Tertiary psychiatric care provides the highest level of care available in Island Health for adults and seniors with significant and persistent mental health concerns.
Services include assessment and treatment, psychiatric services, and hospital-based care.
Services for immediate support in the event of a mental health and/or substance use crisis.
Mental health treatment and recovery beds include services for adults with a significant and persistent mental illness who need ongoing support.
Child Youth and Family Mental Health provides tertiary services to children, youth and their families throughout Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands.
DUNCAN – Island Health and community partners in the Cowichan Valley have increased safety efforts in response to concerns about the number of needles being improperly discarded throughout the community.
Harm reduction services help people stay safer when using unregulated substances.
Island Health provides a network of counselling, prevention, residential care and treatment services across Vancouver Island for youth (ages 13-19) and their families.
Victoria – Island Health, in partnership with PHS Community Services Society (PHS), has submitted a second application for a supervised consumption service in Victoria. If approved by Health Canada, the service will be the first on Vancouver Island to embed supervised consumption services into a housing facility for vulnerable, high risk individuals. It will be open to building residents and registered guests only.