- Description
- Inpatient comprehensive, multidisciplinary court ordered assessments for the justice system, inpatient and outpatient recovery and rehabilitation services for those patients designated under the Criminal Code Review Board.
The Southern Alberta Forensic Psychiatry Centre (SAFPC) provides the following service:
- court ordered psychiatric assessments
- assessments range from Pre-trial, Pre-sentence, Long term offender (LTO), Dangerous offender (DO), and Not Criminally Responsible (NCR)
- treatment and rehabilitation to individuals who have been found NCR due to mental disorder and under the legislation of the Criminal Code Review Board+
- temporary treatment and stabilization for individuals who have decompensated while in custody
- emergency admissions: patient who are certified, in hospital, and who are charged with a detainable offense
Affiliation: Alberta Justice, Solicitor General, Criminal Code Review Board, Rural and urban psychiatric and emergency services, Mental Health Review Board and Alberta Hospital Edmonton.
Key Provider: addictions counselors, assistant head nurse, chaplain, mental health aides, nurse educator, occupational therapists, pharmacists, pharmacy technician, protective services, psychiatrists, psychologists, psychometrists, recreation therapists, registered nurses (RNs), registered psychiatric nurses (RPNs), social workers - Eligibility
- Yes, Services targeted to:
- patients can be admitted from general psychiatric units when charged with a detainable offence and certified under the Mental Health Act
- deputy Directors from correctional institutions can request a patient to be transferred to SAFPC for stabilization if needed
- patients who are deemed not criminally responsible due to mental disorder or who are found unfil to stand trial
- court ordered psychiatric assessment.
- Application Process
- Service Access: Professional Referral Required, Healthcare providers should consult the Alberta Referral Directory for service referral information.
Referrals are received through the justice system, solicitor general and the Criminal Code Alberta Review Board. All referrals are triaged on a weekly basis or as required.
Referral Process: No
Waiting Period: Yes,Wait times are dependent on the acuity of the units, number of court-ordered assessments being referred, emergency admissions, triage wait-list and Not Crimianlly Responsible due to Mental Disorder occupancy rates.
- Telephone
- 403-944-6800
- Fax
- 403-944-6852
- Languages
- Interpreter/Translation services
- Fees
- Fee: No
Fee Reduction: No
Membership Fee: No - Accessibility
- Wheelchair access: N/A -
Other disabled access: N/A - - Topic(s)
- Agency Information
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- Last Verified On
- April 3, 2024
- Address
- 11333 85 Street NW
Calgary, AB, T3R 1J3
Open in Google Maps - Hours of Operation
- Mon08:00 AM to 04:00 PMTue08:00 AM to 04:00 PMWed08:00 AM to 04:00 PMThu08:00 AM to 04:00 PMFri08:00 AM to 04:00 PM
