If we are talking specifically about individuals that are coming back from a treatment program, whether it's in the South or whether it's one of the on-the-land programs, one of the requirements to participate or to utilize one of our treatment facilities in the south is that the individual actually has appointments set up with community counsellors when they return to the Northwest Territories. We have community counsellors in 19 of the 33 communities in the Northwest Territories, and where we don't have counsellors, we have access by phone or other sources. Everybody is required to have a follow-up treatment program or follow-up appointments booked. But we also have, as I've already indicated, on-the-land programs throughout the Northwest Territories. A number of these on-the-land programs, some of them are after-care programs, some of them are prevention programs, and some of them are actually individual treatment programs. There is a variety of different things that we do. Some individuals want to access things like Alcoholics Anonymous. We've made our facilities available after hours so that individuals can go and participate in an AA program. If there aren't enough people in their communities, they can actually hook up with individuals in other communities. We are trying to provide lots of options. We know we need to continually learn and we know that we need to continually explore new opportunities to provide treatment on return. We are open to that, and we want to have those discussions with committee and others across the Northwest Territories.
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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