Psychiatry (Outpatients)

ADHD: The ADHD team provides specialized consultations for children with ADHD who present complex conditions (for example, multiple medical or psychiatric comorbidities) and for whom regular treatment has proven ineffective. Acceptance to this specialized service requires submission of a medical consultation and a copy of a psychology report that includes cognitive testing performed within the past three years. Team members include a child psychiatrist, social worker and an educational liaison professional.

Autism Complex Clinic: This specialized team provides consultations for children with autism spectrum disorders who are already receiving intervention in the community (CLSC and/or CRDI) but with severe mental health concerns that have not been adequately addressed by pharmacologic or non-pharmacologic intervention. Team members include a child psychiatrist and a nurse clinician.

Batshaw consultation: MCH child psychiatrists provide consultations  for patients under the care of Batshaw Family services and the Director of Youth Protection, whether living at home, group homes, foster care or in residential placement. Court mandated assessments are also carried out.

Outpatient Pediatric Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry (OPCLP) : The Behavioural Pediatrics team responds to MCH physician requests for consultation of patients with complex medical conditions as well as psychiatric difficulties. The psychiatric issues are of sufficient intensity to interfere with medical treatment or the medical condition is sufficiently complex that regular mental health services can not respond adequately. Team members include a child psychiatrist, social worker and a psychologist.

Consultation-liaison : The consultation-liaison service assesses and treats childhood and adolescent mental illnesses associated with medical conditions, as well as psychosomatic disorders.

Evaluation and stabilization of complex cases (ESCC): ESCC consists of three teams that provide psychiatric assessment, treatment and recommendations for children and adolescents up to the age of 18. ESCC teams are partnered with first-line mental health services at the community CLSCs of the West Island, central-west Montreal and for the anglophone population of eastern Montreal. Second-line psychiatry is also provided to the communities of Kahnawake and Kanesatake. Team members include a psychiatrist, social worker, psychologist, psychotherapist and an educational liaison professional.

First Episode Psychosis Program (FEPP): The FEPP aims to screen, assess and intervene as quickly as possible with young people under the age of 18 who have a first psychotic episode. The goal of prompt response and management is to improve the clinical prognosis and allow functionally oriented recovery. The team consists of a child psychiatrist, a specialized nurse practitioner in mental health, an occupational therapist, and a clinical nurse. If you are concerned about psychotic symptoms in your child, please contact the First Episode Psychosis Program Clinic without delay, at 514-412-4400, ext. 44474.

Le SPOT Montréal: Le SPOT Montréal is a specialized centre for adolescents in suicidal crisis. Short-term, bilingual, public, multidisciplinary therapeutic services are provided to adolescents aged 12 to 18 who are in crisis and do not require hospitalization, but who need intensive follow-up to regain stability and continue receiving services in the community. They do not stay overnight at the centre, but rather return home after their sessions.  The centre offers an individualized approach within an inclusive and culturally safe environment that values teaching and research.  The centre is located at 5100 de Maisonneuve Blvd. West, suite 104, in Montreal.

Northern services: MCH psychiatrists provide psychiatric services to the Cree and Inuit communities in Northern Quebec.

Mental Health Emergency Room Team (MHERT): A child psychiatrist, a psychiatry resident, a social worker and a nurse clinician are available Monday to Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. There is also an on-call service evenings and on weekends.

Next-day Clinic: A child psychiatrist and a social worker are on staff weekday mornings to see patients who are returning for an urgent psychiatric assessment after a visit to the ER the day before.