BC Neuropsychiatry Program at UBC Hospital (UBCH)

How to access

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  • Adults aged 19 and above

  We accept referrals for consideration to the UBC Neuropsychiatry Program for patients with:

  • Dementia of any cause,  with either major behavioral or psychiatric components, and/or a need to exclude a causal or contributing psychiatric illness (e.g. pseudodementia)
  • Neurological disease, injury or condition leading to a psychiatric presentation
  • Episodic disturbances thought to possibly result from a neurological disorder,  such as epilepsy
  • Unresponsive states, such as catatonia
  • Movement disorders that require psychiatric interventions such as tardive dyskinesia, Parkinson's disease or Huntington's disease
  • Somatoform & conversion disorders

  We do not accept referrals for:

  • Neuropsychological Testing
  • Developmental Disorders, including Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder, including Asperger's Disorder- Refer to CLBC or Spectrum
  • Patients with active medical/legal cases, including ICBC
  • Patients with active WorkSafe BC cases unless referred via a WorkSafe BC medical advisor 

• Get a referral

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  You must be referred by a doctor or hospital within BC or the Yukon. 

  Find referral forms and instructions on the BC NP website.  Click on the top left corner "Program Description & Referral Forms" to access information.