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Hospital-stay Services for Adults (inpatient services)

• Unit A: 7 bed Intensive Observation Area (IOA) - aka Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit
• Unit B: 32 bed general Adult Unit
• Section E: Mental Health Emergency Services unit (MHESU)
• Nursing Care
• psychiatry
• psychotherapy

Non-urgent, and urgent short-term outpatient service

• care process includes psychiatric consultation and pharmacological treatment where prescribed
• group psychotherapy treatment including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Psychoeducational and Mindfulness-Based Treatment

Public hospital providing a range of specialized assessment and treatment services to those living with complex and serious mental illness

• range of specialized mental health programs for inpatients and outpatients
• specialized community outreach services
• supports residents in privately operated homes for special care
• actively involved in mental health research and education activities

Education about mental illnesses, treatment options, wellness

Five areas of learning:

• Learning and Understanding
• Skills Development
• Vocational
• Leisure, Health and Wellness
• Self-Discovery and Identifying Strengths

Virtual and in-person courses, visit website for available courses https://www.ontarioshores.ca/resources-support/recovery-college

Operates 61 inpatient beds, located at the Brockville Mental Health Centre

Inpatient services include:

• secure assessment and treatment
• active forensic rehabilitation
• transition care for community reintegration

Outpatient services include

• outreach support and supervision programs for individuals

Operates its integrated forensic treatment program and specialized mental health treatment

• for incarcerated males in cooperation with The Ontario Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services
• serious and complex mental disorders

Provides all of their services in Brockville, including:

• dual-diagnosis assertive community treatment teams (ACTT)
• psycho-geriatric community team
• homes for special care

Psychiatric assessment, treatment and rehabilitation centre for adults and youth with serious and complex mental illnesses

• priority is to provide highly specialized assessment, intensive and longer-term treatment, rehabilitation, crisis, outreach and consultative services
• these are offered on an inpatient, day-patient, outpatient and community basis

Services are provided through the following programs:

• substance use and concurrent disorders
• forensic program
• family court clinic
• outpatient referrals
• geriatric psychiatry program
• youth program
• mood disorders program
• anxiety disorders program
• schizophrenia program
• sleep lab
• Ottawa Operational Stress Injury Clinic
• patient representative
  tertiary specialized mental health assessment, treatment and rehabilitation for adults and adolescents in an inpatient, outpatient and community-based setting

Psychiatric assessment, treatment and rehabilitation centre for adults and youth with serious and complex mental illnesses

• priority is to provide highly specialized assessment, intensive and longer-term treatment, rehabilitation, crisis, outreach and consultative services
• these are offered on an inpatient, day-patient, outpatient and community basis

Services are provided through the following programs:

• substance use and concurrent disorders
• forensic program
• family court clinic
• outpatient referrals
• geriatric psychiatry program
• youth program
• mood disorders program
• anxiety disorders program
• schizophrenia program
• sleep lab
• Ottawa Operational Stress Injury Clinic
• patient representative
  tertiary specialized mental health assessment, treatment and rehabilitation for adults and adolescents in an inpatient, outpatient and community-based setting

Psychiatric assessment, treatment and rehabilitation centre for adults and youth with serious and complex mental illnesses

• priority is to provide highly specialized assessment, intensive and longer-term treatment, rehabilitation, crisis, outreach and consultative services
• these are offered on an inpatient, day-patient, outpatient and community basis

Services are provided through the following programs:

• substance use and concurrent disorders
• forensic program
• family court clinic
• outpatient referrals
• geriatric psychiatry program
• youth program
• mood disorders program
• anxiety disorders program
• schizophrenia program
• sleep lab
• Ottawa Operational Stress Injury Clinic
• patient representative
  tertiary specialized mental health assessment, treatment and rehabilitation for adults and adolescents in an inpatient, outpatient and community-based setting

Psychiatric assessment, treatment and rehabilitation centre for adults and youth with serious and complex mental illnesses

• priority is to provide highly specialized assessment, intensive and longer-term treatment, rehabilitation, crisis, outreach and consultative services
• these are offered on an inpatient, day-patient, outpatient and community basis

Services are provided through the following programs:

• substance use and concurrent disorders
• forensic program
• family court clinic
• outpatient referrals
• geriatric psychiatry program
• youth program
• mood disorders program
• anxiety disorders program
• schizophrenia program
• sleep lab
• Ottawa Operational Stress Injury Clinic
• patient representative
  tertiary specialized mental health assessment, treatment and rehabilitation for adults and adolescents in an inpatient, outpatient and community-based setting

Mental health and addiction assessment and treatment hospital, including education, training and research

Clinical and community-based programs (visit website for full listing of programs, services and locations):

Addiction Medicine Service

• assessment, pharmacotherapy for substance dependence
• maintenance therapies
• concomitant pain and addiction treatment
• contact COMPASS 416-535-8501 ext 36019 (see separate listing)

Eating Disorder and Addiction Clinic

• outpatient program includes integrated concurrent treatment

First Episode LEARN Clinic

• General Education Development (GED), recovery and family programs * psychiatrist referral required

Gender Identity Clinic (Adult)

• comprehensive assessment for individuals seeking hormone treatment and/or sex reassignment surgery
• assessment wait-time approximately 10 months

Integrative Day Treatment (IDT) Services

• outpatient assessment, treatment and follow-up for mood and anxiety disorders, trauma and addictions

Information and outreach services:

Client/Patient Relations, 416-535-8501 ext 32028

Family Resource Centre, 416-535-8501 ext 33202

Patient and Family Learning Space (PFLS)
Information on CAMH programs and community-based services; access to mental health, addiction and recovery resources, pamphlets, books, guides, memoirs, workshops, webinars and clinics; visit online event calendar

Information Centre, 416-535-8501 press 1, Ontario only 1-800-463-6273 (English; French), info@camh.ca

Library, 416-535-8501 ext 36991, library@camh.ca

• access by appointment only
• information or requests by telephone or email available

Portico Network, www.porticonetwork.ca

• online mental health and addiction resource, includes information, tools, toolkits, videos and podcasts
• hosts partner websites

Provincial System Support Program (PSSP)

• education and support for 8 regional offices
• clinical outreach services include Ontario Psychiatric Outreach Program (OPOP), 416-535-8501 ext 32157 and Northern Psychiatric Outreach Program (NPOP-C), 416-535-8501 ext 34484

COVID-19: All day programs, outreach services and drop-in activities are suspended until further notice. One-on-one care will continue. Outpatient appointment schedules may be adjusted. (October 1, 2021)

Adult inpatient and outpatient assessments and treatments for mentally ill persons who come into conflict with the law

• assessments and treatments are conducted within the framework of the Criminal Code of Canada for mentally disordered accused and of the Mental Health Act of Ontario

Forensic outpatient clinic: assessment and treatment of general forensic matters

• referral by physician, courts or probation officers

Single-locked medium secure inpatient service:

• 16-bed unit providing acute care
• assessment
• treatment
• community reintegration to adult mentally disordered offenders

Double-locked medium secure inpatient service:

• 12-bed unit providing acute care
• assessment
• treatment of adult mentally disordered accused
• evaluation of individuals fitness to stand trial
• evaluation of criminal responsibility
• recommendations to the court

Family Court Clinic: provides assessment in two areas (adolescents who have been charged under the Youth Criminal Justice Act

• child welfare matters under the Child and Family Services Act)

Sexual Behaviours Clinic:

• specialized evaluation
• treatment
• research related to sexual deviations and dysfunctions
• referral by physician

Psychiatric consultation services:

• provided to the Department of Corrections of Ontario and to the Attorney General of Ontario
• referrals are accepted from the courts, Crown attorneys, defense counsels, community agencies, federal and provincial parole and probation services, and medical practitioner services

Recovery program

• for clients suffering with severe and persistent mental illness
• 32-bed inpatient unit
• provides recovery treatment within a six month average length of stay
• support for each patient in determining goals which will facilitate patients in moving back into the community
• patients may access available community supports

Staffed by a interdisciplinary team including:

• psychiatrists
• nurses
• personal care attendants
• occupational and recreation therapists
• social workers
• peer support worker

Psychiatric assessment, treatment and rehabilitation centre for adults and youth with serious and complex mental illnesses

• priority is to provide highly specialized assessment, intensive and longer-term treatment, rehabilitation, crisis, outreach and consultative services
• these are offered on an inpatient, day-patient, outpatient and community basis

Services are provided through the following programs:

• substance use and concurrent disorders
• forensic program
• family court clinic
• outpatient referrals
• geriatric psychiatry program
• youth program
• mood disorders program
• anxiety disorders program
• schizophrenia program
• sleep lab
• Ottawa Operational Stress Injury Clinic
• patient representative
  tertiary specialized mental health assessment, treatment and rehabilitation for adults and adolescents in an inpatient, outpatient and community-based setting

Psychiatric assessment, treatment and rehabilitation centre for adults and youth with serious and complex mental illnesses

• priority is to provide highly specialized assessment, intensive and longer-term treatment, rehabilitation, crisis, outreach and consultative services
• these are offered on an inpatient, day-patient, outpatient and community basis

Services are provided through the following programs:

• substance use and concurrent disorders
• forensic program
• family court clinic
• outpatient referrals
• geriatric psychiatry program
• youth program
• mood disorders program
• anxiety disorders program
• schizophrenia program
• sleep lab
• Ottawa Operational Stress Injury Clinic
• patient representative
  tertiary specialized mental health assessment, treatment and rehabilitation for adults and adolescents in an inpatient, outpatient and community-based setting

Psychiatric assessment, treatment and rehabilitation centre for adults and youth with serious and complex mental illnesses

• priority is to provide highly specialized assessment, intensive and longer-term treatment, rehabilitation, crisis, outreach and consultative services
• these are offered on an inpatient, day-patient, outpatient and community basis

Services are provided through the following programs:

• substance use and concurrent disorders
• forensic program
• family court clinic
• outpatient referrals
• geriatric psychiatry program
• youth program
• mood disorders program
• anxiety disorders program
• schizophrenia program
• sleep lab
• Ottawa Operational Stress Injury Clinic
• patient representative
  tertiary specialized mental health assessment, treatment and rehabilitation for adults and adolescents in an inpatient, outpatient and community-based setting

Psychiatric assessment, treatment and rehabilitation centre for adults and youth with serious and complex mental illnesses

• priority is to provide highly specialized assessment, intensive and longer-term treatment, rehabilitation, crisis, outreach and consultative services
• these are offered on an inpatient, day-patient, outpatient and community basis

Services are provided through the following programs:

• substance use and concurrent disorders
• forensic program
• family court clinic
• outpatient referrals
• geriatric psychiatry program
• youth program
• mood disorders program
• anxiety disorders program
• schizophrenia program
• sleep lab
• Ottawa Operational Stress Injury Clinic
• patient representative
  tertiary specialized mental health assessment, treatment and rehabilitation for adults and adolescents in an inpatient, outpatient and community-based setting

Psychiatric assessment, treatment and rehabilitation centre for adults and youth with serious and complex mental illnesses

• priority is to provide highly specialized assessment, intensive and longer-term treatment, rehabilitation, crisis, outreach and consultative services
• these are offered on an inpatient, day-patient, outpatient and community basis

Services are provided through the following programs:

• substance use and concurrent disorders
• forensic program
• family court clinic
• outpatient referrals
• geriatric psychiatry program
• youth program
• mood disorders program
• anxiety disorders program
• schizophrenia program
• sleep lab
• Ottawa Operational Stress Injury Clinic
• patient representative
  tertiary specialized mental health assessment, treatment and rehabilitation for adults and adolescents in an inpatient, outpatient and community-based setting