#MyMindMyPriority

Resources

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Since the target audience of this campaign is the student body of the University of Geneva, we have selected in priority the resources that are accessible to students. Therefore, we invite the employees of the University of Geneva to also consult the Conflicts - Mal-être webpage or the Human Resources webpage for more adapted resources.

General

Geneva

University of Geneva

Pôle santé psychologie
Medical, psychological and sleep consultation, coaching and therapeutic workshops | UNIGE & accessible in English

Vie de campus (Campus Life)
Campus Life at the University of Geneva means activities, events, meetings, infrastructures, support, advice and resources that facilitate the development of students throughout their studies.

Others

Association Le Relais
Support for relatives and families of people with mental health problems.

Association Espace d'ateliers, Art-thérapie et expression créative (EDA)
A recognized public-service association that develops art therapy and creative expression workshops for individuals as well as for the health and social care network, with which it actively collaborates.

Fédération suisse des psychologues (FSP)
Professional association of psychologists in Switzerland with a search filter of professionals.

Info-entraide Suisse
Foundation of different self‑help groups, proposed in the centers scattered across Switzerland.

La Main Tendue 143
Free and anonymous telephone mental support hotline for adults 24 hours a day and chat from 7 to 10 pm.

On t'écoute
Information, help and listening site for 18 to 25 year olds.

Pro Mente Sana
Listening and counseling service by phone or e-mail for any mental health or social integration issue.

Psytrialogue
Exchange groups between patients, parents and professionals around a chosen theme.

Trajectoires
Through a personalized, confidential and non‑judgmental approach, Trajectoires answers questions about mental health and helps people find the right psychologue to meet their needs.

 

Vaud

Association Le Relais
Support for relatives and families of people with mental health problems.

Association Espace d'ateliers, Art-thérapie et expression créative (EDA)
A recognized public‑service association that develops art therapy and creative expression workshops for individuals as well as for the health and social care network, with which it actively collaborates.

Bureau Information Femmes (BIF)
Offers a free service to women and men, anonymously, without the need for a file, and in total confidentiality. It is a social counter where everyone can be welcomed and listened to, then redirected according to their problems.

Fédération suisse des psychologues (FSP)
Professional association of psychologists in Switzerland with a search filter of professionals.

Info-entraide Suisse
Foundation of different self‑help groups, proposed in the centers scattered across Switzerland.

La Main Tendue 143
Free and anonymous telephone mental support hotline for adults 24 hours a day and chat from 7 to 10 pm.

On t'écoute
Information, help and listening site for 18 to 25 year olds.

Pro Mente Sana
Listening and counseling service by phone or e-mail for any mental health or social integration issue.

Psytrialogue
Exchange groups between patients, parents and professionals around a chosen theme.

Trajectoires
Through a personalized, confidential and non-judgmental approach, Trajectoires answers questions about mental health and helps people find the right psychologue to meet their needs.

 

Neighboring France

INICEA - Clinique des vallées
Group of facilities dedicated to mental health.

Psychologue.net
Repertoire of professionals practicing in France (about thirty in neighbouring France).

Addictions / eating and behavioral disorders

Geneva

Association d'entraide de personnes ayant un trouble obsessionnel compulsif (AETOC)
Support for people with obsessive‑compulsive disorder, group therapy, round-table discussions and information on the French-speaking network.

Alcooliques Anonymes
Sharing of experience, help in quitting drinking.

Argos
Outpatient or residential treatment for drug addiction problems. Support for relatives.
 
Association Boulimie Anorexie (ABA)
Listening and therapy service for people suffering from eating disorders.
 
ESCAL aux HUG
Care spaces specifically for eating disorders.
 
CCNP
The CCNP is a consultation center specializing in the outpatient treatment of eating disorders, weight problems and associated disorders (anxiety, depression, trauma, etc.).
 
Fondation Phenix
Medical permanence, care, outpatient treatment for different types of addictions (alcohol, cannabis, ecstasy, gambling, work, shopping, etc.).
 
Nuit Blanche
Association for the prevention of the use of substances, drug checking | Accessible in English.
 
Rien ne va plus
Center for the prevention of excessive gambling.
 
Safe zone
Free online consultations, information and self‑assessments on addictions.
 
Service addictologie aux HUG
Diagnosis, therapeutic care, treatment for addictions with or without substances.
 
Société Suisse de Troubles de l'alimentation (SSTA)
Eating disorder information network.
 
Sos Jeu
Intercantonal program combatting gambling addiction.
 
Stop-tabac
Help and advice on quitting smoking.

 

Vaud

ABA - Association Boulimie Anorexie
Listening and therapy service for peple suffering from eating disorders.
 
abC aux CHUV
Care and support for adolescents and adults suffering from anorexia nervosa and/or bulimia nervosa and, more generally, for anyone for whom food and weight are a source of anxiety or obsession.
 
Addiction-Vaud
Self‑assessment, information, resources.
 
Association l'îlot
Association for relatives and caregivers of schizophrenia or psychosis. Its main objective is to promote the well‑being of family members and to help them exchange ideas freely and without judgment, to regain a foothold in their daily lives, to adapt to the upheavals caused by the illness and to find realistic hope.

 

Neighboring France

Alcool Info Service
Information, support, counseling and referral for alcohol.
 
Drogue Info Service
Information, support, counseling and referral for drugs.
 
Joueurs Info Service
Information, support, counseling and referral for gambling.
 
Tabac Info Service
Information, support, counseling and referral for smoking.

Anxiety / trauma / mood disorders / depression

Geneva

Association Dépression Postpartale Suisse
Informs about postpartum illnesses and offers support to parents experiencing postpartum depression. Partners with health care professionals. Free counseling.

Centre thérapeutique traumatismes agressions sexuelles (CTAS)
Advice, guidance, assistance and support.

 

Vaud

Association Dépression Postpartale Suisse
Informs about postpartum illnesses and offers support to parents experiencing postpartum depression. Partners with health care professionals. Free counseling.

Association ESPAS (Espace de Soutien et de Prévention - abus sexuels)
A non‑profit organization whose mission is to help families whose children have experienced sexual abuse, as well as adults who have experienced sexual abuse in their lives.

 

Neighboring France

France dépression
Telephone hotline, support groups for people with depression.

Psychologue région Annemasse
Psychologists treating anxiety and trauma in Annemasse.

Bereavement / divorce / serious illness

Geneva

As'trame
Support for families following a disruption of relationships, by giving them the opportunity to get back on their feet and acquire resources and skills to regain their strength and their ability to live fully.

Deuil'S
Offers appropriate assistance to people going through grief/loss.

Resiliam
Support for families, especially children and youth, who are affected by serious illness, disability or bereavement.

 

Vaud

As'trame
Support for families following a disruption of relationships, by giving them the opportunity to get back on their feet and acquire resources and skills to regain their strength and their ability to live fully.

 

Neighboring France

Association Nationale Naître et Vivre
Prevention of unexpected infant death, support for parents grieving the death of a toddler and support for research.

Association Petite Emilie
Support for people facing perinatal bereavement.

Divorce France
Coaching for people involved in divorce: before, during, after.

Children / teens / families

Geneva

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24‑hour listening and counseling service by phone, e-mail, chat and SMS for children and adolescents.

Accueil Enfants-Parents à la Maison de l'Enfance (Aronde)
A place of welcome and play for children from birth to 5 years old accompanied by an adult, as well as for future parents. | Available in English.

As'trame
Support for families following a disruption of relationships, giving them the opportunity to get back on their feet and acquire resources and skills to regain their strength and their ability to live fully.

CIAO
Platform where young people can talk anonymously about their problems and ask questions.

Ecole des parents
Association for families. It accompanies and supports them in their educational role, as well as in building and strengthening the parent‑child relationship.

Elternnotruf
24-hour counseling for parents, families, guardians, and caregivers.| Available in English.

F-Information
Support for women and families in everyday life, in professional, legal and psycho‑social areas. Individual consultations, group activities, and a Filigrane library specialized in Women, Feminism, Gender, Equality.

Le Biceps (BCAS)
Information and psychological support for children, adolescents or young adults whose parent is suffering psychologically.

Malatavie
Telephone and message hotline. Prevention for young people aged 12 to 25 who have suicidal thoughts or are feeling unwell. Advanced care that responds to the needs and lifestyles of adolescents.

Resiliam
Support for families, especially children and youth, who are affected by serious illness, disability or bereavement.

Santé Jeunes (HUG)
A unit that addresses the care needs of adolescents and young adults through a comprehensive approach to health and multidisciplinary care.

Service de protection des mineurs (SPMi) - Hospice général
Child abuse emergency service, prevention and protection service for minors.

 

Vaud

CIAO
Platform where young people can anonymously talk about their problems and ask questions.

Elternnotruf
24-hour counseling for parents, families, guardians, and caregivers.| Available in English.

 

Neighboring France

Allo Ecoute Ado
Anonymous and confidential listening with a psychologist, for adolescents.

Allo Parents bébé
Anonymous and confidential listening with a psychologist, for parents of children under 3 years old.

Allo Ecoute Parents
Anonymous and confidential listening with a psychologist, for parents.

Point Accueil Ecoute Jeune (PAEJ)
Unconditional, free and confidential reception, without appointment, alone or in a group, of young people and/or parents wishing to receive support, advice, guidance, when they encounter a difficulty concerning health in the broadest sense: discomfort, suffering, devaluation, failure, contentious attitude, school or relationship difficulties, disruptive behaviors, violence or dependence, social and school dropout.

Service National d'Acceuil Téléphonique de l'Enfance en danger
For children and adolescents who are facing violence or situations of risk (physical, psychological or sexual). Adults can call if they are concerned about a child's situation.

Gender / sexuality

Geneva

University of Geneva

Think out
ons LGBTQIA+ pour les étudiant.e.x.s UNIGE‑HES. | UNIGE.

Others

Alpagai
Alpagai is a place of information and meetings, open to all, whose goal is to bring an element of answer to the ignorance, the questionings, and thus to fight actively against homophobia.

Asile LGBT
Accompaniment and support for LGBTQIA+ people in forced migration situations. | Available in English.

Association 360
Legal service, listening, counseling, discussion and support group.

Dialogai
Medical-nursing, psychological and social services for men having sexual intercourse with men.

DISNO
For adults or teenagers, men or women, who have never committed a sexual act on a child but who feel an attraction or fantasies of this kind.

InterAction
Discussion about intersexuality, support and information.

Lestime
Welcome, listening and counseling for LGBTQIA+ women.

 

Vaud

DISNO
For adults or teenagers, men or women, who have never committed a sexual act on a child but who feel an attraction or fantasies of this kind.

Fondation Agnodice
Support for young people questioning themselves, for their relatives and resources in the legal field in particular.

Vogay
Permanences to discuss and find resources (safe place) in the fields of gender identity, sexual orientation, etc.

 

Neighboring France

Contact
Aims to facilitate dialogue between parents and LGBTQIA+ individuals.

Psychologue région Annemasse pour identité et orientations sexuelles
List of psychologists in Annemasse and surrounding areas who deal with LGBTQIA+ issues.

Migration / precarity

Geneva

Appartenances-Genève
Non‑profit association, active in the field of psychological care, support and integration of migrant families and people who have suffered collective violence. The therapies are covered by health insurance.

Arcade sages-femmes
Collective of independent midwives gathered in an association since 1994. Information, support and exchanges free of charge and without registration. It is also a space for courses for pregnant women and women who have given birth (charged).

Caritas
Legal and social accompaniment, non-profit association whose objective is to fight against poverty and exclusion by bringing concrete help to people in difficulty in the canton of Geneva. | Available in English.

Pluriels
On this site you will find a range of information on the activities offered by our center in favor of the adaptation and psychological health of migrants.

 

Vaud

Établissement Vaudois d'Accueil des Migrants (EVAM)
Accompaniment of people with a migration background.

Plateforme Asile-Vaud
To allow migrants and Swiss people to meet and spend time together to help them integrate and enrich each other.

 

Neighboring France

Action sociale
To ensure the reception, the housing, the accompaniment and the social integration of the people or families facing serious difficulties to help them reach or recover their personal and social autonomy (Ambilly).

Annemasse Agglo
Improving the reception of people in precarious situations (Annemasse).

Senior citizens

Geneva

Alzheimer Genève
Various offers of support for people with dementia, and for their loved ones and anyone else who helps them because life with dementia is very demanding.

Association Réseau Orientation Santé Social (AROSS)
Free information and guidance service for people over 65 and their families.

 

Vaud

Association Réseau Orientation Santé Social (AROSS)
Free information and guidance service for people over 65 and their families.

Pro Senectute
Aims at the material, physical and moral well-being of the elderly of Vaud, and seeks to preserve or strengthen their ability to live independently and integrated into the life of the country.

 

Neighboring France

Association Alzheimer Haute-Savoie
Professionals and volunteers are at the service of families facing Alzheimer's disease and related disorders. They offer and provide various local proximity services to support and accompany patients and their caregivers.

Solitud'Ecoute (Petits frère des pauvres)
Telephone support line for people over 50 suffering from loneliness, isolation or malaise. This free, anonymous and confidential number is open every day (including weekends and holidays) from 3:00 pm to 8:00 pm.

Suicide risks

Geneva

Malatavie
Telephone and message hotline. Prevention for young people aged 12 to 25 who have suicidal thoughts or feel unwell. Offers state‑of‑the‑art treatment that meets the needs and lifestyles of adolescents.

Parler peut sauver
Site to provide advice and support to people who are experiencing a crisis, who are worried about a loved one or who have lost a loved one to suicide.

Stop Suicide
Information and prevention actions on youth suicide.

 

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Parler peut sauver
Site to provide advice and support to people who are experiencing a crisis, who are worried about a loved one or who have lost a loved one to suicide.

Pars pas
Telephone hotline 7 days a week from 8am to 8pm for people in distress and at risk of suicide.

 

Neighboring France

SOS Suicide Phénix
Confidential and anonymous hotline to prevent suicidal risks.

Suicide Ecoute
The association offers an anonymous, non-political and non-denominational listening service, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Mental disorders / brain damage

Geneva

Association FRAGILE
Support for people with cerebral damage and their relatives in the Geneva region. We offer personalized and group counseling, courses and conferences, discussion groups, leisure activities and events.

Psychiatrie adulte - HUG
The Adult Psychiatry Service (APS) provides prevention, diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric disorders for patients aged 18 to 65.

Société suisse de psychiatrie et psychothérapie d'enfants et d'adolescent.es (SSPEA)
National Society of Child Psychiatrists with search filter for professionals practicing in Switzerland. | Available in English.

 

Vaud

Association l'îlot
Association for relatives and caregivers of schizophrenia or psychosis. Its main objective is to promote the well‑being of family members and to help them exchange ideas freely and without judgment, to regain a foothold in their daily lives, to adapt to the upheavals caused by the illness and to find realistic hope.

Fondation Nant
Portal of entry for any request for help, information or care for the entire Eastern Vaud region.

Société suisse de psychiatrie et psychothérapie d'enfants et d'adolescent.es (SSPEA)
National Society of Child Psychiatrists with search filter for professionals practicing in Switzerland. | Available in English.

 

Neighboring France

Argos 2001
National association of patients and relatives serving patients and relatives of people affected by bipolar disorder.

Violence / harassment

Geneva

University of Geneva

Cellule confiance
Reception and confidential care for targets, witnesses or perpetrators of situations of sexism or sexual harassment within the institution. | UNIGE.

Cellule respect
Any member of the university community who feels personally threatened or is aware of threats made or suspected within the university community may write to the Respect Unit to have the situation addressed. | UNIGE.

Service Égalité & Diversité
Harassment support and mediation. | UNIGE.

Others

Aide aux Victimes de Violences en Couple (AVVEC)
Support service for victims of domestic violence.

Appartenances-Genève
Non-profit association, active in the field of psychological care, support and integration of migrant families and people who have suffered collective violence. The therapies are covered by health insurance.

Association ESPAS (Espace de Soutien et de Prévention - abus sexuels)
A non-profit organization dedicated to helping families whose children have experienced sexual abuse, as well as adults who have experienced sexual violence in their lives.

Association Patouch
Fight against sexual abuse and violence of all kinds against children and adolescents.

Face à Face
Support for women with violent behavior.

LAVI
Assault Victims' Assistance Center: consultation, financial assistance and follow-up of criminal proceedings.

Le Pertuis
Le Pertuis is an emergency shelter open 365 days a year, 24 hours a day. It is for single adults or adults with children who are going through a period of crisis including domestic violence.

Service de protection des mineurs (SPMi) - Hospice général
Emergency services for child abuse, prevention and protection of minors.

UIMPV (Unité interdisiplinaire de médecine et de prévention de la violence) | HUG
Offers care to any person (victim, perpetrator, witness), from the age of 16, confronted with a situation of current or past violence, whatever the nature of the violence (psychological, physical, sexual and/or economic) and the context in which it occurred (couple, family, street, workplace), in collaboration with all the partners of the medical, social, psychological and legal network in Geneva.

 

Vaud

Association ESPAS (Espace de Soutien et de Prévention - abus sexuels)
A non-profit organization dedicated to helping families whose children have experienced sexual abuse, as well as adults who have experienced sexual violence in their lives.

Association Patouch
Fight against sexual abuse and violence of all kinds against children and adolescents.

LAVI
Assault Victims' Assistance Center: consultation, financial assistance and follow-up of criminal proceedings.

 

Neighboring France

Association d’Aide aux Victimes et Médiation de l’Ain (AVEMA)
Psychological support and legal aid for victims of violence.

Fédération 3977
Fight against elder abuse and abuse of people with disabilities.

Service National d'Accueil Téléphonique de l'Enfance en danger
Children and teens who are facing violence or at-risk situations (physical, psychological or sexual). Adults can call if they are concerned about a child's situation.

Solidarité femmes
Security. Monitoring and legal information. Relocation. National and anonymous hotline for women victims of violence, their families and professionals.

Viols-femmes-informations
Provides support, a listening ear and information on the steps on take for people who have suffered sexual violence.


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