oneROOF Youth Services Mental Health & Addictions Department:

Support Programming

At oneROOF Youth Services, young people are supported by a team of Mental Health and Addiction workers who provide a range of services that focus on positive mental health and holistic well-being. With a focus on curbing potential issues challenging one's ability to find and maintain employment and housing, the department achieves it’s goals through direct one-to-one support, public education and community referrals, psychoeducational and therapeutic programming, and harm reduction.

 

One-to-One Support

  • Case Management

  • Counselling

  • Referrals

  • System Navigation

Public Education and Outreach

  • Outreach capacity case management

  • Psychoeducation

  • Workshops and webinars for community and schools

 

Programming

  • Therapeutic groups

  • Psychoeducation

  • Recreation activities

  • Skill building

Harm Reduction

  • Harm Reduction approach & programming

  • naloxone distribution (including: nasal kits, injectable kits)

  • needle syringe distribution (including: safer injection supplies, safer inhalation supplies, wound care, disposal containers)


If you’re looking for more information about the Mental Health and Addictions Program or how we can support a youth who is experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness, please reach out to us by contacting

mha@oneroof.org or 519-742-2788 x212

 

Did You Know…

  • In any given year, 1 in 5 Canadians experiences a mental illness. 1

  • Young people aged 15 to 24 are more likely to experience mental illness and/or substance use disorders than any other age group. 2

  • People with a mental illness are twice as likely to have a substance use disorder compared to the general population. At least 20% of people with a mental illness have a co-occurring substance use disorder. 3 For people with schizophrenia, the number may be as high as 50%. 4

  • Similarly, people with substance use disorders are up to 3 times more likely to have a mental illness. More than 15% of people with a substance use disorder have a co-occurring mental illness. 5

  • Studies in various Canadian cities have indicated that between 23% and 67% of homeless people may have a mental illness. 6

 

Mental Health refers to cognitive, behavioral, and emotional well-being. It is a necessary resource for living a healthy life and a main factor in overall health.

Addiction is an inability to stop using a substance or engaging in a behaviour even though it is causing psychological and/or physical harm.

 

Harm Reduction

oneROOF Youth Services offers two harm reduction programs: a Needle Syringe Distribution program, and a Naloxone Distribution program. Both provide supplies for youth to use substances in a safer manner thus reducing the likelihood of the spread of diseases, preventing injuries to skin and soft tissue, and providing the tools to respond to opioid poisonings.

Harm reduction can be talked about in a variety of settings, and everything we do at oneROOF Youth Services is from a harm reduction perspective.

Harm Reduction is an umbrella term for any policy, procedure, program, or approach in place to reduce negative social or health related impacts.

 
 

Are You In Crisis?

For emergencies please call 911

  • Here 24/7 (crisis/assessment/referrals): 1-844-437-3247

    • Local number in case of high call volume: 519-821-3582

  • Canada Suicide Prevention Service: 833-456-4566

    • Or text: 45645 (available 4pm - midnight)

Resources:

  • Fentanyl Awareness Guide for Parents, Teens, and College Students, CLICK HERE

  • History of Substance Abuse and Addiction, CLICK HERE

 

For non-urgent information about Grand River Hospital mental health and addictions services call 519-749-4310.

 

    1. Smetanin et al. (2011). The life and economic impact of major mental illnesses in Canada: 2011-2041. Prepared for the Mental Health Commission of Canada. Toronto: RiskAnalytica.

    2. Pearson, Janz & Ali (2013). Health at a glance: Mental and substance use disorders in Canada. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 82-624-X.

    3. Rush et al. (2008). Prevalence of co-occurring substance use and other mental disorders in the Canadian population. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 53: 800-809.

    4. Buckley et al. (2009). Psychiatric comorbidities and schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 35: 383-402.

    5. Rush et al., 2008

    6. Canadian Institute for Health Information (2007). Improving the health of Canadians: Mental health and homelessness. Ottawa: CIHI.

 
 

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