Providence Health Care has created a new website to dispel myths and reduce the stigma around mental illness. The website details a variety of mental health services as well as provides information about mental health and mental illness. Please check out at:
http://mentalhealth.providencehealthcare.org/
Providence Health Care provides a range of coordinated, emergency, inpatient, outpatient, specialized diagnostic and treatment services and provincial services for people with serious mental illnesses, including those with addictions.
Our patients face severe mental illnesses, often combined with other challenges such as poverty, homelessness and substance issues. As a downtown hospital, we also care for executives and workers in the downtown core, as well as visitors to our city. In addition to this care, we’re proud to be leaders in the treatment of adults with eating disorders, in managing chronic pain, and in meeting the needs of inner-city youth.
The nature of mental illness means that we often see the same patient over long periods of time. While “cures” are not always a part of our reality, we strive to achieve each patient’s goals — perhaps a return to joyful experience, a renewed family relationship, and improved day-to-day stability.
Our team is diverse and includes over 200 staff and physicians that are dedicated to providing excellent care for our patients and families. We see the person, before we see their illness. This allows us to strive daily to be the best health care providers — and people — that we can be.