[ Browse by Service Category : Sub-Topics of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services ]
| Counselling Approaches | ||||
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Programs that specialize in providing treatment services which represent a particular theoretical orientation or incorporate specialized techniques, methods or practices for people who have mental, emotional or social problems. [ Sub-Topics | View Programs and Services (5) | Related Topics ] |
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| Counselling Settings | ||||
Programs that modify the way their therapeutic sessions are structured in order to best meet the individual needs of people who have mental, emotional or social problems or are having difficulty coping with a particular life situation. Included are programs that offer individual, group, family or conjoint counselling, peer counselling, helpline counselling or counselling via the Internet; or which provide self-help materials that are intended to be used in lieu of in-person counselling or other forms of treatment. [ Sub-Topics | View Programs and Services (16) | Related Topics ] |
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| Mental Health Care Facilities | ||||
Long or short-term care inpatient facilities, counselling agencies and therapists in private practice that offer diagnostic and treatment services for children, adolescents and/or adults who have an identifiable mental disorder such as depression or anxiety or for people who are experiencing difficult life transitions or are having problems coping with daily living. |
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| Mental Health Evaluation and Treatment | ||||
Programs that provide diagnostic and treatment services for individuals whose psychiatric problems or other emotional difficulties are not severe enough to require 24-hour care but who can benefit from regular consultation and therapy with a mental health professional. |
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| Substance Abuse Services | ||||
Programs that provide preventive, diagnostic and inpatient, outpatient and residential treatment services as well as transitional support for people who have a physical and/or psychological dependency on one or a combination of addictive substances including tobacco, alcohol and/or other drugs; or whose use of these substances has impaired their physical or mental health or their personal, social or occupational functioning. |
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