Mental Health & Addiction 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.

Services include:

• Intake
• Crisis Response - Community Response Unit (CRU)
• Short Term Counselling (individual, family, group) - Community Acute Stabilization Unit (CAST)
• Longer Term Case Management - Community Outreach Assertive Services Team (COAST)
• Provides Life Skills support for activities of daily living
• Medication management
• Psycho-educational groups
• Education
• Naloxone training and Take Home Naloxone Kit distribution
• Harm Reduction Supplies
• Psychiatric consultation
• The Horizon House Clubhouse - PSR Centre

Opioid Agonist Therapy

• 19 + 
• Northern Health in collaboration with Alliance Group
• Intake with a clinician 
• Monthly intake with addiction specialist Physicians
• Telehealth appointments available for follow up
• Connections to other community services for immunizations and other health care needs
• Life Skills Support