Centralized Assessment, Triage and Support Program (CATS)

Since 2004, CAMH’s General Psychiatry Program has lead a planning process to develop itself into the Centralized Assessment, Triage and Support (CATS) Program. This new program will continue to provide the services provided by the General Psychiatry Program, however will offer enhanced:

Client access to specialized emergency, assessment and short-term support services at CAMH
Links to medical practitioners, mental health resources and ethno-cultural services in Ontario
Service coordination, internal and external to CAMH, to ensure clients’ service needs are addressed efficiently
Access to mental health services for diverse population
Provide culturally competent psychiatric consultation and treatment
Centralized Supports for all clinical programs

This new Program will be launched external to CAMH in 2008.

CATS Mission

CATS will improve the lives of those affected by substance use and mental health issues, by providing clinical and academic leadership and excellence in access to services for clients and their social/community supports. CATS will provide integrated triage, consultation, assessment and stabilization, through partnerships internal and external to CAMH.

CATS Vision

A community where coordinated access to comprehensive services is readily available to adults with mental health and substance use issues.

Location of Program:

Emergency Services, Ambulatory Services, In-patient services:
College Street site, 250 College Street, Toronto, Ontario
West End Ambulatory Services:
3170 Lakeshore Blvd West, #211, Etobicoke, Ontario.

For more information, please call:

Outpatient Services, 416 535-8501, ext. 6878
University of Toronto Psychiatric Outreach Program, 416 535-8501, ext. 6842
Emergency Services, 416 535-8501, ext. 6885

CATS clinical services:

Centralized Assessment, Triage and Support Program (CATS)

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