Strathcona Community Mental Health Team

Name :

Strathcona Community Mental Health Team

Address  :

330 Heatley Avenue

Town  :

Vancouver

State  :

British Columbia

Country  :

CANADA

Post Code:

V6A 3G3

Phone  :

604 253 4401

Fax  :

604 253 5194

Web URL  :


Description

The Strathcona Mental Health team provides assessment rehabilitation and specialized services to adults and older adults with serious mental illness and to children and youth with serious behaviouralemotional disorders living in the Strathcona area The team also looks into reports of suspected abuse and neglect of adults who cannot seek help for themselves and provide psychiatric diagnosis medication therapy individual group and family rehabilitation consultation and education when needed Emergency residential and specialized services including homebased services are also available
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