BC Mental Health and Substance Use Services

Provides inpatient and outpatient assessment and treatment to support women and their families where there are mental health concerns related to pregnancy and following the birth of their baby.

The program includes pre-pregnancy planning, group program, and support for psychological concerns related to infertility, pregnancy loss, and premenstrual dysphoric disorder.

Provides care coordination and transitional support to individuals with substance use disorder and complex mental health needs who are leaving the 10 provincial correctional facilities in BC.

Service includes short-term access to primary care, psychiatric treatment, relapse management, counselling, opioid agonist therapy, and information and referral to mental health and substance use services in the community for up to 90 days.

Provides a secure treatment facility for individuals referred by the courts for treatment and assessment. Also serves individuals transferred temporarily from correctional facilities to be assessed or receive treatment for a mental illness under the Mental Health Act. The hospital supports patients with specialized clinical services, as well as a comprehensive range of vocational and rehabilitative programs.

Provides regional clinics that are responsible for the supervision and monitoring of persons found Not Criminally Responsible on Account of Mental Disorder on an outpatient basis. The clinics also conduct assessments that are ordered by the provincial courts of British Columbia. They also provide assessment and treatment services for offenders on bail and probation/parole.

Provides specialized addiction treatment in a supported home-like setting for adults in BC who need help with severe substance use. The program is approximately three months long and includes after-care support for up to a year following treatment.

The program includes assessment and stabilization, counselling, supportive treatment, medication therapy, peer support, life skills development, family programs, and education about mental illness and substance use.

Provides specialized inpatient treatment and recovery services for adults in BC with concurrent disorder; a combination of a severe mental illness and substance use disorder. The centre also includes research, education, virtual health, and teaching spaces.

Clients receive trauma-informed, culturally safe care that focuses on mental and physical wellness as well as support with their recovery and healing journey so they can gradually transition to care in their home community.