Emergency Services - Child and Adolescent Mental Health
Alberta Health Services - Calgary Zone
- Description
- Offers assessment and consultation for children or adolescents with urgent and / or emergent mental health needs.
This service provides:
- assessments for children and teens with mental health concerns
- consultations with families
- recommendations to doctors about admissions and/or community support
- discharge planning and counselling for children and teens in the hospital
- short-term follow-up for clients once they have been discharged
See Eligibility field for information on who is eligible for this service.
Alberta Children's Hospital has a Mental Health Inpatient Unit.
Key Provider: doctors, psychiatrists, registered nurses (RNs), social workers - Eligibility
- Yes, Children and adolescents with mental health concerns that impact abilities in daily functioning.
The following locations ONLY provide Mental Health services to adolescents over the age of 14 years:
- Foothills Medical Centre
- Rockyview General Hospital
- South Health Campus
- Peter Lougheed Centre
- Application Process
- Service Access: Walk-in / Drop In Service
Referral Process: No
Waiting Period: Yes,Wait time varies.
- Telephone
- 403-956-1111 (Switchboard)
- Web Site
- https://www.ahs.ca/shc
- Languages
- Interpreter/Translation services
- Fees
- Fee: No
Fee Reduction: N/A
Membership Fee: No - Accessibility
- Wheelchair access: Yes - This facility is wheelchair accessible.
Other disabled access: N/A - - Topic(s)
- Agency Information
- View Agency Profile
- Last Verified On
- November 14, 2024
- Address
- 4448 Front Street SE
Calgary, AB, T3M 1M4
Open in Google Maps - Hours of Operation
- 24/7