Type of care | Description |
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Information | Information about treatments or available services |
Medication | Prescribed medication for emotions, mental health, or substance use |
Hospital care | Inpatient admission overnight or longer, not including emergency room visits |
Counselling | Any kind of help to talk through problems |
Social interventions | Help sorting out practical issues such as income support, emergency shelters, subsidized housing |
Skills training | Help to improve your ability to work, to care for yourself, to use your time or to meet people |
Harm reduction | Services designed to reduce the risk of harm related to using drugs, such as needle exchange |