Richmond mental health and substance use services

Richmond Community MHSU Central Intake at Richmond Place

This service helps find non-life-threatening mental health or substance use support for individuals of all ages. Contact us or drop in to the clinic to access this service.

Anne Vogel Clinic

Provides comprehensive assessment, support and Opioid Agonist Treatment to Richmond residents and people living in surrounding areas who are using opioids.

Cognitive Assessment and Rehabilitation for Substance Use Program (CARSU) at Richmond Place

Referral from a health-care provider is also accepted. This service provides assessment and treatment services for individuals of all ages who are experiencing cognitive challenges related to substance use including alcohol. Contact us to learn if this service is right for you.

Harm Reduction Supplies & Needle Distribution Site at Richmond Hospital ER

Harm reduction supplies including clean needles, sterile water, alcohol swabs, pipes and health information to support safer substance use practices. We also provide safer sex supplies including condoms.

Harm Reduction Supplies & Needle Distribution Site at Richmond Place

Harm reduction supplies including clean needles, sterile water, alcohol swabs, pipes and health information to support safer substance use practices. We also provide safer sex supplies including condoms.

Harm Reduction Supplies and Needle Distribution Site at Anne Vogel Clinic

We provide harm reduction supplies including clean needles, sterile water, alcohol swabs, pipes and health information to support safer substance use practices. We also provide safer sex supplies including condoms. Naloxone kits available upon request at the front desk on the 2nd floor.

Transitions

Assessment and treatment services with substance use (including alcohol or drugs) or mental health concerns (including mood and anxiety).

Richmond Family Access Support Team (RFAST)

RFAST is an intensive outreach team for families where at least one member of the family is facing severe mental illness and/or substance use issues.

Richmond Substance Use Outreach Team

This program offers client-centered, recovery-oriented service for clients who have a primary complex substance use diagnosis causing functional impairments in daily life. Services may include case management, counselling, psychiatry, and general medicine.

Richmond Community MHSU Central Intake at Richmond Place

This service helps find non-life-threatening mental health or substance use support for individuals of all ages. Contact us or drop in to the clinic to access this service.

Richmond Acute Home Base Treatment (AHBT)

This service provides short-term care in the home as an alternative to hospital for adults aged 17 or older who have mental health and/or substance use concerns and are experiencing a worsening of their symptoms. A referral from a health-care provider is required.

Early Psychosis Intervention (EPI) Richmond

Referral from a health-care provider is also accepted. This service provides assessment and treatment for individuals aged 13 to 30 who recently developed psychosis. Contact us to learn if this service is right for you.

Geriatric Assessment Program (GAP)

This service is a comprehensive geriatric consultation program offering assessment and treatment services for older adults aged 70 or older. This service specializes in care for individuals with complex physical, cognitive, and chronic disease management challenges. A referral from a health-care provider is required.

Psychiatric Inpatient Services at Richmond Hospital

This is a mental health inpatient service also known as 2 West at Richmond Hospital. This service provides assessment and treatment to adults who require acute 24-hour management in a hospital setting.

Rapid Access Consult Clinic (RACC) at Community Health Access Centre

This service offers a one-time psychiatrist consultation for diagnostic clarification and medication review for adults aged 19 or older. A referral from a health-care provider is required.

Richmond Assertive Community Team (ACT) at Community Health Access Centre

This service is a client-centred, recovery-oriented mental health service delivery model for adults aged 19 or older who have serious mental conditions and complex substance use disorders, have severe functional impairments, and would benefit from comprehensive, wrap-around care. A referral from a health-care provider is required.

Richmond Bridge House

This service is a short-stay crisis intervention facility in the community for individuals aged 19 or older who are experiencing a mental health crisis but do not require an acute psychiatric hospitalization. Clients are cared for 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and can be admitted for a maximum of 14 days. A referral from a health-care provider is required.

Richmond Eating Disorders Program

This is a community-based assessment and treatment service for youth, adults and families with eating disorders. Treatment may include individual, group and/or family counselling, medical monitoring and nutritional support. A referral from a health-care provider is required.

Richmond Mental Health Consumer and Friends Society (RCFC)

Referral from a health-care provider is accepted. This service is a self-governing peer-run mental health organization for adults aged 19 or older who are living with mental health concerns. Contact us to learn if this service is right for you.

Richmond Mental Health Team at the Community Health Access Center

This service provides case management, psychiatry and rehabilitation services for adults aged 19 or older who have ongoing mental health and substance use concerns that affect their functioning & require a broad range of coordinated services. A referral from a health-care provider is required.

Richmond Older Adult Mental Health Team at the Community Health Access Center

This service provides assessment and treatment for older adults aged 65 or older who have serious mental health concerns complicated by complex medical issues or dementia with behavioural and psychological symptoms. This is also for adults under 65 who have early-onset dementia. A referral from a health-care provider is required.

Outpatient Psychiatry Services at Richmond Hospital

Offers short-term follow-up in the areas of general and older adult psychiatry.

Psychiatric Emergency Unit at Richmond Hospital

This service provides a brief stay for the assessment, stabilization and treatment of people who are experiencing a psychiatric/mental health crisis.

Transitions

This service provides assessment and treatment for adults aged 19 or older who have substance use (including alcohol or drugs) and/or mental health concerns (including mood and anxiety). A referral from a health-care provider is required.

Step Up/Step Down services - Richmond

Urgent response for children and youth who are at moderate to high risk of suicide. This service includes the Team Response to Adolescent & Children in Crisis (TRACC)

Early Childhood Mental Health Services at Richmond Place – 8100 Granville Avenue

Assessment and treatment for behavioural/emotional problems in infants and children aged 0 to 6. Services are made up of a multidisciplinary team composed of psychiatrists and allied health professionals, including psychologists, social workers, and counsellors.

Richmond Family Access Support Team (RFAST)

This service is an intensive outreach team for families where at least one member of the family is facing severe mental illness and/or substance use issues. Contact us to learn if this service is right for you.

Richmond Community Mental Health and Substance Use - Central Intake

This service helps find non-life-threatening mental health or substance use support for individuals of all ages. Contact us or drop in to the clinic to access this service.

Early Childhood Mental Health Services

Eating Disorders Program

Integrated Child and Youth Team - Richmond (ages 6 to 12)

Integrated Child and Youth Team - Richmond (ages 12 to 18)

Richmond Family Access Support Team (RFAST)

Step Up/Step Down services - Richmond

This service includes the Team Response to Adolescent & Children in Crisis (TRACC).

When your family member comes to hospital for mental health or substance use treatment

Information for family members, friends and caregivers.

Pathways Clubhouse

Creating an inclusive community through meaningful work and relationships, education, quality housing, and a sense of belonging.

Community Mental Wellness Association of Canada

We strive towards our objective of reducing the social stigma associated with mental illness as part of an early intervention and prevention strategy.

Supporting Families

Aims to support families affected by parental mental health or addiction concerns.