BC Mental Health & Substance Use Services
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Culturally safe care
Working in partnership
Culturally safe care for Indigenous clients, patients and families
At BCMHSUS, we are strongly committed to eliminating Indigenous-specific racism, embedding Indigenous cultural safety and humility in our programs and services, and improving Indigenous health and wellness.
We support clients, patients, and their families who identify as Indigenous (First Nations, Inuit, or Métis).
We support clients, patients, and their families who identify as Indigenous (First Nations, Inuit, or Métis).
Collaboration
Partnering with patients and families
Patient experience & community engagement
Since 2019, the team has engaged 182 patient & family partners for a range of opportunities. These include policy focus groups, leadership committees, and hiring panels.
There are 127 lived experience partners in the Patient and Family Partner Network.
There are 127 lived experience partners in the Patient and Family Partner Network.
Meaningful work. Fulfilling careers.
Work with us
Careers with BCMHSUS
Lead and deliver patient-centred, evidence-based care as part of our multidisciplinary teams that include nurses, physicians, dentists, social workers, psychologists, patient navigators, and more.
Learning
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Centre for Learning: Improving care, strengthening hope
A new kind of platform, the Centre for Learning is an online hub offering emerging knowledge, best practices, evidence-based learning and other resources related to complex mental health and substance use issues.
Featured news
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17 Jun 2025
Celebrating Indigenous culture through food
Chef Sarah Mierau, a member of the Sayisi Dene First Nation, recently visited θəqiʔ ɫəwʔənəq leləm’ (Red Fish Healing Centre) to provide a cooking demo for clients and celebrate Indigenous culture.
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11 Jun 2025
Red Fish Healing Centre introduces transcranial magnetic stimulation to support innovative substance use treatment
Red Fish Healing Centre for Mental Health and Addiction is the first facility in BC’s public health care system to offer transcranial magnetic stimulation as a treatment option for clients with substance use disorder.
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24 Apr 2025
New beds improve care for incarcerated people with mental-health, addiction issues
Ten new beds will be available at the designated mental-health unit at Surrey Pretrial Services Centre.
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28 Mar 2025
BCMHSUS leading the way in concurrent disorders education
BC Mental Health and Substance Use Services is hosting the fifth annual B.C. Concurrent Disorders Conference on April 10 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.