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Mental Health and Addictions Program
800 Commissioners Rd E, A2-698
London, ON
N6A 5W9
London, ON
N6A 5W9
Automated Switchboard: 519-685-8500
General Information: 519-685-8380
Patient Information: 519-667-6619
General Information: 519-685-8380
Patient Information: 519-667-6619
Call 911 in emergencies
Emergency Department: 519-685-8141
Emergency Department: 519-685-8141
Switchboard and Emergency Departments: Daily 24 hours
Administration: Mon-Fri 7:30am-3:30pm
Administration: Mon-Fri 7:30am-3:30pm
Last Updated: Dec 14, 2023: Suggest an edit
Application
Some non-emergency services require a medical referral from family doctor or walk-in clinic
Fees
Most services covered by OHIP
Executives
Lisa Higgins - Director, Mental Health and Addictions Program
519-685-8500 ext 74774 * lisa.higgins@lhsc.on.ca
519-685-8500 ext 74774 * lisa.higgins@lhsc.on.ca
Languages
English
Language Notes
Interpretation available upon request for most branches of the London Health Sciences Centre
Area Served
London and Middlesex
Accessibility
Wheelchair Accessible
Description of Services
Mental health services for adults with a serious mental illness * time-limited mental health assessments and treatment, crisis intervention and stabilization
One-on-one and group services provided * coordination with community resources for follow-up treatment and community support provided as part of discharge planning
One-on-one and group services provided * coordination with community resources for follow-up treatment and community support provided as part of discharge planning
- Adult Eating Disorders Service Community-based program for assessing and treating eating disorders * levels of care include assessment, outpatient services, day treatment, residential treatment
- Adult Inpatient Mental Health Service 74 inpatient beds, including 12 psychiatric intensive care beds * diagnostic and treatment services for people who have acute psychiatric disorders that require hospitalization on a voluntary or involuntary basis
- Centralized Emergency Psychiatry Service (CEPS) Emergency assessments are conducted in the emergency room by a team consisting of nurses, social workers, psychiatrists, and residents
- Consultation-Liaison Service Deals with overlap of physical health and mental health care * provides timely psychiatric consultations to adult patients on medical/surgical units * primarily inpatient-focused but may require brief outpatient follow-up
- General Adult Ambulatory Mental Health Services (GAAMHS) Mental health services available through a centralized access point * psychiatry consultations (urgent and non-urgent)
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Geriatric Mental Health Program
Inter-disciplinary out-patient assessment, treatment and referral for individuals 65 years and older who experience mental disorders of late life including:
- dementia and related disorders
- mood disorders
- psychotic disorders
- Prevention and Early Intervention Program for Psychoses (PEPP) Early detection, assessment and treatment to people with a first episode of psychosis * one-on-one, group and family supports available
- Urgent Consultation Service Mental health assessments conducted by nurse case managers and psychiatrists
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Last Updated: Dec 14, 2023: Suggest an edit