Mental Health Services

Direct and indirect clinical and counselling services are available for adults in Saskatchewan. Direct Services include diagnosis and treatment of a wide variety of mental health problems, as well as counselling and support for community clients. Indirect services take the form of consultation and support to other agencies.

Adult services available through mental health clinics include:

• Intake/assessment/referral
• Crisis intervention
• Individual counselling
• Marital counselling (with distress)
• Family violence treatment
• Family violence support
• Sexual assault/sexual abuse support
• Court ordered assessments
• Problem gambling support
• Promotion/prevention/education
• Maternal mental health

(Not all services are available in every area of the province; your local intake will connect you to services that best fit your needs.)

This program assists clients with long-term mental illness through the provision of long-term case management services, which can include housing in the form of group and approved homes as well as independent living options. Day activities and recreational programs, family respite and education, as well as crisis management, are also provided to support clients and their families.

Services available to rehabilitation clients in service areas include:

• Intake, orientation and assessment
• Case management
• Residential services
• Prevocational/Vocational
• Shared management
• 24-hour emergency response
• Family education and support education
• Family support and rehabilitation program

Children and youth mental health services work to meet the mental health needs of children and youth in Saskatchewan. Services are available to children and youth with serious and persistent mental health disorders, with less severe mental health and behavioural challenges, and those who are at risk of developing mental health and behavioural problems.

Services provided through mental health clinics and services across the province include:

• Intake/Screening/Referral
• Assessment
  • General
  • Psychological
  • Psychiatric
  • Forensic
• Treatment/Intervention
  • Individual
  • Family
  • Group
  • Medication management
  • Forensic
• Case Consultation
• Program Consultation
• Education/Training

Note: Not all services are available in every area of the province; your local intake will connect you to services that best fit your needs.

A number of community-based organizations that receive funding from the Government of Saskatchewan also provide some related services for children and youth. To connect with community-based services for children and youth in Saskatchewan, as well as to receive system navigation support, please call or text 211. You can also visit 211 Saskatchewan online.

Saskatchewan's Children and Youth Strategy outlines five theme areas that enable healthy children, youth and families throughout their stages of development.

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 inpatient units in designated facilities across the province.

The services that may be available on the adult, and child and youth inpatient mental health units include:

Note that some areas may not provide all of these services.

The adult inpatient mental health units are located in:

• Yorkton
• Regina
• Weyburn
• Moose Jaw
• Swift Current
• Saskatoon
• North Battleford
• Prince Albert

The child and youth inpatient mental health units are located in:

• Regina
• Saskatoon
• 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 persons found Unfit to Stand Trial or Not Criminally Responsible under the Criminal Code of Canada.

Saskatchewan Hospital North Battleford serves the entire province and is the only facility dedicated specifically for long-term rehabilitation of people with mental illnesses and provincial forensic inpatient mental health services.

Services available at SHNB include:

Crisis Services for Indigenous Peoples

• Hope for Wellness Helpline 24/7 helpline available for all Indigenous people across Canada – 1‑855‑242‑3310

• Métis Nation-Saskatchewan Crisis Line available 24/7 offering Métis culturally-specific mental health and addiction supports for adults, youth and families – 1‑877‑767‑7572

• Battlefords Agency Tribal Chiefs Youth Help Line is available 24/7 for youth and adults – 306‑310‑3310

• Jordan’s Principle Call Centre 24/7 call center that can help with urgent requests for services for First Nations children – 1‑855‑572‑4453

• National Indian Residential Schools Crisis Line 24/7 call line that is available to former students of Indian Residential Schools and their family members – 1‑866‑925‑4419

• Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Crisis Line 24/7 – 1‑844‑413‑6649

• 9-8-8 Suicide Crisis Helpline 24/7 national suicide crisis helpline – 9‑8‑8

Public Provincial Health Services for Indigenous Peoples

• All Indigenous peoples (Métis and treaty status) are eligible to receive public health services through the Saskatchewan Health Authority. The Government of Saskatchewan provides a range of publicly-funded (no user fees) mental health and addictions services across the province for Saskatchewan residents. View information on the different types of services offered through the Saskatchewan Health Authority and other community partners

• A map of free publicly-funded mental health and addictions services in Saskatchewan is available.

Mental Health Services for Treaty Status People

• General information on Indigenous mental health can be found by visiting Indigenous Services Canada.

• In addition to public health services, treaty status people can access mental health services through their individual First Nation (also known as band or band office) or through a Tribal Council/Agency. A list of First Nations and their contact information can be found by visiting the Government of Canada website. For a list of Saskatchewan Tribal/Agency/Grand Councils and their affiliated First Nations, visit the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations website.

• Mental Health and Addictions counselling and transportation are available for treaty status people through Indigenous Services Canada Non-insured Health Benefits (NIHB). For more information, visit non-insured health benefits for First Nations and Inuit. A call centre for medical transportation and mental health counselling for Saskatchewan treaty status residents is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week by calling 1‑866‑885‑3933 (toll free).

Mental Health and Addictions Services for Métis People

Métis Nation–Saskatchewan offers a range of health, travel and mental health and addictions services for Métis citizens. For more information on their mental health and addictions service, call 1‑877‑638‑4775 or visit Métis Nation Saskatchewan.

Athabasca Health Authority Mental Health and Addictions Services

A range of mental health and addictions services are available in the Athabasca Basin through the Athabasca Health Authority (AHA). The AHA is the first health authority in Canada to establish an integrated federal, provincial and First Nations health services organization. For more information about mental health and addictions services, visit the Athabasca Health Authority or call 306‑686‑2077.

Jordan’s Principle

• Jordan’s Principle makes sure all First Nations children living in Canada can access the products, services and supports they need, when they need them. Funding can help with a wide range of health, social and educational needs, including the unique needs that First Nations Two-Spirit and LGBTQQIA children and youth and those with disabilities may have.

• Jordan’s Principle is named in memory of Jordan River Anderson. He was a young boy from Norway House Cree Nation in Manitoba.

• For more information about Jordan’s Principle, call 1‑866‑553‑0554 or visit Jordan’s Principle.