Child and Adolescent Mental Health Inpatient Services

Alberta Health Services - Calgary Zone


Description
This service provides inpatient mental health assessment and treatment for adolescents and their families.

This service offers mental health assessment and treatment for adolescents with serious emotional, behavioral, and / or psychiatric problems that can't be treated in the community, day patient, or outpatient settings. The service also involves the child's family.

Service provides:

  • psychiatric assessment
  • short-term psychiatric stabilization

All admissions are determined in any of the emergency departments in consultation with psychiatry/mental health staff


Key Provider: family counsellors, licensed practical nurses (LPNs), occupational therapists (OTs), psychiatrists, psychologists, recreation therapists, registered nurses (RNs), social workers, teachers, therapy assistants
Eligibility
Yes, Adolescents must be between 13 and 17 years old with acute mental health problems.
Application Process
Service Access: Professional Referral Required, Referral through emergency department only.
Referral Process: No


Waiting Period: No,
Toll Free
1-844-943-1500 Access Mental Health
Telephone
403-944-8298 Unit 23 for Adolescents 13 to 17 years
Telephone
403-944-1282 Unit 26
Telephone
403-943-1500 Access Mental Health
Languages
Interpreter/Translation services
Fees
Fee: No


Fee Reduction: No


Membership Fee: No


Accessibility
Wheelchair access: Yes -
Other disabled access: N/A -
Topic(s)
Agency Information
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Last Verified On
May 15, 2024
Address
Facility is located one block south of 16 Ave (Trans Canada Highway).; 1403 29 Street NW
Calgary, AB, T2N 2T9

This facility provides a range of healthcare services including a 24/7 emergency department.


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