Page | Virtual Health Resources Virtual Health Resources A range of technologies allows BCMHSUS staff to deliver high-quality patient care remotely. This means avoiding unnecessary travel and creating innovative pathways which allow our providers and clients to …

Page | Compliments and Complaints Compliments & Complaints As a client or family member, you are an expert in your own healing journey. Your lived experience and insight are vital to helping us improve the treatment experience in our programs. Complaints We take …

Page | Request Health Records Request Health Records How to access information from your medical file. We provide many different services and want to ensure you have the correct process for requesting health records for each service. See our services below for …

Page | Student Placement Opportunities Student Placement Opportunities BC Mental Health and Substance Use Services is committed to providing meaningful and quality placements for students in British Columbia and supporting them in their career development. …

Page | What We Do What We Do BC Mental Health and Substance Use Services (BCMHSUS) provides specialized treatment, education, health promotion, and more. We are also an academic health sciences organization affiliated with the University of British Columbia and …

Page | Risk Assessment: START Manuals Risk Assessment: START Manuals The Short-Term Assessment of Risk and Treatability (or START) is a clinical guide used to evaluate a client's or patient’s level of risk for aggression. It can also evaluate how likely they are …

Page | Indigenous-Specific Careers Indigenous-Specific Careers BC Mental Health and Substance Use Services is committed to being a place where Indigenous people are welcomed, supported and valued. A place where, alongside western medicine, Indigenous healing is …

Page | Treating Concurrent Disorders Treating Concurrent Disorders BCMHSUS staff care for people with the most complex and severe mental health and substance use problems in British Columbia. Many of these people have a concurrent disorder. What is a concurrent …

Page | Opioid Agonist Treatment Opioid Agonist Treatment Opioid agonist treatment, often called OAT, uses medications such as Suboxone and methadone to treat opioid addiction. The treatment helps reduce drug-related harms and support long-term recovery. BC …

Page | Patient & Family Engagement Patient & Family Engagement As health care professionals, we have a moral and ethical responsibility to engage people with lived and living experience in health service planning, delivery, and evaluation. The Patient Experience …