Mission
To improve, restore and/or maintain the mental health and emotional well-being of the citizens of Westmorland and Albert Counties.

TREATMENT PROGRAMS

Adults

• Crisis Intervention
• Suicide Intervention
• Short-Term Treatment, Individual and group Therapy
• Long-Term Treatment and Follow-up
• Medication Monitoring of Psychiatrically Disabled Adults
• Outreach
• Critical Incidence Stress Debriefing

Children & Adolescents

• Crisis Intervention
• Suicide Intervention
• Individual, Group and Play Therapy/Treatment

Consultations

• Schools and Hospitals
• Family Physicians
• Nursing Homes and Special Care Homes
• Sheltered workshops
• Family and Community Social Services

PREVENTION AND EDUCATION
As per requests for Target Population.

HOW TO ACCESS THESE SERVICES
Individuals needing services at the Community Mental Health Centre must go through the Intake Service. The Intake is the entry point to the Centre. The Intake worker does the initial interview with the client and then directs the individual to the service that would most appropriately meet his/her needs.

Referrals written or phoned in to the Centre can be made by:

• Self
• Family
• Hospitals
• Family Doctor
• Schools
• Family and Community Social Services
• Court
• Others

Professional staff involved in one of these three ( 3 ) multi-disciplinary teams comprised of:

• Psychiatrists
• Psychologists
• Psychometrists
• Nurses
• Social Workers
• Secretaries
• Crisis Intervention Councilors
• Support Workers

HOURS OF SERVICE
8:30 am to 5:00 pm - - Monday to Friday

CRISIS INTERVENTION CENTRE
24 hours/day, 7 days/week