Mental Health Outpatient Services for Adults

This page provides information on mental health programs and services for adults and families. 

Mackenzie Health offers many outpatient programs and services for adults and families experiencing mental health challenges, as well as an adult inpatient mental health unit.

If you are experiencing a mental health crisis (feeling like you can't cope or are not in control), please contact York Region and South Simcoe's Community Crisis Response Service at 1-855-310-COPE (2673) or (TTY) 1-866-323-7785 (available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week), go to your nearest Emergency Department or call 911.

Please use the navigation menu to learn more about our mental health services.

Aftercare Clinic

The Aftercare Clinic at Cortellucci Vaughan Hospital includes nurses, psychiatrists and recreation therapists who work as a team to provide care to adults with a severe and persistent mental illness. The clinic provides care to patients receiving long-acting injections (LAIs) and also provides medication dispensing and monitoring for patients who are on clozapine.

To Refer Patients

Physicians please fax a referral form to the above fax number.

Psychogeriatric Assessment Clinic

The Outpatient Psychogeriatric Assessment Clinic at Mackenzie Richmond Hill Hospital provides comprehensive mental health assessment, treatment, and short-term follow-up for seniors experiencing an acute mental illness.

Adult Intake and Urgent Care Clinic (IUCC)

The Intake and Urgent Care Clinic is an outpatient clinic located at both Mackenzie Health hospital sites. It provides mental health assessments and supports with referral disposition to community and internal services. The clinic is comprised of a clinical social work team and an urgent care psychiatrist.

Integrated Mood Disorders Clinic

The Integrated Mood Disorders Clinic at Mackenzie Richmond Hill Hospital is in partnership with Ontario Shores. This Ontario Shores operated clinic provides psychotherapy and Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) treatment for Mackenzie Health psychiatry outpatients with treatment-resistant depression. TMS is a non-invasive treatment option, that is provided free of charge.

For more information, please call 905-883-1212 ext3327.

The Crisis Intervention Team is available 24/7 at both hospital site Emergency Departments, to provide assessment and intervention to those experiencing an acute mental health crisis.

The Stepping Stones Mental Health Day Hospital at Cortellucci Vaughan Hospital provides assessment, stabilization and individual and group treatment and education programs for adult patients experiencing an acute mental illness.

Adult Outpatient Psychotherapy

Short-term individual and group psychotherapy for adult patients experiencing significant mental health challenges causing impairment in functioning. Patients are assessed by a mental health clinician and therapy is provided every other week, for up to a maximum of 8 sessions. This service is provided at our Mackenzie Richmond Hill Hospital site.

Adult Outpatient Psychiatric Consultation

This short term intervention provides an assessment and medication consultation for individuals who are over the age of 17. This service is provided at our Mackenzie Richmond Hill Hospital site.

The new RBC Emergency Psychiatric Unit within Magna Emergency at Cortellucci Vaughan Hospital will provide a safe, private and comfortable area for patients and their families to receive rapid assessment and care by experienced mental health professionals. The space will support patients’ privacy and dignity in a calming environment.

Mackenzie Richmond Hill Hospital

Adult Outpatient Mental Health Services
B-Wing, Level 3
10 Trench Street
Richmond Hill, ON L4C 4Z3
905-883-1212 ext. 3327

Shaw Clinic, Child & Family Services
B-Wing, Level 5
10 Trench Street
Richmond Hill, ON L4C 4Z3
905-883-1212 ext. 2137

Cortellucci Vaughan Hospital /h3>

Adult Outpatient Mental Health Services
3200 Major Mackenzie Drive West
Level 5
Vaughan, ON L6A 4Z3
905-417-2000 ext. 3327