Hotel-Dieu Grace Healthcare chosen as one of four national locations in schizophrenia treatment project
Hotel-Dieu Grace Healthcare in Windsor, Ont., on Monday, Nov. 30, 2020. (Chris Campbell / CTV Windsor)
Hotel-Dieu Grace Healthcare is one of four sites that have been chosen across Canada to participate in a schizophrenia demonstration project.
The project will benefit from a customized approach that helps strengthen outcomes for those living with schizophrenia and hopes to optimize evidence-based treatment.
From April to July of 2024, more than 100 people have received schizophrenia treatment at Hotel-Dieu Grace Healthcarethrough a plan developed by a psychiatrist.
Schizophrenia is a serious mental illness that impacts how a person thinks, feels and behaves, deeply impacting many aspacts of their life.
The project is led by the Ministry of Health Commission of Canada and Ontario Shores.
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