Mental Health & Addiction Community Program

Mental Health & Addictions Community Program
920 South Lahakas Blvd.
Kitimat, BC
V8C 2S3

 Phone: (250) 632-3181
Fax: (250) 632-7081
After Hours or Emergency Line: (250) 632-2121

Hours of operation: Monday - Friday: 8:30am – 4:30pm

The Mental Health & Addiction community programs offer services that include a combination of functions with interprofessional teams, as well as some specialty services, for instance Developmental Disabilities Mental Health (DDMH), Acquired Brain Injury (ABI), etc. Youth addictions counselling and referral, elderly services counselling, early psychosis, eating disorders, vocational and recreation rehabilitation is also available at most community Mental Health & Addiction programs.

Community programs provide assessment, treatment and referrals for adults with mental health and/or addiction problems. The range of services include:

• Intake
• Crisis Response (refer to Community Response Unit {CRU})
• Short Term Counselling (individual, family, group) (refer to Community Acute Stabilization Unit {CAST})
• Longer Term Case Management (refer to Community Outreach Assertive Services  Team {COAST})
• Provides Life Skills support for activities of daily living
• Medication management
• Psycho-educational groups
• Education
• Psychiatric consultation