Provincial Live-In Concurrent Disorder Treatment Service
To make an appointment
It is recommended that requests for admission be channeled through a health professional.
This highly individualized and specialized service is designed to help participants:
- Reduce and better manage their substance use and gambling issues and mental health disorders;
- Achieve a better quality of life.
The core program is five weeks; the interdisciplinary team may grant an extension depending on the individual treatment goals. Individuals receive up to 30 hours of group and individual services per week, based on their needs and treatment plan.
Interventions are recovery-based and trauma-, gender- and culture-informed. The holistic approach that is employed aims to reduce harm and help people meet their physical, emotional, psychological and spiritual needs.
The Live-In Concurrent Disorder Treatment Service is designed for people aged 19 and over with serious substance use or gambling issues and moderate mental health issues whose needs would be best addressed in a live-in setting.
How to request these services
- It is recommended that requests for admission be channeled through a health professional who can provide follow-up services after a participant’s stay to facilitate an effective transition to the community.
- Requests can also be made by health professionals in primary care, single-session therapy, the Detoxification Service, acute psychiatric units or correctional centres.
The team
The two services are provided by an interdisciplinary team made up of:
- Clinical coordinators;
- Nurses;
- Physicians;
- Psychiatrists;
- Social workers;
- Occupational therapists;
- Psychologists;
- Community integration workers;
- Attendants.
