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Inpatient Care Services

The goal of inpatient service is to restore individuals' capacity to live independently. Diagnostic and treatment services are provided on an inpatient basis in designated mental health units within general hospitals. These services cover a wide range of acute mental illnesses. In some centres, day treatment is also provided.
Services may be available at inpatient mental health facilities include: (Please note that not all of these services are necessarily available in every health region.)

Saskatchewan Hospital North Battleford (SHNB) is the province's only facility dedicated specifically for intensive rehabilitation of people with mental illness. SHNB is managed by the Prairie North Regional Health Authority but serves the entire Province.
The hospital's mandate is to provide longer-term rehabilitation to people with mental illness whose needs cannot be met in acute mental health facilities operated by other health districts. In addition to psychiatric rehabilitation, SHNB also provides a 25-bed Forensic Unit for remand assessment, treatment and special disposition under the Criminal Code for persons found "Not Criminally Responsible." Admissions for the Forensic Unit are by referral through the justice system.
Services offered at SHNB include:

24-hour interdisciplinary patient services
Specialized treatment services
Services available for outpatients
Family Advisory Council
Rehabilitation program including vocational, leisure education, life skills, psychosocial educational, recreational activities
Clozapine program
Polydispsia program

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