Alberta Hospital Edmonton is a psychiatric hospital operating under the governance of Alberta Health Services. It is located in the northeastern portion of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, and was founded on July 1, 1923. The site is serviced by Edmonton Transit Service bus route 121. Admission and continuing treatment at Alberta Hospital Edmonton can be voluntary, formal under the Mental Health Act, or in the Forensic Psychiatry Program under the Criminal Code. Referral agents include physicians, mental health professionals, other health care facilities, community agencies, courts, corrections, police, and family, in addition to self-referral. Each Alberta Hospital Edmonton program has an inpatient and a community component. Interdisciplinary teams are made up of program managers, psychiatrists, psychologists, psychometrists, nurses, psychiatric aides, social workers, occupational therapists, recreation therapists, physiotherapists, therapy assistants, counselors, pharmacists, dietitians, chaplains and support staff.

History

Grand Opening

Recent History

In August 2009, Alberta Health Services announced that it will be closing 106 of the 410 beds at the hospital. The AUPE has been strongly opposed to the closures and have staged many protests and have made several television commercials at an attempt to gain support. Edmonton Zone Day Hospital opened in Building 12 on January 7 2019.

Buildings

There are 45 buildings at AHE spread over 275 acre. The buildings on the site were named numerically in the order in which they were built originally but now the order has no relevance. 1 Building 2 Building Old 3 Building 3 Building 4 Building 5 Building 6 Building 7 Building 8 Building 9 Building 10 Building 11 Building 12 Building 14 Building 15 Building 16 Building 17 Building 18 Building 19 Building 20 Building 21 Building Cameron Hall Water Tower

Programs

Notable patients