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Mental Health Services
Find mental health and addictions services near you
- Contact your local health and addictions intake to access services near you
- 9-8-8: National Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Crisis Hotline - Dial or text 9-8-8; 24/7 voice or text support for mental health crisis and suicide prevention. Visit 988.ca for more information.
- Call HealthLine at 811.
- Call 911 if someone is at risk of harming themselves or others.
- Call emergency crisis hotlines or general counselling.
- Call Counselling Connect Saskatchewan for free access to rapid access counselling sessions.
- Contact the University of Regina Online Therapy Clinic.
- Call the French-language TAO Tel-Aide Helpline at 1-800- 567-9699. TAO Tel-Aide provides free and confidential telephone services 24/7 for French-speaking people experiencing psychological distress and in need of emotional support.
- Contact Hope for Wellness, a national 24/7 resource for all Indigenous people across Canada.
- Call Kids Help Phone - Offers professional counselling, information and referrals. Phone 1-800-668-6868, text 686868 or chat online. It's confidential, free and available 24/7.
- Call the Farm Stress Line
- Call Suicide Crisis Helpline at 988.
- Calls or texts to 9-8-8 will be directed to a mental health crisis or suicide prevention service, free of charge.
- The 9-8-8 service can be used by anyone in Canada, including children and youth.
There are four main types of mental health services provided in Saskatchewan:
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1. Adult Community Health Services
Direct and indirect clinical and counselling services are available for adults in Saskatchewan. Direct Services include diagnosis and treatment of a wide variety of mental health problems, as well as counselling and support for community clients. Indirect services take the form of consultation and support to other agencies.
Adult services available through mental health clinics include:
- Intake/assessment/referral
- Crisis intervention
- Individual counselling
- Marital counselling (with distress)
- Family violence treatment
- Family violence support
- Sexual assault/sexual abuse support
- Court ordered assessments
- Problem gambling support
- Promotion/prevention/education
- Maternal mental health
(Not all services are available in every area of the province; your local intake will connect you to services that best fit your needs.)
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2. Community Recovery Services
This program assists clients with long-term mental illness through the provision of long-term case management services, which can include housing in the form of group and approved homes as well as independent living options. Day activities and recreational programs, family respite and education, as well as crisis management, are also provided to support clients and their families.
Services available to rehabilitation clients in service areas include:
- Intake, orientation and assessment
- Case management
- Residential services
- Prevocational/Vocational
- Shared management
- 24-hour emergency response
- Family education and support education
- Family support and rehabilitation program
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3. Child and Youth Community Mental Health Services
Children and youth mental health services work to meet the mental health needs of children and youth in Saskatchewan. Services are available to children and youth with serious and persistent mental health disorders, with less severe mental health and behavioural challenges, and those who are at risk of developing mental health and behavioural problems.
Services provided through mental health clinics and services across the province include:
- Intake/Screening/Referral
- Assessment
- General
- Psychological
- Psychiatric
- Forensic
- Treatment/Intervention
- Individual
- Family
- Group
- Medication management
- Forensic
- Case Consultation
- Program Consultation
- Education/Training
(Not all services are available in every area of the province; your local intake will connect you to services that best fit your needs)
A number of community-based organizations that receive funding from the Government of Saskatchewan also provide some related services for children and youth. To connect with community-based services for children and youth in Saskatchewan, as well as to receive system navigation support, please call or text 211. You can also reach 211 Saskatchewan online by clicking here.
Saskatchewan's Children and Youth Strategy: Strong Families. Strong Communities. A Better Quality of Life outlines five theme areas that enable healthy children, youth and families throughout their stages of development.
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4. Inpatient Mental Health Services
Acute Inpatient Mental Health Services
The goal of adult and child and youth inpatient mental health services is to provide diagnostic and treatment services to restore a person’s capacity to live in the community. These services are provided on inpatient units in designated facilities across the province.
The services that may be available on the adult, and child and youth inpatient mental health units include:
| Adult Inpatient Mental Health | Child and Youth Inpatient Mental Health |
| 24-hr on call psychiatrist | 24-hr on call psychiatrist |
| 24-hr nursing care | 24-hr nursing care |
| Multi-disciplinary care teams | Multi-disciplinary care teams |
| Assessment and treatment services | Assessment and treatment services |
| Mental health educational groups and programs for patients and families | Mental Health educational groups and programs for patients and families |
| Case planning with health care professional across the continuum of care | Case planning with health care professional across the continuum of care |
| Day programming | Day programming |
| Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) | |
| Outpatient medication/Depot Clinics |
Note that some areas may not provide all of these services.
The adult inpatient mental health units are located in:
- Yorkton
- Regina
- Weyburn
- Moose Jaw
- Swift Current
- Saskatoon
- North Battleford
- Prince Albert
The child and youth inpatient mental health units are located in:
- Regina
- Saskatoon
- Prince Albert
Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Forensic Services - Saskatchewan Hospital North Battleford
Psychiatric rehabilitation services provide longer-term rehabilitation to people with mental illnesses whose needs cannot be met in provincial acute mental health inpatient units.
In addition to psychiatric rehabilitation, Saskatchewan Hospital North Battleford (SHNB) also provides forensic services for remand assessments for the Courts. Disposition Orders and treatment for the Saskatchewan Review Board, for persons found Unfit to Stand Trial or Not Criminally Responsible under the Criminal Code of Canada.
Saskatchewan Hospital North Battleford serves the entire province and is the only facility dedicated specifically for long-term rehabilitation of people with mental illnesses and provincial forensic inpatient mental health services.
Services available at Saskatchewan Hospital North Battleford include:
| Psychiatric/Rehabilitation Service Area | Correctional/Forensic Service Area |
| 24 hour on call psychiatrist | 24 hour on call psychiatrist |
| 24-hr nursing care | 24-hr nursing care |
| Multi-disciplinary care teams | Multi-disciplinary care teams |
| Assessment and treatment services | Assessment and treatment services |
| Rehabilitation programs including: vocational, leisure education, life skills and recreational activities and mental health educational group and programs for patients and families. | Rehabilitation programs to meet the needs of forensic patients |
| Case planning with healthcare professionals across the continuum of care | Case planning with healthcare professionals across the continuum of care |