New Centre for Child and Adolescent Mental Health
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This page is for the new Centre for Child and Adolescent Mental Health being built in the community of Hounsfield Heights - Briar Hill in Calgary, Alberta.
This page will be updated regularly throughout the building and development of the centre with information and opportunities to provide feedback.
Alberta Health Services (AHS), in partnership with the Alberta Children’s Hospital Foundation is building a centre for child and adolescent mental health in Calgary.
Once built, the new facility will provide community-based mental health services to help ensure mentally healthy futures for children and adolescents in our community.
Highlights
By offering these services in the community, clients and their families will have access to more readily available services to help meet their needs. It is our hope that all of our clients have access to the services they need in a timely manner.
The new facility will be home to a mental health walk-in service, intensive outpatient therapy and a day hospital program.
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What Matters to You? Day is on June 9th and has the simple goal of encouraging meaningful conversations between patients and clients, caregivers, families, and healthcare providers. You can learn more about What Matters to You Day here.As we continue to move forward with construction and get closer to opening our doors to clients and their families, we want to hear about What Matters to You when thinking about the new Centre for Child and Adolescent Mental Health.
Feel free to share a story or a photo to tell us about what is important to you.
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In December, 2021 and January, 2022 we engaged youth, young adults, and the parents, guardians and community members who support them on the name of the new centre.
A survey invited feedback from the entire community, and four focused conversations were held: one each with current day and in-patients receiving mental health and addiction care in Calgary, and two with local youth, and parents, guardians and community members who support youth and young adults.
The information and perspectives gathered through the survey and focus group sessions have been summarized in a What We Heard document - found in the Document Library
We invite you to review What We Heard and share your feedback.
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At the new Centre for Child and Adolescent Mental Health we are developing a resource hub to support patients and families throughout their journey.
We want to hear from you how we can meet the needs of our patients and families. What type of information you need, when and how you want to access it.
Share with us your ideas, links or images to what you'd like to see or what you've seen before.
View All Ideasalmost 4 years ago
A resource hub should include a physical space (with a person to assist) and a virtual space
- Feedback from Youth and Family Advisors
12 months ago
Examples of when/why you would access these services & possible outcomes one can expect for doing so.
Success stories.
almost 4 years ago
Information and supports for family members and friends
- Feedback from Youth and Family Advisors
about 3 years ago
Family Support Workers
It would be helpful to have Family Support workers at the centre who would be able to assist and support families with applications to access various services and navigating them towards relevant supports in their community.
almost 4 years ago
Peer support for youth, families and siblings
- Feedback from Youth and Family Advisors
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We want to hear from you – what would you like to do while waiting for an appointment?
Share with us your ideas, links or images to what you'd like to do while waiting or things you’ve seen at other places that you really liked.
View All Ideasabout 3 years ago
I like seeing videos playing in waiting rooms that share useful information - perhaps mental health/addictions related info and support info
12 months ago
We usually need to keep moving - freedom to roam (stroller) with some kind of buzzer/app notification when our wait is over would be helpful
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