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Program:
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Consultation-Liaison Service
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Phone Numbers:
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Centralizated Intake: 519-685-8500 ext 77728
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Crisis:
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Call 911 in emergencies
Emergency Department: 519-685-8141
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Address:
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800 Commissioners Rd E, A2-698
London, ON
N6A 5W9
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Map
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Intersection:
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Wellington Rd and Commissioners Rd E
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Executives:
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Tammy Fisher - Director, Mental Health and Addictions Program
519-685-8500 ext 56484 * tammy.fisher@lhsc.on.ca
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Service Description:
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Deals with overlap of physical health and mental health care * provides timely psychiatric consultations to adult patients on medical/surgical units * primarily inpatient-focused but may require brief outpatient follow-up
Uses a multidisciplinary team approach (psychiatry, psychology, and nursing) for assessment and treatment
Follow-up services may include psychiatric or psychological management, liaison with the (referring) treatment team, ongoing monitoring of mental status during hospitalization, and facilitation of transfer to other LHSC Mental Health Care Service
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Fees:
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Most services covered by OHIP
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Application:
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Referrals are accepted from all inpatient medical/surgical units within LHSC, including internal medicine, neurology, surgery, cardiology, transplantation, OB/GYN, and critical care areas * referrals directed to Central Intake ext 77728
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Eligibility / Target Population:
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Patients 18 years and older
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Languages:
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English
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Language Notes:
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Interpretation available upon request for most branches of the London Health Sciences Centre
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