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Primary Care Resources

Patient Resources

• Crisis
• Assessment and Community Treatment
• Withdrawal Management
• Residential Treatment
• Counselling and Case Management
• Inpatient Treatment

Aboriginal Services

Resources for Family and Friends

Primary Care Resources

• CAMH Addiction Clinical Consultation Service 1-888-720-2227 www.camh.net
  • Designed for physicians, counselors, pharmacists and nurses in Ontario, the service provides advice on drug interactions, counseling and medical complications
• Inquire if your patient has access to a Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• 211
  • Can be accessed by phone and website .
  • Often individuals experiencing addictions have multiple needs. 
  • Visit 211 to access local information regarding community, social, health and government services.
  • Free, anonymous and confidential. Service is multilingual.

Patient Resources

Crisis

• Mental Health Crisis Services CMHA
  • Simcoe County 705-728-5044
  • Muskoka and area 1-888-893-8333
    • Services offered:
      - 24 hour crisis line for Simcoe County and Muskoka area
      - Mobile response available in Barrie from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.
      - Crisis response for children and adolescents 16 years and under can be arranged through Crisis Services/youth crisis workers
      - 5 non-medical crisis beds in Barrie for brief stays, available to people 16 years of age or older
      - Follow-up support upon discharge.
• ConnexOntario www.connexontario.ca
  • Drug and Alcohol Helpline 1-800-565-8603; www.drugandalcoholhelpline.ca 
    - Information and referral to alcohol and drug treatment services in Ontario.
  • Mental Health Helpline 1-866-531-2600; www.mentalhealthhelpline.ca
    - Comprehensive information about mental health services.
  • The Ontario Problem Gambling Helpline 1-888-230-3505; www.opgh.on.ca
    - Information and referral service with interpretation available.
• About Alcoholics Anonymous www.aacanada.com
  • Find an AA meeting
  • Online options available
• Barrie AA Intergroup 705-725-8682
  • Meetings for Barrie, Base Bordon, Stroud and Tottenham.
• Eastern Georgian Bay District 7 Area 86
  • Bracebridge: 705-646-2491
  • Midland: 705-526-3305
  • Orillia: 705-325-6385
    - Meeting for Bala, Beaverton, Bracebridge, Coldwater, Elmvale, Gravenhurst, Midland, Milford Bay, Orillia, Penetanguishene, Port Carling, Port McNichol, Rama Reserve, Victoria Harbour, Washago.
• AA Huntsville/Parry Sound District 17
  • Huntsville: 705-789-8992
  • Parry Sound: 705-746-2464 

Assessment and Community Treatment

• Addiction Outreach Muskoka Parry Sound 1-800-668-1856
  • Offices in Bracebridge, Huntsville and Gravenhurst
  • Assessment, community treatment, case management - substance abuse and problem gambling, awareness.
• Mental Health and Addiction Services of Simcoe County 1-800-263-5060
  • Formerly Simcoe Outreach Services - new name as of December 2010
  • Offices in Barrie, Midland, Orillia, Collingwood and Alliston.
  • Assessment, referral and counseling in Simcoe County regarding alcohol, drugs or gambling.
  • Programs include: gambling, youth, adult, court diversion, methadone, community withdrawal management, significant others and programs for pregnant women/new mothers.

Withdrawl Management

• Royal Victoria Hospital Community Care Centre, Barrie 705-728-4226
  • Safe and supportive for detoxification.
  • Assessment, referral, motivation

Residential Treatment

• Simcoe County Muskoka Parry Sound Recover Homes (SCMPS Recovery Homes) Orillia 705-325-3566
  • Long-term program for treatment and rehabilitation.
  • Blended treatment model including bio-psychosocial, cognitive-behavioural and 12-Step. 
  • Three phase program: orientation, intensive, prevention/after-care.
• Georgianwood Concurrent Disorders Program - Mental Health Centre Penetanguishene 1-877-341-4729
  • 3-month (flexible) residential program for concurrent disorders (substance use disorder and another mental illness).
  • Cognitive-behavioural therapy for depression and anxiety disorders; skills training, psycho-education, relapse prevention skills, self-help, coping skills.
  • Program for concurrent post-traumatic stress disorder, yoga, spirituality, stress management, employment group and problem gambling.

Counselling and Case Management

• Concurrent Disorders Program: Muskoka Parry Sound Community Mental Health & Addiction Outreach 1-800-668-1856
  • Treatments: bio-psychosocial, therapeutic community milieu therapy, stages of change, harm reduction, multidisciplinary, motivational, and cognitive/behavioural.
  • Counseling and education sessions for those affected by someone else's substance abuse.
• CONNECT Counselling Services - Canadian Hearing Society 705-737-4911 or TTY 705-737-3190
  • Offices in Barrie and Bracebridge
  • Mental health, wellness and addiction services for the deaf, hard-of-hearing and families.
  • Support, education, advocacy and counseling.
  • Assessment, treatment and referral.

Inpatient Treatment

• Mental Health Centre, Penetanguishene (MHCP) 705-549-3181
  • Inpatient admission and assessment.
  • Acute care and long term care for people with serious mental illness. 
  • Including geriatric, dually diagnosed, concurrent disorder, forensic services and long term complex rehabilitation services.
• Orillia Soldiers' Memorial Hospital - Mental Health & Addiction Program 705-325-2201 ext. 6337
  • In-patient treatment for acutely mentally ill adults.
  • Multi-disciplinary team.
  • Pharmacotherapy, group therapy and individualized daily assessments.
  • Available to residents of Muskoka and the North East portion of Simcoe County.  

Aboriginal Services

• Georgian Bay Native Friendship Centre Midland 705-526-5589
  • Intake, assessment, community treatment of alcohol/other drug issues for urban and transient Native people of the Georgian Bay region.
• Chippewas of Rama Addictions Program , Rama 705-325-3611 ext. 1423
  • Gga wiidookaadmin (let's all help each other) incorporates the circle model.
  • All decisions are made by consensus.
  • All views are valued and all ideas are respected. 
  • Talking Circle model for healing and growth.
• Enaahtig Healing Lodge & Learning Centre 705-534-3724
  • Residential and non-residential traditional healing programs integrated with contemporary skills and practices. 
  • Screening and assessment, care planning, counseling, case management, family consultation for families affected by mental health challenges and concurrent disorders.
• B'saanibamaadsiwin - Muskoka Parry Sound Community Mental Health Service 705-746-2512
  • Culturally relevant and community-specific mental health services to the First Nations communities of Parry Sound and Muskoka.
  • Assessment and referral, crisis counseling, community development and consultation.  

Resources for Family and Friends

• Family Mental Health Initiative of Simcoe County 705-725-0363 or 1-800-324-3252
  • www.fmhi.ca
  • Fax: 705-725-5496;
  • 151 Essa Road, Suite 202, Barrie, ON L4N 3L2
• 211
  • Can be accessed by phone and website .
  • Often individuals experiencing addictions have multiple needs. 
  • Visit 211 to access local information regarding community, social, health and government services.
  • Free, anonymous and confidential. Service is multilingual.