Services offered to patients with heart disease who have mental health conditions. It provides psychiatric consultation, treatment recommendations and access to ongoing mental health care as needed.
This is a service for patients with heart disease needing assessment and / or term treatment for mental health conditions. Patients are referred by their cardiac treatment team. The service is led by a psychiatrist who will make treatment recommendations. This can include continuing to see the patient, asking the patient's family physician to start treatment, and / or referring to other specialized mental health services such as psychotherapy.