Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the Member, when he was actually the Minister of Health and Social Services, conducted the Minister's Forum on Mental Health and Addictions, which I think was a very important process. The forum went out and talked to residents across the Northwest Territories and got their feedback on what they wanted to see when it came to mental health and addiction treatment here in the Northwest Territories, so I do applaud the Member for his leadership in that area. The number one, best solution? There isn't one. What we heard clearly from the forum is that different people have different needs at different times, and we need to be able to address those needs and have a variety of programs and services available to our residents in the Northwest Territories. We heard about on-the-land programming. We heard about more local, community-based programs. We heard about mobile options. Treatment centres are an option, and they have to be available. We are providing a much broader range of services than we have previously, with the Matrix Program, which is out-patient, community-based programming. We have community counsellors. We do have access to more treatment facilities with better services than we have ever had before. Just recently in Fort Resolution, as a matter of fact, we ran for the first time our mobile treatment option pilot, which is the first delivery of a mobile treatment option. We are doing a number of things so that we can provide our residents with the options they want and need when it comes to addressing their individual mental health and addiction challenges. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Glen Abernethy on Question 61-18(2): Alcohol Addiction And Mental Health Treatment Options
In the Legislative Assembly on February 25th, 2016. See this statement in context.
Question 61-18(2): Alcohol Addiction And Mental Health Treatment Options
Oral Questions
February 24th, 2016
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