Scarborough Health Network

Community mental health service for children and adolescents

• serves children and adolescents with anxiety, depression, obsessive compulsive disorder, trauma, tic disorders, psychosis, post-traumatic stress disorder, complex mental health issues
• treatment can include individual therapy, family counselling, group therapy, medication, psychiatric services and educational workshops

First Intervention Treatment Team (FITT)

• for teens and adults under 35 years experiencing their first episode of psychosis
• care includes assessment, treatment and case management services

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Clinic

• assessment and treatment for children and adolescents up to 17 years with ADHD
• service navigation/case management
• parent and teacher educational workshops

Link Program - supports young people between 18 and 24 years old who are experiencing difficulties related to severe mental illness; services include:

• needs assessment, information and referral to community services
• brief counselling focused on stabilization and psychoeducation
• strength-based resiliency group, access to psychiatry as needed

Slaight Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) Program

• provides DBT to adolescents and young adults 14-24 years
• voluntary treatment program
• DBT is a structured psychotherapy program for individuals who have difficulties managing their emotions, thoughts, and behaviours

• First Intervention Treatment Team (FITT) - Scarborough adolescents and adults 14-34 years experiencing first episode of psychosis
• ADHD Clinic - children and adolescents 17 years and under
• Link Program - youth and young adults 14-24 years
• Slaight DBT Program - youth and young adults 14-24 years

• Mental Health / Addictions - Community Mental Health Centres

• Ajax
• Pickering
• Scarborough