Article | BCMHSUS launches new provincial tool for concurrent disorders education BC Mental Health and Substance Use Services has launched a new, online toolkit to support people who provide services to those with serious mental health and substance use issues, …

Article | Reclaiming our voice: Indigenous Patient Experience Lead aims to bring Indigenous experience to the forefront of conversation Culturally-safe care can be transformative to those who receive. In order to ensure Indigenous cultural safety is a requisite in …

Article | Words of wisdom and inspiration this Indigenous People’s Day For millennia, Indigenous traditions, knowledge and wisdom have endured, passing down through the generations despite years of colonial oppression. This Indigenous People’s Day, BCMHSUS’ …

Article | Improvements to seclusion practices empower patients at Forensic Psychiatric Hospital At the Forensic Psychiatric Hospital, a quality improvement project is supporting new interventions that empower patients, and allow for the safe use of seclusion when …

Referral | Provincial Assessment Centre Referrals Provincial Assessment Centre Referrals The Provincial Assessment Centre (PAC) provides multidisciplinary mental health services for people with a developmental disability, and a concurrent mental health concern or …

Article | Motivational interviewing technique helps people overcome substance use What motivates someone to make a change? For many, it can come down to being supported in finding the motivation to make those changes, or to try doing so. 29 Jan 2021 One form of …

Article | BC Concurrent Disorders Conference welcomes national and international experts BC Mental Health and Substance Use Services hosted its first B.C. Concurrent Disorders Conference on March 12, 2021, to advance knowledge in co-occurring mental health and …

Article | Nurse immunizers help protect colleagues, clients and communities from COVID-19 Since the arrival of the COVID-19 vaccine in B.C., one of the biggest considerations in planning the rollout has been staffing – ensuring that the right people are trained to …

Article | Remembering Dr. Siavash Jafari ​On Sunday, February 21, 2021, BC Mental Health and Substance Use Services lost a dear friend and colleague, Dr. Siavash Jafari. 05 Mar 2021 As the news of Dr. Jafari’s sudden and unexpected passing travelled through the …

Article | Patients get creative and colourful at the Forensic Psychiatric Hospital At the Forensic Psychiatric Hospital, patients and staff have been balancing the negative impacts of COVID-19 by finding unique, creative ways to brighten their surroundings. 09 Mar …