Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Program
Provides outpatient assessment and treatment services for clients living with mental health conditions related to a post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or resulting from operational duties performed during military or police service.
570-2889 East 12th Avenue, Vancouver, BC
Healthy Children
Offers online information and resources for every stage of children's health. Topics include pregnancy, caring for baby, breastfeeding, parenting, immunization, nutrition, child safety, school-aged health, caring for teenagers, child abuse and neglect.
Overdose Prevention and Response - Northern Health
Provides an online listing of Take Home Naloxone sites for the Northern Health Authority area, as well as information on overdose prevention, resources, and drug information.
Community Transition Teams
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.
Provincial Substance Use Treatment Program
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.
1795 Willingdon Avenue, Burnaby, BC
Red Fish Healing Centre for Mental Health and Addiction
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.
8-2745 Lougheed Highway, Coquitlam, BC
BC Ambulance Service
Provides public ambulance service for emergencies, medical transportation, and out-of-hospital and inter-facility patient transfers, throughout BC. Transportation is also available for pediatric, neonatal and high-risk obstetrics patients.
Hospice Palliative Care Information
Provides information on hospice palliative care for professionals, volunteers and the public. Provides educational resources for the establishment and maintenance of organizations devoted to providing end-of-life care and has a network of communication and shared resources for all those concerned with the care of the dying and bereaved in BC.
Psychiatric Medication Plan
Provides coverage of certain psychiatric medications to individuals of any age who are registered with a mental health services centre and who demonstrate clinical and financial need. Eligible medications are listed in the Psychiatric Medication Plan (Plan G) formulary. Individual patient eligibility is verified by the patient's physician and the local Mental Health and Substance Use Centre, or if the patient is a minor, a Child and Youth Mental Health Centre. Registration is required.
8-1-1 Services
Provides people living in B.C. with 24-hour access to approved health information and detailed information on health care, mental health and substance use services throughout the province online and by telephone at 8-1-1.
By calling 8-1-1, you can speak to a health service navigator, who can help you find health information and services; or connect you directly with a registered nurse, a registered dietitian, a qualified exercise professional, or a pharmacist. Any one of these healthcare professionals will help you get the information you need to manage your health concerns, or those of your family.