Youth Mental Health and Addiction
Addiction Services provide a range of programs designed to help you through the various stages of recovery. Addiction Services is closely aligned with Mental Health Services to ensure that individuals living with an addiction and a mental health disorder...
Call the Island Helpline at 1-800-218-2885 if you are in a crisis, feeling depressed or thinking about suicide.
Call 9-1-1 in an emergency
Who answers the calls?
Trained and caring staff answer calls to the Island Helpline 24 hours a day, 7 days a...
The Coping and Support Training (CAST) Program is an evidence-based group skills program that helps at-risk youth with:
substance misuse (drinking or using drugs);
mental well-being; and
school performance.
The program has been proven to have a...
Addiction Services provide a range of programs designed to help you through the various stages of recovery. Addictions care is offered in community health facilities across the province. Bilingual services are available in some locations.
How do I...
Mental health care is offered in community health facilities across the province. Bilingual services are available in some locations.
What is available for me at Community Mental Health Services?
The first step in service is screening. When you talk...
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) is a modified form of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) that uses traditional cognitive-behavioral techniques, but also implements other skills like: mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation and...
Whether your gambling involves lottery tickets, casino games, horse racing or sports betting, slot machines, or video lottery terminals (VLTs), a gambling addiction is a serious problem.
Two signs of a gambling addiction are:
You cannot control the...
The INSIGHT Program is a youth mental health day treatment program that is delivered by a team of health and education professionals who work with youth aged 13-18, their families and schools to reduce the day-to-day impact of mental health problems or...
Mental health care is offered in hospitals and in community health facilities across the province. Bilingual services are available in some locations.
Where can I call to get immediate help?
Call The Island Helpline at 1-800-218-2885 or Kids Help Phone...
Mental health walk-in clinics offer immediate mental health support to help with anxiety, as well as life events causing stress and other mental health issues.
Will I need an appointment?
No appointment or referral is required. You will be able to see...
If you need help with your opioid addiction, call 1-888-299-8399 toll free for the Opioid Replacement Therapy Program. Your family physician, addiction counsellor, or other health professional may also call on your behalf.
What is methadone and...
The Provincial Addictions Treatment Facility will provide you with safe, supportive and medically supervised withdrawal management from alcohol and drugs, addiction education, and encouragement to further treatment.
There are 24 inpatient withdrawal...
The Strength Program offers a range of programming (residential and day treatment) and supports for youth and families who are dealing with substance misuse and mental health issues.
This program is for youth who require more intensive treatment.
Who...
The Prince Edward Island Student Drug Use Report describes the prevalence and drug use trends for tobacco, alcohol, cannabis and other drugs as reported by PEI students in grades 6 through 12.
Data and figures presented in this report are based on the...
Vision: Supporting Island children and their families to be the best they can be.Mission: To empower strength, resilience and well-being in Island school-aged children and their families.
Student well-being teams work in schools advising, consulting and...
Student Well-being Teams offer mental health walk-in clinics to school-aged children and their families. The clinics will help with mental health challenges such as anxiety, depression, parent/child conflict, emotions or other common stressors.
There...
Call 1-888-299-8399 to request admission.
What is withdrawal management?
When you want to stop using alcohol or drugs, withdrawal management provides a safe, supportive and medically supervised environment to help you withdraw/detox as either an...
Youth and Family Addiction Services are provided across Prince Edward Island by youth addiction and family addiction counsellors. If you are a young person whose use of alcohol or drugs is causing you or your family concern, Youth and Family Addiction...
As of April 2015, the provincial Strength Program relocated to the provincial Youth Recovery Centre in Summerside.
The Strength program offers a range of programming (residential and day treatment) and supports for youth and families who are dealing...