To address a high volume of new client registrations, our primary healthcare clinic is unable to accept new patients at this time. If you hold an OHIP card and are looking for a family doctor or nurse practitioner, please register with Health Care Connect at 1-800-445-1822. Our clinic selects new patients from the Health Care Connect waiting list as spaces become available.
We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and thank you for your understanding.
Integrated Care for Substance Use Disorder at SHCHC
The QUADRANT MODEL provides a frame- work for understanding the relative severity of co-occurring substance use/addiction and mental health concerns. Co-occuring condi- tions interact in a variety of ways. Very fre- quently, substance use functions as a coping mechanism for symptoms of mental health distress, including trauma, mood disorders and major mental illness. Substance use can also mimic and/or trigger mental health disorders, such as psychosis. Treatment is most effective when treatment plans identify how the conditions interact and impact a person’s daily functioning. This ensures that care is taken, that treatment for one condition does not exacerbate that other. For example, if a person is using substances as a coping mechanism for other mental health concerns, reducing or abstaining from sub- stance use before shoring up other coping skills may cause a decline in the mental health condition.
CONCURRENT DISORDERS
The QUADRANT MODEL provides a frame- work for understanding the relative severity of co-occurring substance use/addiction and mental health concerns. Co-occuring condi- tions interact in a variety of ways. Very fre- quently, substance use functions as a coping mechanism for symptoms of mental health distress, including trauma, mood disorders and major mental illness. Substance use can also mimic and/or trigger mental health disorders, such as psychosis. Treatment is most effective when treatment plans identify how the conditions interact and impact a person’s daily functioning. This ensures that care is taken, that treatment for one condition does not exacerbate that other. For example, if a person is using substances as a coping mechanism for other mental health concerns, reducing or abstaining from sub- stance use before shoring up other coping skills may cause a decline in the mental health condition.
Sandy Hill Community Health Centre
221 Nelson Street
Ottawa, ON, K1N 1C7
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Recognition of Territory
Sandy Hill CHC is built on un-ceded Algonquin Anishinabe territory. The peoples of the Algonquin Anishinabe Nation have lived on this territory for millennia. Their culture and presence have nurtured and continue to nurture this land. Sandy Hill CHC honours the peoples and land of the Algonquin Anishinabe Nation.
