Mental-health support for chronic illness.
Virtual family-medicine care focused on the emotional and psychological impact of long-term conditions. Every service is delivered by an Alberta-licensed family physician. Eligible visits are billed to Alberta Health Care.
- Illness-related mental-health support
- Assessment and support for anxiety, low mood, grief, and burnout that come with living with a chronic condition (IBS, migraine, autoimmune disease, chronic pain, interstitial cystitis, chronic fatigue, thyroid disorders, and related conditions). Family-medicine-level mental-health care.
- Symptom-related distress
- Discussion of the mental-health toll of ongoing symptoms — flares, unpredictability, avoidance, and functioning. Illness management strategies within family-medicine scope.
- Medication management for illness-related mental health
- Review, prescribing, and adjustment of medications for illness-related anxiety, depression, and sleep, within family-medicine scope. Coordination with your primary care physician on any physical-condition medications.
- Ongoing follow-up
- Structured follow-up appointments to support adjustment, coping, and daily functioning as your chronic condition evolves.
- Coordination and referrals
- Coordination with your primary-care physician and specialists. Referrals to psychiatry, psychology, or community mental-health services when clinically appropriate.
- Preventive care within scope
- Screening, immunizations, and preventive care within family-medicine scope, mindful of your chronic condition and how it interacts with the mental-health side.
What HealMaze is not.
HealMaze is virtual family medicine. It is not an emergency service, a hospital, a specialist clinic, or a replacement for in-person care when your condition requires it. It's also not a substitute for psychiatry or long-term psychotherapy, but we can connect you with those services when they're the right fit.