OVERALL PROJECT
PEI’s vision for mental health, addiction and substance use services seeks to ensure all people living in PEI have an equal opportunity to achieve and maintain the best possible mental health and well-being throughout their lifetime.
INTERACTIVE FACILITY MAP
1Child and Youth Mental Health and Addictions Acute Care Unit
Services:
- In-patient admission
- Age and developmentally appropriate assessment, treatment and rehabilitative services
- Medical, behavioural, and psychological services
- Strategies to transition patients back to community/home
Who it is for:
- Children and youth who require an acute care hospital stay due to serious mental illness, addiction, or substance use
How to Access:
- Health care provider referral and admission
Project Status:
- Pre-design phase underway
- Construction to begin in early 2025
Mental Health and Addictions Emergency Department and Short Stay Unit
Services:
- 24/7 emergency mental health, addictions and substance use care
- Psychiatric assessment
- Crisis stabilization and short stay admission
- Supported transition to appropriate mental health and addiction programming
- Co-located with QEH Emergency Department
Who it is for:
- Islanders seeking urgent mental health, addiction and substance use care
How to Access:
- Walk-in service
Project Status:
- Under construction
- Opening early 2024
Addictions Extended Care Facility for Women
Services:
- 12-bed addiction aftercare program
- 4 day treatment programming spaces
- Education, counselling
- Life-skill building
- Supported learning and wellness development
Who it is for:
- Islanders 18 years of age and older identifying as women who are seeking to maintain a substance-free lifestyle
How to Access:
- Self-referral: call (902) 368-4083
- Health care provider referral
Project Status:
- Opened June 2022
Mental Health Structured Programming Facility
Services:
- 8-bed mental health life skills program
- 12 mental health day program spaces
- Symptom management and life-skills building
- Supported learning and wellness development
Who it is for:
- Individuals 18 years of age and older experiencing mild to moderate mental health symptoms who do not require hospitalization
How to Access:
- Referral from health care provider required
Project Status:
- Opened January 2023
Mental Health and Addictions Wellness and Transition Centre
Services:
- Mental Health Transition Program: accommodation for up to 12 clients
- Extended life skills programming to prevent return to acute care
- Addictions Transition Program: accommodations for up to 12 clients
- Addictions Intensive Day program
- Intensive addiction/substance use treatment programming
- Life-skills building
Who it is for:
- Individuals 18 years of age and older
- Transitional services are for those who need care and support for complex, non-acute mental health, addiction and/or substance use
- Addiction services are for those who have completed or do not require withdrawal management
How to Access:
- Health care provider referral required for some programs
- Self-referral for some programs
Project Status:
- Construction to begin 2024
- Opening early 2026
Mental Health and Addictions Acute Care Facility and Life Skills Centre
Services:
- Adult in-patient mental health care
- In-patient substance use withdrawal
- Mental Health Intensive Day Program
- Life-skills development
Who it is for:
- Islanders 18 years of age and older
How to Access:
- Health care provider referral
- Some self-referral programs
Project Status:
- Construction to begin 2024
- Opening late 2027
Community First Philosophy
We are building a community-first system of care that will allow Islanders to receive the care you need, when you need it, in the most …
Mental Health and Addictions Acute Care Facility and Life Skills Centre
The government is replacing the Hillsborough Hospital, the Island’s only psychiatric facility, to ensure the province is well equipped to handle …
Mental Health and Addictions Emergency Department and Short Stay Unit
To address the growing emergency/urgent mental health and addiction needs, PEI will establish a Mental Health and Addictions Emergency Service and …
Mental Health Structured Programming Facility
The province of PEI has some mental health clients who require a supportive, highly structured living environment with access to clinical supports to enable …
Mental Health and Addictions Wellness and Transition Centre
The province of PEI has a significant and growing need for available and appropriate, fully accessible, transitional residential MH&A accommodation. Recovery focused …
Addictions Extended Care Facility for Women
The province of PEI has a need for an increased number of longer-term accommodation for people requiring a supportive residential environment to maintain daily …
Child and Youth Mental Health and Addiction Acute Care Unit
Health PEI worked closely with a planning firm (CannonDesign) to develop a comprehensive operational planning review to determine opportunities, gaps, and …
Project Updates
Update 22-07-2021 • The Architectural Design firm of Coles Associates Ltd. was awarded the architectural design contract for the Mental Health and …
