Youth Resource Guide

 

                                             Name of Agency:          IWK Grace Health Center

 

                                           Program/Division:         Community Mental Health

 

                                                           Address:          277 Pleasant St., Dartmouth, N. S.

                                                                                    B2Y 4B7

 

                                               Phone Number:         (902) 469-8170

 

                                                    Fax Number:                  Central Referral

                                                                                            Emergency After Hours

                                                                          428-5080      

 

                                                              E-mail:           N/A                 

 

                                               Contact Person:         N/A

 

                                        General Description:        Provide children's mental health services to children from ages 2-18 years of age.

 

                                 Services Offered:       Emergency mental health assessment and intervention (within 24 hours).  Rapid response mental health interventions within 5 days of first contact Regular mental health services to children and families. Consultation - schools, physicians, community groups. Teaching - community education.

 

                                                        Procedure:         Client, parent, or doctor contacts central referral (464-4110) by telephone and the request for service is screened; if accepted the referral is assigned to the Dartmouth clinic and an initial appointment is made with a therapist.