PSYCHIATRY
HOURS OF OPERATION:
8:30-16:30, Monday-Friday
NUMBER OF THERAPISTS:
4
SERVICES:
Inpatient Occupational Therapy provides assessment and discharge planning on a
29-bed short stay unit. Outpatient Occupational Therapy is an integral part of the Mental
Health Rehabilitation Program which provides various individual and group sessions.
REFERRAL SOURCE:
Any health professional affiliated with St. Mary's Hospital. A psychiatric
evaluation is required.
FEATURES:
The Occupational Therapy Department provides assessment and treatment of clients
suffering from various mental illnesses in order to maintain, promote, and develop
function in self-care, home management, leisure, and work. Interventions are delivered in
individual and group format, they can include social skills training, leisure assessment
and counseling, vocational adjustment, development of coping and organizational
strategies, kitchen evaluations, and cognitive-perceptual training. The outcome of
treatment is to facilitate reintegration or adjustment to community living.
CONTACT PERSON:
Joanne Assaly
Tel: 345-3511 ext. 3834
Last updated on March 14, 2007