Focus: Mental Health
A 23-bed inpatient; 59-day length of stay unit that provides specialized services to meet the mental health needs of individuals with a primary diagnosis of dementia and presenting with responsive behaviours or severe psychiatric symptomatology. This includes psychogeriatric resources to address the assessment, management and transitional care needs of the client with the goal of reintegration to community or long term care.
Services Offered:
- Comprehensive assessments provided by an inter-professional team that identify mental health issues, clarify diagnosis and identify possible factors that contribute to challenging behaviours
- Individualized care plans, which are developed to manage symptoms, address needs and develop management techniques
- Education for patients, families and caregivers
- Discharge planning to assist patients as they transition into the community or long-term care
Focus: Mental Health
A 25-bed inpatient unit that provides specialized services to meet the complex mental health needs of seniors (usually over age 65) with severe and persistent mental illness. This includes psychogeriatric resources to address the assessment, management and transitional care needs of the client with the goal of reintegration to community or long-term care.
Services Offered:
- Comprehensive assessments provided by an inter-professional team that identify mental health issues, clarify diagnosis and identify possible factors that contribute to challenging behaviours
- Individualized care plans, which are developed to manage symptoms, address needs and develop management techniques
- Education for patients, families and caregivers
- Discharge planning to assist patients as they transition into the community or long-term care
Focus: Mental Health
A 10-bed inpatient unit that provides service to adults who are intellectually challenged and exhibit symptoms of a serious mental illness and/or have significant behavioural challenges.
DDS is a clinical service combining the assessment and treatment of developmental challenges with psychiatry to offer patients specialized psychiatric treatment and behavioural programming.
Inclusion criteria:
Must be medically stable and present with an intellectual disability (IQ below 70 diagnosed prior to age 18), serious mental illness and/or associated behavioural challenges.
Focus: Mental Health
Provides services to individuals 18 years old and older who are medically stable and have an intellectual disability and a serious mental illness and/or associated challenging behaviours. Educational presentations are available upon request.
Inclusion Criteria:
Individuals between 18-65 years of age must be medically stable and present with an intellectual disability (IQ below 70, diagnosed prior to age 18) and a serious mental health illness and/or associated behavioural difficulties.
Focus: 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.
Focus: Mental Health
An inter-professional team provides flexible service tailored to the individual needs of a person. A range of expert services are offered including: Psychotherapy, medication support, symptom management and support. Follow up includes support for the individuals’ recovery process and goal attainment.
Focus: Mental Health
An inter-professional team provides flexible service tailored to the individual needs of a person.
Services that include:
- Assessments, medication monitoring
- Psycho-education, skill building focus with opportunity to engage with Recovery College and Illness Management Recovery (IMR) individual/groups
- Behavioral activation groups
- Smoking cessation programming
- Psychotherapy (CBTp, Cognitive Remediation and Family Intervention Therapy)
Focus: Mental Health
An interprofessional team provides flexible service tailored to the individual needs of a person. Individuals are offered a period of assessment followed by ongoing support for the individuals’ recovery process and goal attainment by providing individual or group sessions using evidence-based treatments, providing medication support (if necessary), symptom management and support.
Inclusion Criteria:
- 18 to 65 years old
- Prominent symptoms of a depression, mood disorder, anxiety disorder or obsessive-compulsive disorder
- Willing to attending appointments, groups or coaching sessions with a clinician weekly and as required with an Nurse Practitioner or a psychiatrist, if applicable
- Has goals relating to psychoeducation, treatment, and recovery
- If actively engaged in individual therapy in the community, may be referred for one-time consultation only or shared care
Focus: Mental Health
The Psychogeriatric Resource Consultation (PRC) Program meets the educational needs of health care staff working in long-term care facilities, community service agencies and homecare organizations including Central East Home and Community Care (HCC). The Psychogeriatric Resource Consultants (PRCs) specialize in the translation of knowledge to practice using both didactic education and case-based learning. The PRCs also are responsible for the development of dementia networks in the Durham Region and work collaboratively with Behavioural Supports Ontario (BSO). The PRCs also help support health care staff education at our acute care hospital partners in the Central East.
Focus: Mental Health
Provides comprehensive assessment and treatment based upon an evidence-based, time-limited and best practice approach for clients 18 years and older experiencing symptoms of Traumatic stress/Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and who are experiencing a significant impact on emotional, physical, interpersonal and vocational functioning.
Focus: Mental Health
A a provincial, tertiary care unit for young people aged 12-18.
Individuals are offered a period of assessment, medication stabilization and/or evidence informed individual or group psychotherapeutic treatments focusing on symptom management and improvement of function. The treatment goal of the unit is diagnostic clarification, symptom stabilization; functional improvement and timely transition back to a supportive community environment.
Inclusion Criteria:
- 12 up to 18 years old
- Treatment refractory symptoms of mood, psychosis, anxiety requiring hospitalization
Exclusion Criteria:
- Severe conduct and/or behavioural issues
- Court Ordered Forensic Detention
- Eating Disorders as a primary diagnosis
Focus: Mental Health
Provides mental health assessment and treatment for youth aged 12-18th birthday.
Services include one-time psychiatric assessment, individual and group therapy using CBT and DBT interventions.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Presenting mental health symptoms
- Prominent symptoms of mood, anxiety, or borderline trait disorders
Focus: Mental Health
Provides mental health and education services in a local community high school (Henry Street High School, Whitby) to support students as they transition into a community setting.
Services Offered:
- Individual rehabilitation therapy
- Life and social skills assessment and training
- Educational remediation and instruction
- Recreational programming
Focus: Mental Health
The Borderline Personality Self-Regulation Clinic at Ontario Shores provides services to individuals 18 years of age and older who are diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and are having difficulty managing their symptoms.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder, with or without Co-occurring Anxiety Disorders, Major Depressive Disorder, Eating Disorders, or Addictions.
- All treatment options for BPD available in the client’s community have been unable to assist the patient reach recovery
- Ability to read and write at a grade 8 level
Focus: Mental Health
Provides individual assessment, career and education counseling, skills training, and community employment opportunities for both inpatients and outpatients in a welcoming and recovery- oriented environment.
Services Offered:
- Individual vocational and education assessments
- Job Preparation, Resume, Interview workshops
- Job Development and Job Coaching (Ontario Shores is an approved ODSP Service Provider)
- Individual Work Placement programs in hospital
- Job readiness and Pre-employment programs in association with the Abilities Centre
Inclusion Criteria:
Outpatients 16 years and older requiring assistance with education or employment
Focus: Mental Health
A 12-bed unit for children and adolescents struggling with an eating disorder. It provides an inter-professional model of care with a focus on recovery and rehabilitation. There is a pre-admission process, post-discharge support and planning for transition home.
Focus: Mental Health
The Brain Stimulation Clinic is a regional resource for patients to access Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS).
Inclusion Criteria:
ECT: Client associated with Ontario Shores; client referred from external hospital outpatient programs deemed suitable for treatment by Brain Stimulation Psychiatrist; Medically stable and cleared for treatment
rTMS: Diagnosed with major depressive episode in the context of Major Depressive Disorder or Persistent Depressive Disorder; Agreeable to complete the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) depression scale and Generalized Anxiety Disorder – 7 item (GAD-7) scale before initial treatment, during (weekly) and after their course to track outcomes of treatment
Focus: Mental Health
For individuals age of 65 and older with a psychiatric concern that is complex in nature or has not responded to treatment, presenting with one or more of the following: cognitive changes, behavioural changes, mood changes, anxiety or psychotic symptoms.
Focus: Mental Health
Provides publicly funded evidence-based, cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) and related approaches to Ontarians with depression, anxiety, and anxiety-related conditions. OSP includes CBT-based services ranging from self-administered strategies (like BounceBack with support from a coach or therapist) to weekly, one-on-one or group therapy, using a stepped care approach.
Focus: Mental Health
Provide rapid access to services for all health care providers to provide skills that enhance resilience and reduce symptom burden. An inter-professional team provides rapid access to flexible service tailored to the individual needs of the health care worker.
Services Offered:
- Brief individual therapy
- Psychoeducation
- System navigation
- Referral to Prompt Care Clinic for most high risk
Inclusion Criteria:
Health care workers who are experiencing increased feelings of anxiety and depression.
Exclusion Criteria:
Primary diagnosis and symptomatology relating to personality disorder or addiction
Patient is primarily concerned with applications for ODSP/insurance/legal proceedings/CAS assessment
Focus: Mental Health
An inter-professional team dedicated to serving the psychological needs of all Public Safety Personnel/First Responders in the province, in partnership with Wounded Warriors Canada. The First Responder Assist program offers treatment in the form of individual psychotherapy to First Responders across the province.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Must be Public Safety Personnel/First Responder which includes; police personnel, fire fighters, correctional officers, paramedics, dispatchers, border services, probation and parole officers.
- Must be a resident of Ontario
Exclusion Criteria:
Patient is primarily concerned with applications for ODSP/WSIB/insurance/legal proceedings/CAS assessment
Focus: Mental Health
All referrals to Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences (Ontario Shores) are received by a triage nurse. An inter-professional team of intake and specialized clinicians work collaboratively with medical staff to provide prompt feedback on all referrals that include disposition, supported system navigation and recommended next steps. Patients are referred to the appropriate program as per individual criteria.
Focus: Mental Health
For adolescents who struggle with an eating disorder and requires more eating disorder support than what is offered in an outpatient setting. The duration of service is 16 weeks.
Eating disorder treatment and education is provided to participants and their families in three phases through an interdisciplinary model of care. Participants and their families receive individual, group, and family therapy targeting ED symptom management and improvement.
At program completion, participants and their families are discharged back to their family physician and/or referring providers depending on need.
Inclusion criteria:
Diagnosis of an Eating Disorder: Anorexia Nervosa (AN), Bulimia Nervosa (BN), Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID), Other Specified Feeding or Eating Disorder (OSFED).