Focus: Mental Health, Substance Abuse
Focus: Mental Health, Substance Abuse
Provides services to individuals in need of support; individuals who are experiencing symptoms of a mental illness and/or addiction; individuals who are having thoughts of suicide; family members of individuals who are experiencing a mental health crisis; or any professionals in the community who require consultation/assistance regarding an individual with a mental health concern or mental health crisis.
Focus: Mental Health
Presentations delivered through the Preventive Education Program are designed to enhance the public's general understanding of mental illness, to reduce the stigma that is so often associated, and to promote emotional wellness in schools, workplaces, and the community as a whole.
Focus: Mental Health
Immediate support and outreach is provided to individuals suffering from mental health issues who are in need of emergency housing.
Focus: Mental Health
Services are tailored to meet the needs of the individual to provide relevant education, aid in skill development and promote independence. The case management program provides assessment and individualized psychosocial rehabilitation for individuals with mental illness. The service is client centered, structured, goal focused and time limited. Services are for individuals that have a severe and persistent mental illness causing disability.
Focus: Mental Health
Court Support provides services to individuals with mental illness who are involved in the justice system. Services include navigating the justice mental health systems and liaising with officers of the court. When relevant, Court Diversion staff may assist by advocating for court diversion.
Focus: Mental Health
The Dual Diagnosis Case Management program supports individuals, their families and other service providers to develop crisis prevention plans, facilitate community integration, provide short-term service, and coordinate developmental and mental health services. Services are for individuals that have a severe and persistent mental illness causing disability.
Focus: Mental Health
The Early Intervention Program for Psychosis supports individuals who are experiencing their first episode of psychosis. Services include a comprehensive assessment, referral to appropriate community resources, and case management support. Instruction about such topics as medication management, symptom management, and recognition of behaviour patterns is provided. Individual and group programs provide instruction in areas such as daily living skills, social skills and peer related recreational and leisure events. The program strongly encourages family involvement. Education and guidance is provided to the individual as well as to their identified family members.
Focus: Mental Health
This program provides a Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) approach to managing depression and anxiety. The focus of the service is on areas of illness education, symptom management and on wellness and relapse prevention planning. This program also offers Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT), which supports individuals experiencing emotional dysregulation and impulsive behaviour. Services are for individuals that have a severe and persistent mental illness causing disability.
Focus: Mental Health
The Rapid Assessment, Intervention and Treatment Program (RAIT) partners closely with primary health care practitioners to offer mental health assessments and coordinated outreach services (specialized assessments, treatment, case management or support services). This program is designed to support individuals with emerging mental health needs, primarily anxiety and depression.
Focus: Mental Health
In-reach services and follow-up care are provided to individuals being released from secured custody. Support and the coordination of mental health follow-up care are provided to integrate individuals back into the community.
Focus: Mental Health
This program supports older individuals with complex mental health needs and provides support to their families and other caregivers as needed. The team has a Psychiatrist, Registered Nursing, Social Work staff and an Occupational Therapist who provide assessment and treatment recommendations in a long term care setting, a retirement home or in their home.