To find a mental health and addiction service:
- Go to bridgethegapp.ca, or your Regional Health Authority website
- Call or email the Provincial Mental Health and Addictions Systems Navigator at 1-877-999-7589 or 752-3916; VRS calls are welcome; email barry.hewitt@easternhealth.ca
Our Navigator is a central point of contact for individuals, family members and stakeholders throughout the province to:
- Problem solve with you to figure out next steps
- Consider options and find the right mental health or addiction service
- Get help in making connections
Referral Forms:
Hope Program/Eating Disorder Referral Form:
Ch-0016 Mental Health and Addictions Services Referral Form (PDF, 2013)
Hope Valley Youth Treatment Centre Referral Forms (youth, addiction):
Referral Form (PDF, 2014)
Medical Assessment Form (PDF, 2014)
Humberwood Referral Form:
Referral Form (PDF, 2017)
The Grace Centre Referral Forms:
Referral Application Form (PDF, 2016)
Medical Assessment Form (PDF, 2016)
Tuckamore Referral Forms:
Referral Form (PDF, 2014)
Medical Assessment Form (PDF, 2014)
Resources:
- Alcohol Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral
- Understanding Stigma Online Course – registration page
- On February 14, 2018, the Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC) and the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) launched a free online course called Understanding Stigma, designed to help healthcare providers and frontline clinicians develop strategies to improve care for people with mental health and addiction problems.
- 2017 Canadian Guideline for Opioids for Chronic Non-Cancer Pain – CMAJ 2017 May 8;189:E659-66. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.170363
- The Opioid Wisely campaign launched on March 1, 2018 with the support of over 30 participating organizations. Central to the campaign is a set of 14 specialty-specific recommendations for when the use of opioids should not be first line therapy.
- Community Partners Link