Mental Health

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The Geriatric Mental Health Outreach Team visits patients at the following long-term care homes in central Toronto (see a full list on the website) and provides geriatric mental health services, including consultation, assessment and follow-up care, in the long-term care homes supported by UHN.

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Tourette Syndrome (TS) is a life-long inherited neuropsychiatric disorder that causes involuntary movements and sounds in patients. Appearing during childhood, TS affects 3% of the general population and it is one of the most common neurodevelopmental disorders. The clinic provides ongoing care for the local population and acts as a tertiary (specialized) referral centre.

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The Rapid Access Addiction Medicine (RAAM) Clinic provides low barrier access for patients seeking treatment for any substance use disorder. Patients do not need an appointment and are seen on a walk-in basis.

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PESU is a safe and secure environment designed to provide evidenced-based and holistic services to people who are experiencing a mental health illness crisis. Individuals in need of mental health care are triaged directly into PESU from the Emergency Department, where they are seen by experts in mental health and addictions.

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Ambulatory program provides mental health and addiction services to people who speak Portuguese. The program has three main services: a general assessment (comprised of a treatment and consultation service), an addiction service, and an intensive case management service for those with severe mental illness.

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Mental health services, including individual and group therapy, in English and Spanish. Patients are seen by a psychiatrist and a mental health clinician.

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UHN’s centre specializing in depression and mood disorders treatment; they offer pharmacology, repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulations (rTMS), and psychotherapy services.

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The Asian Initiative in Mental Health Clinic (AIM) provides comprehensive psychiatric assessment and treatment for people of Chinese background with mental illness. The Early Intervention in Psychosis Program provides dedicated services to those experiencing their first episode of psychosis as well as those who care for them.

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Ambulatory program providing services to people over the age of 18 who are interested in making changes to their alcohol and/or other substance use. They offer a number of specialized services such as assessment and referral, individual psychotherapy/counselling, acupuncture for addictions and psychiatric consultation.