About the Mental Health Program
The Mental Health Program provides a range of specialized mental health services for children and youth, including prevention, early intervention and more intensive diagnostic and treatment services. In partnership with the Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre (Youth Program), a range of specialized psychiatric and mental health services are provided.
Specialized clinical services:
- Inpatient services, which include a 15-bed adolescent unit (ages 13-17) and a 10-bed children’s unit (ages 12 and under). Both units, located at CHEO, provide crisis stabilization, assessment and transitional care.
- Emergency Services, which provides psychiatric emergency, crisis intervention and urgent services. Services are provided in CHEO’s Emergency Department.
- Behavioural neuroscience consultation and liaison, which provides mental health consultation and intervention for children and youth who have both medical and mental health issues affecting treatment or recovery.
Specialized outpatient services:
- Mood and Anxiety Clinic
- Dual Diagnosis Clinic
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder/Disruptive Behaviours Clinic
- General Mental Health Clinic
- Section 23 Day Treatment Services for children and youth who have severe mental health needs which interferes with attendance at regular schools. These Day Treatment programs are delivered in partnership with M.F. McHugh and Le Transit schools.
- Outreach Services are provided to the various counties. Services are provided through regional clinics and telehealth services.
- Eating Disorders Program, which includes Outpatient, Day Treatment and Inpatient Services for children and youth with moderate to severe eating disorders.
- Health Promotion / Early Intervention Services, which includes Youth Net/Réseau Ado, a program run by youth for youth for the promotion of mental health services and the facilitation of access to mental health services. (Self referral: 613-737-7600 ext. 3915)
Enclosed are great resources for understanding mental health issues. The following fact sheets are pdf downloads:
ADHD Depression Obsessive-compulsive Disorder Oppositional Defiant Disorder
Psychosis Self Harm 1 Self harm 2 Social Anxiety Substance Abuse
Suicide Trans-gendered children and youth
To Access the Mental Health Program
A Centralized Intake Office provides a single point of entry. A child or youth's family physician or pediatrician needs to call Central Intake at 1-866-737-2496 in order to refer patients.
Useful Links
Here is a list of links for resources and information that might be useful:
http://www.ementalhealth.ca/
http://www.cmha.ca/mylife/
www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/chn-rcs/index.html
http://www.drcheng.ca/