The goal of this service is to enhance the quality of life for older age adults with complex mental health needs living in a long-term care home, retirement home and community. The team comprised of a Psychiatrist, Registered Nurses, Social Worker and an Occupational Therapist provide psychiatric evaluation and care within the long-term care, retirement home and community settings. The […]Continue readingGeriatric Mental Health Outreach Team (GMHOT)
CMHA Programs and Services
The Canadian Mental Health Association provides recovery-focused programs and services for people of all ages and their families. Follow the links below for details.
HealthLink
HealthLink is another area that the CMHA LK Case Management team is currently working on. HealthLink brings voluntary groups of health care providers together to develop new and better ways of coordinating services for patients and local residents. Coordinated Care Plans bring the patient, health care providers and other partners together around a shared vision […]Continue readingHealthLink
Life Skills Worker
The Life Skills Worker offers clients assistance and support to develop the necessary skills to improve their quality of life and maintain their homes.Continue readingLife Skills Worker
Mental Health First Response
Chatham-Kent Mental Health Crisis Line: Phone 1-866-299-7447 Lambton Mental Health Crisis Line: Phone 519-336-3445 or 1-800-307-4319 Open 24 hours per day including weekends and holidays, the Crisis Line is available to anyone in Lambton County and Kent County who is experiencing mental health problems or crises. Service includes telephone crisis intervention (mental health status assessment, suicide […]Continue readingMental Health First Response
Mental Health First Response Team
To access services please contact our Mental Health First Response Team at either our Chatham or Sarnia Branch. To access services please contact our Mental Health First Response Team by calling or visiting one of the sites listed below: CMHA Lambton Kent Branch Chatham Site 100 – 240 Grand Avenue West Chatham, ON N7L 1C1 […]Continue readingMental Health First Response Team
MobileCare
MobileCare is a clinic on wheels that travels to participating communities and locations to increase access to mental health and addictions care, as well as primary care. There are two MobileCare units, one providing care in Chatham-Kent and one in Sarnia Lambton. The goals of MobileCare are to: Provide early intervention care in a culturally […]Continue readingMobileCare
Occupational Therapy
The Occupational Therapy (OT) program helps people of all ages to live independently in the community and to participate in regular meaningful activities that improve their quality of life. OT’s provide assessment and interventions related to independence in activities of daily living. This service is available with a referral through CMHA Sarnia Site.Continue readingOccupational Therapy
Partnership Speakers Bureau
A panel of speakers composed of professionals, consumers, and family members provides education to students and the general public on mental illness. Consumers and family members present the human side of mental illness as they speak from their own personal experiences in an effort to education and help reduce the stigma of mental illness.Continue readingPartnership Speakers Bureau
Preventative Education Program
Presentations delivered through our Preventive Education Program are designed to enhance the public’s general understanding of mental illness, to reduce the stigma that is so often associated, and to promote emotional wellness in our schools, workplaces, and the community as a whole. Some are offered on a fee-for-service basis. Request a Public WorkshopContinue readingPreventative Education Program
Rapid Assessment Intervention and Treatment (RAIT) Program
The RAIT team will provide unique mental health services in partnership with Primary Health Care Practitioners to individuals across Lambton/Kent Counties. RAIT services will be provided to individuals who have limited access to mental health services. The RAIT Program is an interdisciplinary team that will develop a treatment plan in collaboration with the individual and […]Continue readingRapid Assessment Intervention and Treatment (RAIT) Program