PsychCHAT

If you are an individual seeking assistance for yourself or someone else’s mental health or substance use concerns please click here.

For Primary Care Providers ONLY

A service by one-Link to connect primary care providers and Psychiatrists via telephone for non urgent adult general psychiatry advice and recommendations regarding patients in your practice.

This service is currently offered only to primary care providers practicing throughout Halton Region (including Burlington) and Mississauga.

The service is provided by Halton Healthcare affiliated psychiatrists.

Supports Offered 

  • General recommendations regarding assessment, management and treatment of mental health & addiction needs
  • Learning opportunities – education and practical advice
  • 5-10 minute brief telephone interaction

PsychCHAT DOES NOT provide

  • Completion of a referral for an assessment
  • Appointment booking
  • Arranging a transfer
  • Arranging a hospital bed
  • Informing the referring physician of results of an assessment
  • A consultation on the care of an identified individual
  • Fast-track referrals

Ready to start? Please complete the PsychCHAT Referral form here.