Counselling and Treatment - Mental Health
Provides short term, focused consultation and treatment to women with perinatal mood disorders and other reproductive issues that affect a woman’s mental health.
Services offered:
- Initial Psychiatric consultation
- Interpersonal Therapy (IPT) or Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Psychoeducation
- Pharmacotherapy (medications) and follow up with a Nurse Practitioner or Psychiatrist in collaboration with the Primary Care Provider.
Referrals are accepted from any health care professional. PHQ-9 required for those with suspected depression.
Referrals are through Ontario Shores Central Intake.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Women 18 years of age and older
- Mental illness that is significant enough to impair function and unique to women:
- Women with symptoms of, or at elevated risk of developing a perinatal mood disorder such as depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorders, or psychosis in the perinatal period (pregnancy and postpartum up to one year)
- Women with an existing mood, anxiety or psychotic disorder in the perinatal period
- Perimenopause or menopause with significant emotional dysregulation
- Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (Psychiatry or Nurse Practitioner Assessment only)
Exclusion Criteria:
- The presenting mental health issue has no relationship to the female reproductive system.
- Patient is primarily concerned with applications for ODSP/insurance/legal proceedings/CAS assessment
http://www.ontarioshores.ca/accessing-care/make-referral-ontario-shores
Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences - Whitby - Gordon Street
700 Gordon Street
Whitby
Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences
Main Hours: Monday - Friday: 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
FAX: 930-430-4000
Central Access - FAX: 905-430-4000
Central Access - Toll Free: 877-767-9642