Opioid Dependence Treatment Hub – Eastern-Rural Zone (Whitbourne)

The Opioid Dependence Treatment (ODT) Hubs help with concerns related to opioid use or wanting help to reduce physical, mental and emotional withdrawal symptoms.

The Hubs offer rapid access to medication-assisted treatment (Suboxone and Methadone), as well as:

  • Withdrawal support
  • Counselling
  • Peer support
  • Links to resources
  • Take-home naloxone kits, and other safe use supplies.

In-person, telephone and telehealth service is available throughout the region. A referral isn’t required.

Hours: Monday – Friday, 8:30 am – 4:30 pm local time

Note for providers: The hubs are also available to support community-based physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, pharmacists and counsellors who have patients who use substances.

Lifewise Perinatal Peer Support

Whether you’re expecting a baby or navigating the early days of parenthood, you’re not alone.

Lifewise’s trained Peer Supporters, who’ve been there, are here to offer understanding, encouragement, and a safe space to talk. Support for every stage of the journey, because you matter.

  • St. John’s: In-person groups (child-friendly)
  • St. John’s: In-person groups (adult only)
  • Provincial: Virtual groups
  • Provincial: One-on-one support
  • St. John’s: Perinatal Wellness Workshops (adult only)

To register for perinatal support groups and workshops, use this link or call 1-855-753-2560 and a Peer Supporter can help you!

Whether you’re pregnant or in the first year after giving birth, you’re not alone, come connect with others who truly understand.

Doorways Walk-In Clinic – Buchans

In-person and virtual (telephone and/or video) service is available.

Hours: Every Thursday, 10:00 a.m. -3:00 p.m. (last registration at 2:00 p.m.)

Adult Eating Disorder Continuum

The Adult Eating Disorder Continuum provides a provincial, specialized service for clients and their families. This program helps people improve their eating disorder symptoms, challenge thoughts and behaviours, and develop a new means of coping with everyday stressors.

Who this service is for:

Clients who are 18 years of age or older who have been diagnosed with anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa or other specified feeding and eating disorder (OSFED).

This service does not accept referrals for those with a diagnosis of binge eating disorder, night eating related disorders, or avoidant restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID). These referrals can be directed to Adult Central Intake.

How to access this service:

A referral to the program can be made by a physician or nurse practitioner using the Adult Eating Disorders Referral For Assessment Form. Medical follow-up is required during participation in treatment. All referrals for clients under the age of 18 will be sent to the Adolescent Medicine Team at the Janeway.

Once a referral is received, the client will be invited to attend an orientation session. The client can also invite family members/loved ones to attend a separate orientation session offered at the same time. If a client wants to have further assessments, they will have an intake assessment to decide their treatment pathway within the Eating Disorder Continuum. The client will be invited to attend Foundations Group with further assessments from a dedicated interdisciplinary team.