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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.
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