Canada's integrated mental health practice

Bringing people back to work — with steady mental health.

Psychiatrist-led assessments, evidence-based therapy, and coordinated medical care — delivered through a secure telemedicine platform that meets people where they are. Built for measurable recovery and sustainable return to function.

Now accepting referrals · Ontario

A measurable path back — not just a prescription pad.

Most clients begin within ten business days. Care plans set functional goals from day one, then track them across psychiatry, therapy, and primary care.

How a care episode unfolds
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Built on Canadian clinical standards
PHIPA · PIPEDA HIPAA-aligned McMaster faculty leadership Bilingual · EN / FR
Two services. One coordinated plan.

Mental health care built around function, not just symptoms.

Every engagement starts with diagnostic clarity and ends with the client back in their life — at work, with family, in community. We measure what matters and adjust the plan when it doesn't.

Functional Psychiatric Assessment

MD-led diagnostic evaluation that clarifies the picture, sets measurable functional goals, and creates a treatment roadmap shared across the care team.

60–90 min · psychiatrist-led Learn more

Return-to-Work Focused Psychotherapy

Evidence-based therapy — CBT, ACT, Behavioural Activation, Motivational Enhancement — sequenced to restore function, resilience, and the capacity to work.

Weekly · clinician-matched Learn more
Our biopsychosocial-spiritual model

Recovery isn't a single dial. It's four — and we move them together.

Mental health is the product of biology, mind, environment, and meaning. We assess and treat across all four, because pretending one of them isn't there is how recovery stalls.

01 — BIOLOGICAL

Body in balance

Medication review, sleep, gut and metabolic health — the physiological floor recovery is built on.

02 — PSYCHOLOGICAL

Mind in motion

Cognitive flexibility, emotion regulation, behavioural activation — the work that rebuilds resilience.

03 — SOCIAL

Life in support

Workplace, family, community — the relationships and structures that sustain progress between sessions.

04 — SPIRITUAL

Purpose in view

Meaning, values, and what makes work worth returning to. Without it, recovery doesn't hold.

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The outcomes we hold ourselves to

We measure recovery the way you measure any other clinical intervention.

Every BridgeMed engagement reports against three benchmarks — reviewed at case conferences and shared transparently with employers and benefits partners on request.

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Return to work or benefits discontinuation
Across closed cases — the metric that matters to clients and plan sponsors alike.
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High or very high quality rating
Post-care client survey — clinician quality and care experience combined.
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Innovation score
Client-reported on technology, accessibility, and how care is coordinated.
A care episode, end to end

Four stages. One coordinated team.

No bouncing between portals, no waiting six weeks for a referral letter to arrive. Care moves on a timeline that matches what the client needs.

Stage 01

Intake & triage

Secure intake within 48 hours. Brief screening, document review, and clinician matching against complexity and language.

Stage 02

Functional assessment

Psychiatrist-led 60–90 minute consultation. Diagnostic clarity, functional goals, treatment plan shared in writing.

Stage 03

Coordinated treatment

Therapy, medication, and primary-care coordination move in parallel — not in sequence. Reviewed at case conferences.

Stage 04

Return & sustain

Graduated return planning with the workplace. Maintenance touchpoints to protect against relapse and protect the gains.

Mental health care that takes function seriously isn't a niche — it's what every employee, every family, and every primary care doctor has been waiting for.
Dr. Sabina Nagpal — Chief Medical Officer, BridgeMed Health
Clinical leadership

Doctors and therapists who actually run the cases.

No referral chains, no clinical theatre. Our leadership sees patients, runs case conferences, and signs the treatment plans.

Dr. Sabina Nagpal
Chief Medical Officer

Psychiatrist and Associate Professor at McMaster University. Built her practice on integrated return-to-work psychiatry — combining diagnostic precision with functional outcomes.

Sarah Hammond
Lead Registered Psychotherapist

Registered Psychotherapist specialising in workplace-focused therapy and functional rehabilitation. Trained in CBT, ACT, and motivational enhancement — and known for getting people unstuck.

Meet the practice
Ready when you are

Refer a client, or talk to us about your population.

If you're an employer, benefits provider, family physician, or family member — we'll respond inside one business day with a clinician-led conversation, not a sales call.