Child and Youth Addictions and Mental Health Services Services Child and Youth Addiction and Mental health teams throughout Horizon offer services to children and youth who need help with emotional, mental health or addictions needs. These multidisciplinary teams are made up of caring professionals with training in social work, occupational therapy, psychology, nursing, mental health, and addictions. Child and Youth Addiction and Mental Health […]
Community Addiction and Mental Health Services – 157 Duke Street Services Flexible Assertive Community Treatment (F.A.C.T. Team) / Early Psychosis Program (E.P.P) / Supervised Community Care (S.C.C) F.A.C.T is a multi-disciplinary treatment team that provides care to adults living in the community who have been diagnosed with a serious mental illness. The goal of the treatment team is to increase the adults overall functioning due to […]
Emergency Mental Health Services Services Emergency Mental Health offers consultative/assessment services to individuals who are suffering from an acute episode of mental illness and who seek emergency care through a hospital’s Emergency Department. Services include psychiatric assessments, triage, crisis intervention and stabilization of clients experiencing a mental health or addiction-related crisis. These services are provided by a multidisciplinary team of […]
Community Addiction and Mental Health Services in First Nation Communities Services Addiction and Mental Health Services provide a range of services for individuals and family members affected by substance use, harmful gambling and/or mental health issues. Community-based prevention programs are at the core of the program. The goal is to address health needs expressed by individuals and to strengthen the community as a whole. Horizon serves […]
Community Addiction and Mental Health Services Services This multidisciplinary program offers individual and group addiction and mental health counseling services to adults 19 years of age or older. All clients are assessed for substance misuse, harmful gambling and mental health-related concerns and referred to the appropriate clinicians and service. Clients may be seen both in office or in the community as deemed […]
Addiction and Mental Health Services for Seniors Services This multidisciplinary program offers individual and group mental health counseling services to adults 65 years of age or older and/or those individuals who are assessed as requiring the expertise of a specialized seniors’ program. Clients may be seen both in office and/or in the community as deemed appropriate by the client and treatment team. Collaboration […]
Addiction and Mental Health Services Services Important Numbers Call the toll-free, 24/7 national 9-8-8 Suicide Crisis Helpline Horizon’s Mobile Crisis Units provide interventions to defuse situations in the community, supporting individuals and families outside of the usual hours of operations including evenings and weekends. Mobile Crisis Units increase access to services and provides a range of crisis intervention services in a […]
Mental Health During a Pandemic: Tips for Teens and Parents Post By Heidi FitzGerald, M.Sc., L. Psych.Clinical Coordinator, Integrated Service Delivery Western Charlotte Child and Youth Team. During the early stages of COVID-19, people had many questions focused on fear and were worried about becoming ill or a loved one contracting the virus. More recently concerns include how COVID-19 will impact our psychological well-being, educational outcomes […]
Community development is fundamental to health care Post By Scott Crawford, Regional Manager for Community Development, Population Health Over the past few months, Horizon’s team of community developers have been blogging about the work they do in their communities – and a lot of their recent work has been in response to the COVID-19 pandemic to ensure folks were supported. Check out the […]
Horizon’s Community Health Grant Services Horizon’s Community Health Grant (HCHG) is a low-barrier funding initiative administered by Horizon Health Network’s Department of Community Health. Grants are awarded to communities served by Horizon Health to support projects with a targeted impact on the social determinants of health. To increase equity and efficiency for community organizations in applying for these funds, Horizon’s […]