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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 3, 2024: 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 Note
Interpretation available upon request for most branches of the London Health Sciences Centre
Area(s) 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 3, 2024: Suggest an edit