A non-profit, community organization committed to helping English-speaking families of Estrie and surrounding area to manage the impact of mental illness. We provide support, information and education to family and friends, including individuals with a lived experience of mental illness.

We strive to eliminate the stigma surrounding mental illness by developing public awareness and work in partnership with professional health care and social service providers, and other community organizations, to promote services for mental illness.

Mental Health Estrie is committed to providing information, support, education and advocacy to English-speaking caregivers and individuals affected by mental illness in Estrie.

Incorporated in 2005, MHE was founded by local Townshippers Judy and Lynn Ross, in recognition of a lack of comprehensive mental health services available in English in Estrie.  In 2001, MHE began as a hope, a dream, when Judy Ross began holding peer support group meetings for family, friends and individuals impacted by mental illness. In the years that followed, a brainstorming committee of family caregivers and dedicated community members was formed, which later became Mental Health Estrie’s first Board of Directors.

Now in operation for more than 20 years, Mental Health Estrie is a vital community resource, which works in partnership with professional health care and social service providers and other community organizations to promote services for mental illness. We provide, information and referral services, peer support groups for family, friends and individuals living with a mental illness, individual support, educational events, public awareness, and a lending library of materials related to mental health.

Located in the borough of Lennoxville in Sherbrooke Quebec, Mental Health Estrie has a regional mandate to serve the entire region of Estrie.  We believe in the Recovery of Hope, and the Hope of Recovery.