Following Mental Illness Awareness Week (Oct. 4-10), Islanders are reminded there are mental health and addictions services available year-round to those who need support.
Most mental health and addictions services delivered through Health P.E.I. are now back to regular operations as the province enters the new normal phase of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Child and youth programming such as Strength, INSIGHT, walk-in clinics, Strongest Families, student well being teams and community mental health, have all resumed regular operations.
Also, new telehealth services (online, telephone, text) have helped reduce wait times and continue to be available to assist Islanders.
Health P.E.I. has also established a new, temporary child and youth psychiatric inpatient unit at Hillsborough Hospital while work is being done to reinstate the acute psychiatric unit at the QEH. In addition, psychiatrists are on call 24/7 and are available for consultation by telehealth at the Prince County Hospital and the Queen Elizabeth Hospital emergency rooms and at the psychiatry urgent care clinic at Hillsborough Hospital.
Islanders can refer themselves or their loved ones to many services. A full list of all existing supports and services is available on the Health P.E.I. website.
Health P.E.I. continues to make progress on the new mental health and addictions acute care hospital and plans are in the works to launch two significant community-first programs in the coming months.
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