Mental Health

Overview

ICHA’s Mental Health Psychiatry Program provides accessible, patient-centered psychiatric care to people experiencing homelessness and housing instability in shelters, respite centers, drop-in sites, and through street outreach. ICHA clinicians work closely with community-based care teams through an interdisciplinary outreach model to deliver timely and responsive mental health services.

Care is offered both in person and virtually by over 50 psychiatrists at more than 40 sites. They provide medication management, treatment planning, psychotherapy, follow-up care, and help with applications such as ODSP. The program serves a variety of populations, including youth, women, Indigenous communities, individuals with substance use needs, older clients, and refugees.

Referral pathways are flexible and differ by site.  The program also offers a Psychiatry On-Call clinician-to-clinician consultation service for collaborative support on complex and urgent cases. Specialized interdisciplinary sub-programs, offering psychiatric care, primary care, and nursing care, including our LOFT partnership programs: CATCH, MDOT, MATCH, and HFRESH.

Eligibility & Service Locations

ICHA warmly welcomes individuals who are experiencing homelessness or are precariously housed and provides accessible medical care in a variety of service locations throughout our community. Please note that healthcare services are not offered at the ICHA Head Office.

Eligibility

• Are connected to an ICHA-partnered shelter, respite center, drop-in site, or specialized program
• Have mental health needs that would benefit from psychiatric assessment, consultation, or ongoing support
• Are referred by an on-site clinician or member of the interdisciplinary care team
• May experience barriers to accessing traditional, office-based psychiatric care

Service Locations

Please refer to the ICHA Locations Map for full details of service sites: locations map