The IWK Secure Care Unit (SCU), located in Waterville NS, is a three-bed inpatient unit that provides mental health assessments and care to youth who...
Who we can help The IWK Youth Forensic team provides assessment and treatment services to youth who are involved with the criminal justice system. The...
The IWK Youth Psychosis Team is a multidisciplinary specialty service providing clinical service, research, education and advocacy in early identification and treatment of psychotic illness...
The Mental Health and Addictions Promotion Team (HPT) recognizes that to achieve a healthy future there needs to be safe and healthy communities where children...
Three Community Mental Health and Addictions (CMHA) clinics, located in Halifax, Sackville and Dartmouth, help kids and teens up to 19 years of age, and...
Adolescent Intensive Services (AIS) is a day and inpatient program for youth ages 13 to their 19th birthday with mental health and/or substance use disorders...
Families are a key resource to youth as they grow and develop. During stressful times and when youth experience difficulties in life, families are an...
The IWK Emergency Department (ED) provides attentive and thorough emergency care to children and youth until their 16th birthday and to those with mental health...