Psychology - Restigouche Zone

The Psychology Department provides services in three facilities:

Campbellton Regional Hospital
In all nursing units, particularly the following sectors:

• Acute Psychiatry
• Geriatrics/Rehabilitation
• Oncology
• Palliative Care
• Pediatric Assessment Clinic

Restigouche Hospital Centre
The department works in all tertiary care units and forensic psychiatry, including the Chrysalis Youth Program;

St. Joseph Community Health Centre

• Eating Disorder Clinic
• Motivaction Clinic

Services offered

Psychologists:

• are specialists in human behaviour and its cognitive processes (learning, memory, perception, language development);
• help to resolve emotional or behaviour problems using therapy;
• help their patients to maintain and improve physical, intellectual, emotional and social functioning.

In general, psychologists:

• interview patients, examine and evaluate behaviours and perform psychometric testing;
• diagnose behavioural, emotional and cognitive disorders;
• offer individual and group psychotherapy (relaxation, cognitive stimulation, etc.);
• develop and assess intervention programs.

Team

The Psychology Department includes psychologists, residents in psychology, assistant psychometrists, and administrative staff.