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Old 20-07-2007, 03:59 AM
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Default Update-Therapy Referral for me

Well I finally got a call back. I will be sent to this place:

Community Mental Health Services:

Community Mental Health Services of the Lakehead Psychiatric Hospital provides a multidisciplinary model of mental health services for individuals between the ages of 16 and 65 years, living in the Thunder Bay geographical area with a severe debilitating psychiatric illness and requiring an individualized psychiatric treatment plan with a focus on community living. Services offered include:
  • triage nurses working in partnership with clients, case workers or family to identify a client's needs and present the information to the multidisciplinary team in order to formulate an accurate individualized treatment plan;
  • therapeutic counseling services with nursing, social work, psychology, occupational therapy on assessments;
  • doctor's clinics providing appropriate psychiatric care;
  • medication depot clinics with individual health teaching regarding medications;
  • teaching and information gathering regarding mental illness for our patients;
  • home visits for individuals currently needing more thorough follow-up assessments and/or experiencing severe levels of anxiety;
  • group work including Psycho-educational Groups, Anxiety Groups, Women's Abuse Survivors Group;
  • psychiatric assessments
  • community outreach teaching programs as required;
  • referrals to other programs within the hospital and outside agencies as needed;
  • providing consultation for clients through telepsychiatry with the client, primary therapist, outpatient nurse and a psychiatrist from London, Ontario.
I'm just waiting for them to call me now and find out how long the wait list is. Ugh lot's of freaking waiting! *but I am moving forward*

bec

Last edited by becvan; 20-07-2007 at 04:01 AM.
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