada: COVID-19 Information and Resources
- Physiotherapists
- Psychologists
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Ontario Psychological Association
- Psychotherapists
- Occupational Therapists
- Respiratory Therapists
- Social Workers
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Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers’s COVID-19 Updates
Organizational Supports
Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction
Mental Health Commission of Canada - Caring for Healthcare Workers – Assessment Tools
Mental Health Commission of Canada - National Standard