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Program: Mental Health and Addictions Program

Organizations: London Health Sciences Centre
Victoria Hospital
Description of Services: Mental health services for adults with a serious mental illness * time-limited mental health assessments and treatment, crisis intervention and stabilization

One-on-one and group services provided * coordination with community resources for follow-up treatment and community support provided as part of discharge planning
 
Adult Eating Disorders Service Treatment of various eating disorders through CBT-E (enhanced cognitive brain therapy) * outpatient weekly sessions
 
Adult Inpatient Mental Health Service 74 inpatient beds, including 12 psychiatric intensive care beds * diagnostic and treatment services for people who have acute psychiatric disorders that require hospitalization on a voluntary or involuntary basis
 
Centralized Emergency Psychiatry Service (CEPS) Emergency assessments are conducted in the emergency room by a team consisting of nurses, social workers, psychiatrists, and residents
 
Consultation-Liaison Service Deals with overlap of physical health and mental health care * provides timely psychiatric consultations to adult patients on medical/surgical units * primarily inpatient-focused but may require brief outpatient follow-up
 
General Adult Ambulatory Mental Health Services (GAAMHS) Mental health services available through a centralized access point * psychiatry consultations (urgent and non-urgent)
 
Geriatric Mental Health Program Inter-disciplinary outpatient assessment, treatment and referral for individuals 65 years and older who experience mental disorders of late life including:
  • dementia and related disorders
  • mood disorders
  • psychotic disorders
 
Prevention and Early Intervention Program for Psychoses (PEPP) Early detection, assessment and treatment to people with a first episode of psychosis * one-on-one, group and family supports available
 
Urgent Consultation Service Mental health assessments conducted by nurse case managers and psychiatrists

Fees: Most services covered by OHIP
Application: Some non-emergency services require a medical referral from family doctor or walk-in clinic
Accessibility: Wheelchair Accessible      Wheelchair Accessible
Languages: English
Area(s) Served: London and Middlesex

Phone Numbers: Automated Switchboard: 519-685-8500
General Information: 519-685-8380
Patient Information: 519-667-6619
Crisis: Call 911 in emergencies
Emergency Department: 519-685-8141
Website: www.lhsc.on.ca/mental-health-care-program-adult/ce...
Address: 800 Commissioners Rd E, A2-698
London, ON
N6A 5W9
Intersection: Wellington Rd and Commissioners Rd E
Location: London (Central)
Hours: Switchboard and Emergency Departments: Daily 24 hours
Administration: Mon-Fri 7:30am-3:30pm
Executives: Tammy Fisher - Director, Mental Health and Addictions Program
519-685-8500 ext 56484 * tammy.fisher@lhsc.on.ca
 
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