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Mood
and Anxiety Program
The Mood and Anxiety Program provides outpatient
and inpatient services to clients with mood and anxiety disorders. The outpatient
program provides services for clients with major depression, bipolar disorder (manic
depressive illness), anxiety disorders and obsessive-compulsive disorders. Psychiatrists,
social workers, occupational therapists, psychologists and nurses staff the program.
It is divided into six specialty clinics which provide clinical care, education and
research. The program offers consultations, time limited treatment and follow-up,
education and services for families.
There is a 13-bed inpatient unit located
on the Queen Street site of the Centre.
Anxiety
Disorders Clinic (ADC)
The Anxiety Disorders clinic provides assessment,
consultation and multi-modal treatment services for adults 18 to 65 with anxiety
disorders. Assessments include combined structured diagnostic interviews and psychiatric
consultation with the view toward offering expert pharmacotherapy recommendations.
Some clients receive longer term follow-up care with medication based treatments.
A second major treatment option offered through the clinic is cognitive behavioral
therapy. This treatment is typically brief (10-14 sessions) and is offered in both
individual and group formats.
Referral required from Family Doctor.
Contact:  (416) 979-6819
Location: Clarke site, 11th Floor
Bipolar
Clinic: See Mood Disorders Clinic
Cognitive
Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Unit
The Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Unit
provides short-term treatment of depression. CBT, a type of psychotherapy, can help
many people struggling with depression to deal more effectively with this problem
by studying the relationship between their thoughts and feelings. With a focus on
relapse prevention, the CBT clinic also conducts ongoing research to evaluate the
effectiveness of treatment and to refine understanding of what is most helpful to
clients.
No referral required.
Contact: (416) 535-8501,
ext. 4877 or 4865
Location: Clarke site, 11th Floor
Day
Treatment Program
The Day Treatment Service of the Mood and
Anxiety Program will provide a multidisciplinary team approach for patients requiring
aftercare and longer term support. This service will be provided in three phases.
Phase 1 will pilot the provision of service to clients residing in the schizophrenia
program. Phase 2 will provide intensive outpatient treatment for 12 weeks and Phase
3 will provide follow-up and supportive care for 6-9 months. This rehabilitative
care will include: training /retraining in activities of daily living, identification
of specialized social supports, lifestyle education and skill building as well as
ongoing support and psychoeducation.
Referral requirements TBD (to be determined).
Contact: TBD
Location: Queen Street site, Unit 4-5
Depression
Clinic: See Mood Disorders Clinic
Interpersonal
Therapy Clinic
The Interpersonal Therapy (IPT) Clinic
offers clinical services and training, and conducts research based on the principles
and practice of interpersonal psychotherapy. The IPT clinic provides assessments
to evaluate suitability for IPT and, where appropriate, facilitates referral to clinic
or community therapists. This brief psychotherapy (12-16 sessions) treats depression
and social anxiety as understood from an interpersonal perspective. The goals of
the therapy are to treat depression or social anxiety and improve interpersonal relationships.
The IPT clinic also conducts research to evaluate interpersonal vulnerability factors
and to refine understanding of what is most helpful to clients.
Referral required by Family Doctor or psychiatrist
Contact: (416) 533-8501,
ext 6925
Location: Clarke site, Main Floor
Mood
Disorders Clinic
The Mood Disorders Clinic (MDC) provides
multidisciplinary and multi-modal clinical care and, education for patients, families
and professionals with diagnoses of depression or bipolar disorder. Services include
psychiatric assessment, diagnosis, treatment recommendations and brief follow-up
where appropriate. Where patients are referred back to the referring physician with
recommendations, the clinic physicians will function as a back up and resource to
the treating physician in the community and a repeat consultation can be requested.
Involvement of non-medical clinical staff in treatment plans is designed to best
meet the needs of individual patients. If suitable, clients may be offered an opportunity
to participate in research spanning basic science to direct patient care. Particular
research interests include early intervention and exploring the gene/environment
interaction.
Referral required by Family Doctor or psychiatrist
Contact: (416) 979-6868
Location: Clarke site, 11th Floor
Psychological
Trauma Program
The Psychological Trauma Program is a comprehensive
multidisciplinary program that provides assessment, treatment and rehabilitative
services for Ontario clients who have suffered a traumatic workplace accident or
assault. Staff conduct approximately 300 assessments per year including evaluation
by a psychologist, psychiatrist and in selected cases, an occupational therapist.
Detailed recommendations guide treatment in the worker's own community. GTA-based
clients who require extensive treatment and rehabilitation can take a 32-week intensive
day treatment program that focuses on education, recovery from post-traumatic symptoms
and functional restoration. The goal is to return the injured worker to satisfying
work or retraining and reintegration within a supportive family and community network.
Referral required from the Workplace Safety
and Insurance Board.
Contact: (416) 260-4147
Fax (416) 971-7172
Email: psychological_trauma@camh.net
Location: 455 Spadina Avenue, Suite 200,
Toronto, ON M5S 2G8
Mood
and Anxiety Unit -- Inpatients
Unit 1-1 is a 13-bed unit that provides
short-term inpatient treatment for individuals with a mood or anxiety disorder who
are in the acute phases of their illness. Patients, who are 18 years and over, may
be admitted to the unit via the Emergency Department, and by referral from a program
psychiatrists. The treatment team consists of psychiatrists, a general practitioner,
nurses, social worker and unit programming is enhanced by services provided by recreational
therapists and occupational therapists. Specialized programs exist for the treatment
of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and research of new treatments for mood and anxiety
disorders.
Contact: (416) 535-8501
ext. 2487
Location: Queen Street site, Unit 1, 1st
floor
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