Acute Inpatient Mental Health Services
The goal of adult and child and youth inpatient mental health services is to provide diagnostic and treatment services to restore a person’s capacity to live in the community. These services are provided on acute inpatient units in designated facilities across the province.
The services that may be available on the adult, child, and youth inpatient mental health units include (note that some health regions may not provide all of these services):
Adult Inpatient Mental Health |
Child and Youth Inpatient Mental Health |
24-hr on call psychiatrist |
24-hr on call psychiatrist |
24-hr nursing care |
24-hr nursing care |
Multi-disciplinary care teams |
Multi-disciplinary care teams |
Assessment and treatment services |
Assessment and treatment services |
Mental health educational groups and programs for patients and families |
Mental Health educational groups and programs for patients and families |
Case planning with health care professional across the continuum of care |
Case planning with health care professional across the continuum of care |
Day programming |
Day programming |
Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) |
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Outpatient medication/Depot Clinics |
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The adult inpatient mental health units are located in:
- Yorkton,
- Regina,
- Weyburn,
- Moose Jaw,
- Swift Current,
- Saskatoon,
- North Battleford, and
- Prince Albert.
The child and youth inpatient mental health units are located in:
- Regina,
- Saskatoon, and
- Prince Albert.
Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Forensic Services - Saskatchewan Hospital North Battleford
Psychiatric rehabilitation services provide longer-term rehabilitation to people with mental illnesses whose needs cannot be met in provincial acute mental health inpatient units.
In addition to psychiatric rehabilitation, Saskatchewan Hospital North Battleford (SHNB) also provides forensic services for remand assessments for the Courts. Disposition Orders and treatment for the Saskatchewan Review Board, for person found ‘Unfit to Stand Trial' or ‘Not Criminally Responsible' under the Criminal Code of Canada.
SHNB serves the entire province and is the only facility dedicated specifically for rehabilitation of people with mental illnesses.
Services available at SHNB include:
24 hour on call psychiatrist |
24 hour on call psychiatrist |
24-hr nursing care |
24-hr nursing care |
Multi-disciplinary care teams |
Multi-disciplinary care teams |
Assessment and treatment services |
Assessment and treatment services |
Rehabilitation programs including: vocational, leisure education, life skills and recreational activities and mental health educational group and programs for patients and families. |
Rehabilitation programs to meet the needs of forensic patients |
Case planning with health care professional across the continuum of care |
Case planning with health care
professionals across the continuum of care
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