New Beginnings Clinic: CAMH Services for Newcomers

Intended For

Primary care and other support providers can access the clinic to discuss and get advice on refugee client/ patient cases. 

Referral Requirements:

Physician referral required. Please download the form and call your doctor.

Additional Referral Details

• Option 1: Physicians must fill out both a New Beginnings Clinic fillable cover sheet as well as the CAMH referral form. Complete the fillable cover sheet first, save it as a file and include it in the attachments section of the CAMH referral form.
• Option 2: Complete the fillable cover sheet, print a copy, print a copy of theCAMH referral form, fill in both the cover sheet and the referral form and fax to 416-979-6815. 

Services Offered As:

Outpatient

Waiting Period:

Due to high volume of referrals, currently, at new beginning clinic we have a wait list of 3 months to see the psychiatrist.

Location:

Queen Street Site - 100 Stokes Street

Additional Location Details:

4th Floor, Bell Gateway Building

Contact Phone Number:

416 535-8501 ext. 31683

Types of Treatment and Services Offered

Our Services are available in person or virtually and may include:

• Psychiatry assessment
• Brief counselling
• Case consultation
• Linking to resources
• Health education

Program Overview

What we do

The service has two components: case consultation for primary care providers and psychiatric consultation for newly arrived immigrants and refugees. Case consultation may result in a recommendation for psychiatric consultation and brief culturally sensitive intervention in the CAMH service.

How to access services

For general inquiries or for case consultation requests, please contact the clinic’s information line.

Pour des services d’établissement en français et/ou la formation linguistique en français, veuillez contacter:

• Accueil | Centre-Francophone | Toronto (centrefranco.org)
• Accueil (francoqueer.ca)