Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services at Southlake include:

Child and Family Clinic for Specialized Mental Health Services
The Child & Family Clinic is a regional out-patient service for children up to 18 years of age who live in York Region. Referrals from physicians and secondary service providers (with the knowledge and agreement of their family physician) are accepted for children and adolescents with severe mental health difficulties and their families.

The Child & Family Clinic provides psychiatric assessments for all referrals, followed by intensive psychotherapy services for patients based on those psychiatric consultations. The clinic is staffed by a team of child psychiatrists, psychologists, psychological associates and social workers. Referral sources are kept involved in their clients’ treatment, and will assume clinical responsibility for the patients when they are discharged.

For more Information:
Call: 905-895-4521, ext. 2976
Fax: 905-830-5977

Child and Adolescent In-Patient Unit
The regional in-patient unit consists of seven secure beds dedicated to children and adolescents under the age of 18 who live anywhere in York Region. The focus of the unit is short-term assessment and crisis stabilization for children and adolescents presenting with severe and acute mental health disorders. The in-patient unit is staffed by a multidisciplinary team of child psychiatrists, social worker, child and youth counselors and nurses. The unit also provides 24/7 coverage to the hospital's Emergency Department for assessment of crisis presentations.


Day Hospital Program
The Day Hospital Program serves youth from 14 to 18 years of age who live in York Region. The program provides services for clients with severe psychiatric disorders that are hindering their ability to function in certain areas of their life. Referrals may be internal, coming from other Southlake Child & Adolescent Mental Health Programs, or from an external referrals made by the family’s physician.

The program is approximately 24 weeks in duration and clients attend:
Monday, 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Tuesday, 12:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Wednesday to Friday, 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

The program offers an eight space specialized Care & Treatment classroom and intensive psychotherapy services provided by a multidisciplinary team of psychiatrists, child and youth counselors, social workers, transition workers and a special education teacher from the York Region District School Board. Treatments are integrated throughout the school day and are drawn from both group and family therapy models.

For more Information:
Call: 905-895-4521, ext. 2976
Fax: 905-830-5977

Disruptive Behaviours Program
The program is a regional out-patient program that serves children and adolescents between six and 18 years of age living in York Region. Types of problems addressed include moderate to severe disruptive behavious, oppositional defiance, explosiveness and early conduct problems. Services are short term, strength based and solution focused. Treatment options include consultative assessment, pharmacotherapy and brief intensive psychosocial treatment. It is expected that families or guardians are motivated to participate in the assessment and treatment processes. Referrals are accepted from physicians, or by agencies providing service with the knowledge and agreement of the family’s physician.

For more Information:
Call: 905-895-4521, ext. 2976
Fax: 905-830-5977

Eating Disorders
Click here for information on the Child and Adolescent Eating Disorder Program.

Urgent Clinic
The Child & Adolescent Mental Health department provides some short term crisis intervention services (maximum of four sessions) for clients who have presented in a mental health crisis to the emergency department and require follow up outpatient services. The referral to the Urgent Clinic is made by the Crisis Worker in the Emergency department only for those patients without active clinical services in the community.