Mental Health and Addictions - North West
Services available to the following communities
Beauval, Buffalo Narrows, Cut Knife, Edam, Goodsoil, Hafford, Île-à-la-Crosse, La Loche, Leoville, Lloydminster, Loon Lake, Macklin, Maidstone, Meadow Lake, Neilburg, Paradise Hill, Spiritwood, St. Walburg, The Battlefords, Turtleford and Unity, Wilkie.
Specialized programs that provide mental health assessment and treatment for children, youth and adults
- Case Management
- Children exposed to violence (Buffalo Narrows)
- Complex diagnosis and assessment teams including Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) assessments
- Contractual services of Elders and Knowledge Keepers
- Injection clinics
- Kids First (North Battleford and Île-à-la-Crosse)
- Mental health consultation and support to community partners
- Mental Health First Aid Training for community partners
- Outpatient assessment and treatment
- Oversight for contracts providing services such as supportive housing
- Psychiatric services
- Telehealth/videoconferencing services for psychiatry
- Virtual parenting support group
Specialized programs that provide problematic substance use and addiction assessment and treatment for youth and adults
- Drug Treatment Court (North Battleford –under development)
- Rapid Access to Addiction Medicine (North Battleford)
- Residential addiction treatment programs for adults and youth (North Battleford)
- Residential detox programs (Meadow Lake and North Battleford)
- Outpatient assessment and treatment
- Problem gambling programs
Specialized inpatient mental health units in acute care settings, including involuntary assessment and treatment services provided under the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA)
- Depot Clinic – North Battleford
- Inpatient Units:
- Battleford Union Hospital - Adult Mental Health Unit
- Psychiatric nurse and/or counsellor consultation and support in Emergency Departments
Outreach teams for crisis response for Mental Health and Addiction concerns
- Community Recovery Team (CRT)
- Rural clinics
- Police and Community Teams (PACT)
- Suicide prevention and wellness services
All Mental Health and Addiction (MHA) programs receive highly valued input from Patient and Family Partners/Advisors.