Provides crisis intervention services to individuals and families experiencing immediate concerns related to mental health and addiction issues. Team provides care for individuals experiencing urgent/emergent mental health issues including, but not limited to: acute depression, dementia, psychosis (sometimes associated with schizophrenia), mania (usually related to a bipolar affective disorder), suicide risk, bizarre/uncharacteristic behaviours, acute distress related to other psychiatric conditions, aggression/conduct problems with children, post-traumatic stress, and severely debilitating anxiety. Also provides short-term support and stabilization in order to manage the crisis and ensure continuity of care between initial intervention and involvement of follow-up services. To access the service, community members and clinicians can call the Vancouver Island Crisis Line and ask to speak with the IMCRT. Serves southern Vancouver Island as far as Sooke/Port Renfrew, the South Malahat, Sidney, and provides phone consultations to the Gulf Islands. Hours of operation are 1 pm to 12 midnight, seven days a week.