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Mental Health and Addictions Services

This list includes services and programs offered by Nova Scotia Health and community partners. If you are unsure of which option is right for you, call our Intake Service at 1-855-922-1122 (toll-free) and a clinician will help determine what services and supports best meet your needs.

 

For more information about community services and supports, use the Hope For Mental Health's Find a Resource Provider tool or call or visit 211.

Click here if you are unsure which NSHA Zone you or someone you care about lives in.

Membertou Health and Wellness Home
Membertou Health and Wellness Home
This service is not administered by Nova Scotia Health Authority. Service Information may be incorrect and/or out of date. Confirm details with the service provider.

The Membertou Wellness Home delivers programs in heart disease/hypertension, smoking cessation, healthy weight, crisis prevention/intervention, mental health, pre-natal, diabetes foot care, addictions services, dental therapy, chronic disease, home...

Alcohol or drug use / Detachment from reality (delusions, paranoia, or hallucinations) / Feeling Sad or Depressed / Feeling Stressed, Anxious or Worried / Nicotine & Tobacco / Significant tiredness, low energy and problems sleeping / Stress / Withdrawal from friends and activities
Eastern Zone
Adults / Seniors
First Nations, Indigenous

Mental Health and Addictions Day Hospital
Nova Scotia Health Authority

The Mental Health and Addictions (MHA) Day Hospital cares for people with intense mental health issues or concerns. We offer:

  • More closely monitored care than what is offered by community MHA clinics
  • Support after you are discharged from an...
Anxiety / Bipolar Disorder / Depression / Detachment from reality (delusions, paranoia, or hallucinations) / Feeling Sad or Depressed / Feeling Stressed, Anxious or Worried / Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) / Personality Disorders / Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) / Psychosis / Schizophrenia / Stress
Central Zone
Adults

Millbrook Health Centre
Millbrook First Nation
This service is not administered by Nova Scotia Health Authority. Service Information may be incorrect and/or out of date. Confirm details with the service provider.

The Millbrook Health Centre provides health services to Millbrook Band members, First Nations people who reside at Millbrook First nation, and community members.

Services provided include:

  • Primary health care
  • Nursing services
  • Dental...
Alcohol or drug use / Detachment from reality (delusions, paranoia, or hallucinations) / Feeling Sad or Depressed / Feeling Stressed, Anxious or Worried / Significant tiredness, low energy and problems sleeping / Stress / Withdrawal from friends and activities
Northern Zone
Adults / Seniors
First Nations, Indigenous

Mood Disorders Clinic
Nova Scotia Health Authority

The mood disorders clinic provides consultations for individuals with severe mood disorders such as possible bipolar disorder. This is a specialized service that provides diagnosis and treatment of severe mood disorders.

Alcohol / Alcohol or drug use / Bipolar Disorder / Cannabis / Depression / Nicotine & Tobacco / Opioids
Central Zone
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Eastern Zone
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Northern Zone
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Western Zone
Adults

Narcotics Anonymous

Narcotics Anonymous
This service is not administered by Nova Scotia Health Authority. Service Information may be incorrect and/or out of date. Confirm details with the service provider.

NA is a nonprofit fellowship or society of people for whom drugs had become a major problem. We are recovering addicts who meet regularly to help each other stay clean. This is a program of complete abstinence from all drugs. There is only one...

Alcohol or drug use / Cannabis / Opioids
Central Zone
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Eastern Zone
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Northern Zone
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Western Zone
Adults / Seniors

Native Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselling Association of Nova Scotia (NADACA)
Native Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselling Association of Nova Scotia
This service is not administered by Nova Scotia Health Authority. Service Information may be incorrect and/or out of date. Confirm details with the service provider.

NADACA programming is designed to deal with all aspects of substance abuse, i.e. alcohol abuse, illicit drug abuse, prescription drug abuse and solvent abuse. Our mandate is to provide accredited certified indigenous addictions prevention, education...

Alcohol / Alcohol or drug use / Cannabis / Opioids
Central Zone
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Eastern Zone
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Northern Zone
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Western Zone
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Online Service
Adults / Seniors
First Nations, Indigenous

Nova Scotia Early Psychosis Program (NSEPP)
Nova Scotia Health Authority

The Nova Scotia Early Psychosis Program (NSEPP) is a specialized, community focused, mental health program for young people (and their families) between the ages of 12 to 35 who are experiencing a first episode of psychosis.

Detachment from reality (delusions, paranoia, or hallucinations) / Psychosis
Central Zone
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Eastern Zone
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Northern Zone
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Western Zone
Adults / Youth

Nova Scotia Operational Stress Injury (OSI) Clinic
Nova Scotia Health Authority

The Nova Scotia Operational Stress Injury Clinic (NSOSIC) belongs to a national network of OSI Clinics funded by Veterans Affairs Canada. The clinic provides mental health...

Alcohol / Alcohol or drug use / Anxiety / Cannabis / Depression / Feeling Sad or Depressed / Feeling Stressed, Anxious or Worried / Gambling / Grief / Grief / Nicotine & Tobacco / Opioids / Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) / Significant tiredness, low energy and problems sleeping / Stress / Suicide / Withdrawal from friends and activities
Central Zone
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Eastern Zone
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Northern Zone
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Western Zone
Adults / Seniors
Canadian Forces, RCMP

Opioid Recovery Program (ORP)
Nova Scotia Health Authority

The Opioid Recovery Program offers opioid maintenance therapy (methadone and buprenorphine/naloxone) and programming to individuals with an addiction to opioids.  From a harm...

Alcohol or drug use / Opioids
Central Zone
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Eastern Zone
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Northern Zone
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Western Zone
Adults

Outpatient Withdrawal Management
Nova Scotia Health Authority

The Outpatient Withdrawal Management combines functions of an outpatient (day program) withdrawal management (detox) and structured treatment, providing the support of a team...

Opioids
Western Zone
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Northern Zone
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Central Zone
Adults

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