| Annual BC Concurrent Disorders Conference returns on March 9 | <img alt="" src="/PublishingImages/about/leadership/CD%20conference%20image%202023.png" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Annual BC Concurrent Disorders Conference returns on March 9 | For the third year, BCMHSUS is hosting the BC Concurrent Disorders Conference. The conference will focus on the most cutting-edge and promising practices related to concurrent disorders. | http://www.bcmhsus.ca/about/news-stories/stories/bc-concurrent-disorders-conference-returns-2023 | | 2023-03-09T08:00:00Z | | |
| Provincial Assessment Centre to join Provincial Health Services Authority | | Provincial Assessment Centre to join Provincial Health Services Authority | | http://www.bcmhsus.ca/about/news-stories/stories/provincial-assessment-centre-to-join-provincial-health-services-authority | | 2023-03-02T08:00:00Z | | |
| New and expanded ECHO sessions offer important learnings to apply in mental health, substance use care | <img alt="" src="/PublishingImages/about/leadership/ECHO%20series.png" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | New and expanded ECHO sessions offer important learnings to apply in mental health, substance use care | Following the success of its 2022 fall series, the Provincial Mental Health and Substance Use ECHO returns on March 1. | http://www.bcmhsus.ca/about/news-stories/stories/echo-returns-with-expanded-offering | | 2023-02-24T08:00:00Z | | |
| PHSA statement on OAG report | | PHSA statement on OAG report | BC Mental Health and Substance Use Services (BCMHSUS), a program of the Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA), is committed to improving mental health and substance use care for Indigenous people in provincial correctional centres. | http://www.bcmhsus.ca/about/news-stories/stories/phsa-statement-on-oag-report | | 2023-02-09T08:00:00Z | | |
| Provincial Mental Health and Substance Use Learning Rounds return, facilitating knowledge exchange for better care | <img alt="" src="/allpageholding/PublishingImages/about/news-stories/Learning%20Rounds%20story%20image.png" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Provincial Mental Health and Substance Use Learning Rounds return, facilitating knowledge exchange for better care | Provincial Mental Health & Substance Use Learning Rounds, a collaborative forum, is facilitating knowledge exchange among mental health and substance use professionals and engaging interdisciplinary teams in collaborative learning. | http://www.bcmhsus.ca/about/news-stories/stories/learning-rounds-are-back | | 2023-01-20T08:00:00Z | | |
| Patients at Forensic Psychiatric Hospital complete 630 paid work and volunteer opportunities in the community thanks to growing vocational program | <img alt="" src="/allpageholding/PublishingImages/about/news-stories/tim-mossholder-0AIylklZLoU-unsplash%20(1).jpg" width="530" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Patients at Forensic Psychiatric Hospital complete 630 paid work and volunteer opportunities in the community thanks to growing vocational program | This year, patients at the Forensic Psychiatric Hospital (FPH) have completed over 630 paid and voluntary opportunities. | http://www.bcmhsus.ca/about/news-stories/stories/patients-at-forensic-psychiatric-hospital-complete-630-paid-work-and-volunteer-opportunities | | 2022-12-14T08:00:00Z | | |
| More overdoses can be prevented with interventions for people leaving correctional centres who use stimulants | <img alt="" src="/allpageholding/PublishingImages/about/news-stories/Talk%20therapy.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | More overdoses can be prevented with interventions for people leaving correctional centres who use stimulants | | http://www.bcmhsus.ca/about/news-stories/stories/more-overdoses-prevention-with-interventions-for-people-leaving-correctional-centres-using-stimulants | | 2022-11-23T08:00:00Z | | |
| New resources aim to facilitate open dialogue about mental health and substance use | <img alt="" src="/allpageholding/PublishingImages/about/news-stories/UNITE.PNG" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | New resources aim to facilitate open dialogue about mental health and substance use | Conversations about a person’s mental illness or substance use can be challenging, but listening with the intent to understand plays a big part in supporting recovery. To help facilitate open dialogue, BCMHSUS has created new resources. | http://www.bcmhsus.ca/about/news-stories/stories/new-resources-help-facilitate-dialogue-on-mental-health-substance-use | | 2022-11-22T08:00:00Z | | |
| Provincial Mental Health and Substance Use ECHO learning sessions help democratize knowledge around mental health and substance use care | <img alt="" src="/allpageholding/PublishingImages/about/news-stories/ECHO%20story%20image.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Provincial Mental Health and Substance Use ECHO learning sessions help democratize knowledge around mental health and substance use care | As part of its commitment to building capacity among clinicians and care providers to provide better mental health and substance use services, BCMHSUS has launched a Project ECHO, a series of evidence-based, interactive, learning sessions. | http://www.bcmhsus.ca/about/news-stories/stories/provincial-mental-health-substance-use-echo-supports-collaborative-learning | | 2022-11-03T07:00:00Z | | |
| Improving health outcomes for people in corrections: Researching the transformation of prisons into therapeutic settings | <img alt="" src="/allpageholding/PublishingImages/about/news-stories/BCMHSUS-%20Right%20Living.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | Improving health outcomes for people in corrections: Researching the transformation of prisons into therapeutic settings | Dr. Amanda Butler received a Research Trainee Award from the Michael Smith Health Research BC for her research, which aims to evaluate the impact of therapeutic communities in correctional sites on the health of clients who use drugs. | http://www.bcmhsus.ca/about/news-stories/stories/research-aims-to-improve-health-outcomes-in-corrections | | 2022-10-27T07:00:00Z | | |
