Santé mentale et dépendances - Prévention en pratique médicale

Violence against women (Français)

Resources - July 1999

Emergency Services

• Police - 9-1-1
  Intervention and rapid response services during crises or when there are threats to safety and life

• S.O.S. Violence conjugale - 24-hour service / outside Montréal - (514) 873-9010 or 1-800-363-9010

• Suicide-Action - 24-hour service - (514) 723-4000

• Youth protection (French) - 24-hour service - (514) 896-3100

• Youth protection (English) - (514) 935-6196

Social and psychological support

• L'R des Centres de femmes du Québec - (514) 876-9965
  Telephone referral service for women's centres in various Montréal neighbourhoods (information, individual support, psychosocial intervention, and so on)

• McGill Domestic Violence Clinic - (514) 398-2686
  Counselling by supervised master's students in social work. Individual and group meetings for battered women and their aggressors.

• S.O.S. Violence conjugale - (514) 873-9010
  Telephone referral service for battered women's shelters
• Sexual Assault Centre of McGill Student's Society
  Helpline open M-F 11:30 am-midnight and 6 pm-midnight on weekends. Service open to the public, run by trained volunteers, and free. Also available several support groups and an accompaniment team to assist in the Grievence Prodecures for those who have been sexually assaulted/harrased in the McGill context.
• Helpline : (514) 398-8500, TTY (514) 398-1091.
  

CLSC

• Info-Santé telephone service - (24 hours a day / 7 days a week)
• Evaluation and identification of medical and psychosocial needs, active listening and psychosocial support, assitance to organize protection, support in court
• Several CLSCs offer individual and group therapy and services for child witnesses and violent spouses

Services for immigrant women

• Association des femmes vietnamiennes - (514) 676-0120
  Assistance for women in difficulty and victims of conjugal violence

• Centre d'écoute et de référence multi-écoute inc. - (514) 737-3604
  Active listening, information, support and referral services offered in French, English, Spanish and Vietnamese

• Italian Women's Centre of Montréal - (514) 388-0980
  Information, active listening and referral services for women in difficulty and victim of conjugal violence

• Chinese Family Service of Greater Montréal - (514) 861-5244
  Referral, information, psychosocial consultation and follow-up services, accompaniment for women who are victims of conjugal violence or in difficulty

• Service des interprètes auprès des réfugiés indochinois (S.I.A.R.I.) - (514) 738-4763
  Psychosocial services for women who are victims of conjugal violence or in difficulty

Services for violent spouses

• OPTION (Une alternative à la violence conjugale et familiale) - (514) 527-1657
  Evaluation, group intervention, psychosocial consultation, individual follow-up, family and conjugal therapy

• Pro-Gam inc. - (514) 270-8462
  Information, referral, psychological consultation, short-term follow-up, therapy groups

• Service d'aide aux conjoints (SAC) - (514) 384-6296
  Services for violent spouses, men in difficulty and men subject to conjugal violence

Legal information services

• Centre communautaire juridique de Montréal - (514) 849-9488
  Referral to legal aid offices