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Mental health
and psychosocial support.

Médecins du Monde Canada has developed expertise in mental health and psychosocial support, with interventions tailored to the needs of precarious individuals and frontline workers. We are committed to strengthening the cross-cutting integration of mental health and psychosocial support in each of our campaigns to promote overall health.

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No health without mental health.

There can be no health without mental health. Over the years, Médecins du Monde Canada has developed recognized expertise in mental health and psychosocial support, integrated into all our programs.

Our comprehensive approach includes the promotion of well-being, the prevention of mental disorders, treatment and recovery, while recognizing the influence of social and political factors on the mental health of individuals and communities. We work to fully integrate this expertise into each of our campaigns.

In figures
281 M+
Migrants worldwide in 2024
18 488
People treated in Darién in 2024
4 218
Free consultations in Montreal in 2024
12+
Briefs submitted to governments since 2020
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Clinic for Mental health. Montreal Psychological support · Ongoing Clinic for Mental health. Doctors of the World offers psychotherapy services and psychological support to disenfranchised persons or those experiencing homelessness facing various realities, as well as to community workers and peer support workers in Montreal community organizations. Learn more

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Rushed Adoption of Bill 23: A Missed Opportunity to Address Distress While Respecting Fundamental Rights National actions 12 June 2026 Rushed Adoption of Bill 23: A Missed Opportunity to Address Distress While Respecting Fundamental Rights Montreal, June 12, 2026 – The Regroupement des ressources alternatives en santé mentale du Québec (RRASMQ), the Ligue des droits et libertés, the Association des groupes d’intervention en santé mentale du Québec (AGIDD-SMQ), the Réseau d’aide aux personnes seules et en situation d’itinérance de Montréal (RAPSIM), the Association des juristes progressistes (AJP), Médecins du Monde Canada, ReprésentACTION Santé Mentale Québec, and the Collectif des personnes survivantes de la P-38 are joining their voices to denounce the rushed adoption of Bill 23, a bill aimed at facilitating and broadening the criteria for involuntary hospitalization. Read Acting Before the Crisis: For a Human Rights-Based and Community-Centred Approach National actions 2 June 2026 Acting Before the Crisis: For a Human Rights-Based and Community-Centred Approach Doctors of the World Canada will be heard today at 8:20 PM before the Regroupement des ressources alternatives en santé mentale du Québec (RRAMSQ) by the Health and Social Services Commission of the Quebec National Assembly as part of the special consultations on Bill 23. Read Concerns of Doctors of the World regarding Bill 23 National actions 25 March 2026 Concerns of Doctors of the World regarding Bill 23 Montreal, March 24, 2026 – Following the introduction of Bill 23, An Act mainly to better support persons whose mental state may pose a risk to their own safety or that of others, presented by Sonia Bélanger, Doctors of the World Canada expresses its concern about the negative effects on persons experiencing homelessness and marginalized individuals, already disproportionately impacted by P-38. Read

Publications & resources.

2026 Cadres et positionnements Quebec 2026 Election Platform PDF · 17 p. · EN Download 2025 Cadres et positionnements Mental Health Approach PDF · 16 p. · EN Download 2024 Rapport thématique Key Highlights: Supporting Community Workers PDF · 11 p. · EN Download 2024 Rapport thématique Summary Report: Supporting Community Workers PDF · 24 p. · EN Download 2024 Rapport thématique Supporting Community Workers: Evaluation of Médecins du Monde’s Mental Health Program PDF · 180 p. · EN Download