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BC Mental Health and Addiction Services (BCMHAS) |
BC Mental Health and Addiction Services (BCMHAS) provides a diverse range of specialized, “one-of-a-kind” tertiary-level mental health services to people across the province. Recognizing that people with mental health challenges may also have co-ocurring issues with substance misuse, the assessment and treatment of addictions is an integral part of our programs, which comprise: Adult Psychiatry, Geriatric Psychiatry and Neuropsychiatry Services: Located at Riverview Hospital in Coquitlam, near Vancouver, these programs deliver highly specialized mental health services to the most challenging mentally ill adult patients in the province. Forensic Psychiatric Services: Located at the Forensic Psychiatric Hospital in Port Coquitlam near Vancouver, plus six regional clinics across BC, FPS provides court-related psychiatric assessment, treatment and community case management for adults with mental illness who are in conflict with the law. Child and Youth Mental Health Services: Located at BC Children’s Hospital (BCCH) in Vancouver, these inpatient and outpatient programs provide a variety of specialized psychiatric assessment and treatment services for children, youth and their families from all regions of BC. Provincial Specialized Eating Disorders Program provides inpatient and outpatient assessment and treatment for BC youth and adults living with an eating disorder, located at BCCH (for children and adolescents) and St. Paul’s Hospital, Providence Health Care, Vancouver (for adults).
Ages served: All ages
Languages served: English, French
Fees: None
Area Served: British Columbia This resource is listed under these topics
Last modified Aug 16, 2008 7:44am