Crisis Intervention Team
Canadian Mental Health Association - Alberta South Region
- Description
- Offers a mobile support service that provides crisis intervention and stabilization.
Service provides:
- crisis intervention and stabilization for community members experiencing a mental health crisis
- assessment, intervention, referrals, and links to community agencies for ongoing, longer-term support service
- mobile support service 7 days a week to defuse crisis situations
- support by telephone or in person within the City of Lethbridge
- referrals to the community crisis beds
Assists with longer term follow-up and support services through:
- co-ordination of treatment and community support services following emergency / crisis presentation
- consultation with police, emergency medical staff, agencies, and individuals for referrals to appropriate support systems
- improvement of access to services and support systems through cooperation and collaboration among other services agencies
- provision of education in-service to agencies and the public on various mental health and crisis related issues
Key Provider: crisis workers - Eligibility
- No
- Application Process
- Service Access: See below, To access service:
- call Distress Line of Southwestern Alberta or the Crisis Intervention Team Triage
- self-referral accepted
- or referrals by doctors, hospitals, police, or local agencies also accepted
Referral Process: No
Waiting Period: No,
- Telephone
- 403-381-1116 (Crisis Intervention Team Triage)
- Telephone
- 403-327-7905 (Distress and Suicide Prevention Line of Southwestern Alberta)
- Fax
- 403-320-7432
- Web Site
- https://lethbridge.cmha.ca
- admin@cmhalethbridge.ca
- Languages
- English
- Fees
- Fee: No
Fee Reduction: No
Membership Fee: Yes,Contact for details.
- Accessibility
- Wheelchair access: N/A -
Other disabled access: N/A - - Topic(s)
- Agency Information
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- Last Verified On
- January 3, 2025
- Location
- Lethbridge
- Hours of Operation
- 24/7