New community recovery teams to offer more mental health support
Those dealing with complex mental health challenges will be able to get more support now that Saskatchewan Health Authority has launched a new community support program.
Vikki Smart, Saskatchewan Health Authority executive director for Primary Health Care in the northwest, announced the Battlefords is the latest area to receive the Community Recovery Team (CRT) program which provides a multi-disciplinary approach to local mental health and addiction needs.
“We need to put the patient in the middle,” Smart said. “They need to be there and all the services need to be there for them as they need it in their journey. That, I feel, is really what’s starting to happen.”