Helpful resources

Trouve ton centre is a reference tool that aims to facilitate access to the services provided by various addiction prevention, treatment and harm reduction centres as well as to their contact information.

Trouve ton centre is the directory of Quebec’s addiction prevention network.

This directory is intended for anyone seeking to help someone who is struggling with an addiction problem and should help direct the person in difficulty towards a specialized resource. It presents the public resources that provide treatment services as well as private or community residential facilities for addiction or pathological gambling that are certified or in the process of certification.

Integrated Health and Social Services Centres (CISSS) and Integrated University Health and Social Services Centres (CIUSSS) are located throughout Quebec. They ensure access, continuity, and quality of health and social services for the population and are reference points for people with physical or mental health problems.

Users can receive appropriate services or be referred to organizations that can treat their problem within the territory of the CISSS or the CIUSS.

At the centre, professional staff are available to provide support and recommend treatment or services adapted to each person’s individual needs.

The following services are available:

• specialized evaluation with a professional,
• outpatient group, individual, and family rehabilitation,
• social reintegration service,
• 21-day residential rehabilitation service (for adults),
• referral to specialized residential rehabilitation services (for youth)

Directory to find a psychoeducator.

Psychoeducators work with people experiencing behavioural adaptation difficulties in their various living environments. To recommend an effective intervention, they asses the person’s psychosocial adaptation and adaptive capacities, establish a program, propose an intervention plan, oversee its application, then evaluate the results of the intervention. 

Not-for-profit organization whose free services are intended for teenagers ages 12 to 17 who have developed or are in the process of developing a substance use disorder, problematic gambling, or cyberaddiction.

The program at Le Grand Chemin centres is eight to ten weeks of residential care and four months of follow-up social reintegration.

Their mandate is to welcome youth from all over Quebec.

Première Ressource, aide aux parents is a free, confidential support service on parenting topics such as sleep, discipline, development, education, managing screen use, managing emotions, adolescence, and more.

Consultations are available by phone, email or chat, Monday to Friday, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., throughout Quebec. A counsellor responds immediately (during business hours) or calls back as soon as possible.

The Ordre des psychologues du Québec provides a search tool for the general public, both online and by phone, to find the right professional in private practice according to various criteria. To make it easy to obtain results, the online tool proposes three criteria to launch the search: reason for consultation, clientele, and location.

Website that provides age-appropriate video game options.

Other resources are available on the Parents.Quebec website.

Created in partnership with the Fédération des comités de parents, the Ministry of Education, and the Quebec English Parents Committee Association, the objective of the Parents.Quebec portal is to help parents of students guide their children towards academic success. Parents are asked to complete a short questionnaire, then receive recommended resources adapted to their situation. An FAQ section, an online chat tool, and video clips are also available on the website.

Website of the Canadian Centre for Child Protection, which offers information, advice, and support to young people under 18 who are victims of the distribution of sexual photos or videos of themselves on the Internet. The site outlines ways to have this type of content removed and explains how to seek help from a trusted adult.