Service Information
Service Address: 1145 Carling Ave, Ottawa, ON, K1Z, CANInquiry Phone: 1 (613) 722-6521
Available 8:00am - 4:00pm, Mon - Fri
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The Royal - Mood and Anxiety Outpatient Program
Royal Ottawa - Hospital Central Intake
Category:
Mental Health Clinic
Target Population: Adults
10-12 Months
Service Details
Description:
MAP provides a wide range of specialty services, including regular and extended consultations, medication treatment and psychological therapies using proven and efficacious interventions.
Consult Clinic
Consult Clinic at the Royal is a service within MAP OP for family physicians or nurse practitioners, offering a one-time consultation to clients who have failed an adequate trial of at least one first- line treatment or who require further diagnostic clarification and/or management recommendations.
Access to a one-time consult versus ongoing treatment is determined at the Program level
Languages:
English, French
Insurance:
OHIP
Cost to Client:
no cost
Eligibility Criteria
Criteria:
- Must be 18 years (will take over 17y 6m) or older with complex symptoms of a mood and anxiety disorder where the mood/anxiety disorder is the primary focus of the treatment.
- Patients with schizoaffective disorder will meet criteria if the current primary presentation is that of a mood disorder.
- Clients with neurodevelopmental disorders (i.e. ASD, ADHD), in the absence of a significant intellectual disability, must present with primary mood disorder symptoms.
- Must meet one or more of the following criteria:
• Complex polypharmacy is required to treat the mood/anxiety disorder
• Demonstrated treatment resistance: the current mood/anxiety episode has not responded to two or more pharmacological trials, adequate for dosage and length
• Complex care needs which may include: Presence of complex medical needs; Significant functional impairment; Multiple psychosocial stressors; Frequent ER visits - Must have a physician or nurse practitioner to provide on-going follow-up upon discharge from MAP OP or to initiate and evaluate Consult Clinic recommendations
- Must willing to participate in treatment (medication and/or therapy)
- Referral from Primary Care Provider is attached