The Douglas Institute is implementing three of the six flagship measures of Minister Lionel Carmant’s proposed mental health plan, which targets home hospitalization.
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These measures, namely a short intensive home treatment (TIBD), a short intervention unit (UIB) and a specialized rapid intervention and relay team for mental health in the community (ESIRRC), follow “a philosophy of return to the community to retain the patient. “ in their living environment,” explains Amine Saadi, director of the CIUSS Mental Health and Dependency program on Montreal’s West Island.
The action plan integrated by the CIUSSS de l’Ouest-de-l’Île-de-Montréal aims to create a platform of integrated services specialized in mental health and to offer alternatives to psychiatric hospitalization.
“Thanks to its efforts, the CIUSSS strengthens the offer to people with acute mental health problems and supports them in their recovery, in particular through home hospital stays, a short intervention unit and a specialized rapid intervention and mental health.” “Relay team in the community”, we can in the coming Read press release.
“If we reorganize things, we can follow everyone,” believes the minister responsible for social services.
A budget of $40 million has been allocated to implement these initiatives in six regions of the province.
“I hope this will reduce relapses and the need for hospitalization,” says Dr. Emmanuelle Levy, psychiatrist at Douglas University Institute.
“The challenges of labor shortages affect the entire health network and Douglas is not excluded from this reality, but the team is very creative,” believes Dan Gabay, CEO of the CIUSS de l’Ouest de l’Ouest on the island of Montreal.