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Resources for Health Care Providers

• Go to www.bridgethegApp.ca , or your Regional Health Authority website
• Call or email the Provincial Mental Health and Addictions Systems Navigator at 752-3916 or 1-877-999-7589; VRS calls are welcome; barry.hewitt@easternhealth.ca. The Navigator is a central point of contact for individuals, family members and stakeholders throughout the province to:
  • Problem solve with you to figure out next steps
  • Consider options and find the right mental health or addiction service
  • Get help in making connections

Referral Forms:

Hope Program/Eating Disorder
Referral Form: Ch-0016 Mental Health and Addictions Services Referral Form (PDF, 2013)

Hope Valley Youth Treatment Centre Referral Forms (youth, addiction):
Referral Form (PDF, 2014)
Medical Assessment Form (PDF, 2014)

Humberwood Referral Form:
Referral Form (PDF, 2017)

The Grace Centre Referral Forms
Referral Application Form (PDF, 2016)
Medical Assessment Form (PDF, 2016)

Tuckamore Referral Forms(youth, mental health):
Referral Form (PDF, 2014)
Medical Assessment Form (PDF, 2014)

Strongest Families
Parent Brochure
Referral Form (138 KB)

Out-of-Province Treatment
Referral Form

Resources

• Alcohol Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral
• Understanding Stigma Online Course – registration page
  On February 14, 2018, the Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC) and the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) launched a free online course called Understanding Stigma, designed to help healthcare providers and frontline clinicians develop strategies to improve care for people with mental health and addiction problems.
• 2017 Canadian Guideline for Opioids for Chronic Non-Cancer Pain
  - CMAJ 2017 May 8;189:E659-66. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.170363
• http://www.choosingwiselycanada.org/opioid-wisely
  The Opioid Wisely campaign launched on March 1, 2018 with the support of over 30 participating organizations. Central to the campaign is a set of 14 specialty-specific recommendations for when the use of opioids should not be first line therapy.