Welcome to Our Sisters' Place

"Take hormones!" "Take anti-depressants!" "Eat better!" "Get over it!"

Yes, we have heard these statements too. You are not alone. You are not crazy. We all wonder about our moods and hormonal changes. We know, without needing to be told, that they are connected in complicated ways.

Our Sisters' Place is a program of the Mood Disorders Association of Ontario that provides support to women who are dealing with problems related both to mood and to hormonal changes, throughout the life cycle. This includes feelings like depression, anxiety, and psychosis, and events like puberty, pregnancy, post-pregnancy, menopause, and post menopause.

Our Sisters' Place is a program that provides a community-based support network for women, with a focus on mood disorders associated with hormonal changes throughout the lifespan. Our Sisters' Place is a program that is committed to providing support in an understanding, warm, and welcoming manner for women, loved ones, and service providers who are struggling with these issues.

Our Sisters' Place is a program that provides:

• Peer support to women who are struggling with a mood disorder associated with hormonal changes, through our peer phone support lines and peer support groups.
• Public education and information through forums, workshops, conferences and speakers series about women's reproductive health and mood disorders.
• Education to health care professionals about women's hormonally related mood disorders.
• Aggressive broad-based public awareness campaigns geared towards eliminating ignorance, discrimination, and stigma.
• The wisdom and knowledge gained through the guidance of having an Advisory Panel of key leaders in the field of women's reproductive health, mood disorders, and community based programs for women.
• Valuable, relevant information related to hormonally induced mood disorders through Our Sisters' Place website.