BC Psychosis Program
Need help immediately?
If there is an urgent safety concern, please call 9-1-1 or go to emergency at your nearest hospital.
Suicide hotline: 1-800-784-2433
Call BC Crisis Line: 604-310-6789
Kids Help Phone: 1-800-668-6868
KUU-US Crisis Support Line (BC Wide Indigenous Toll Free Crisis and Support Line): 1-800-588-8717
Unique, highly specialized inpatient services to patients who require treatments for psychotic illness when other treatment approaches have been ineffective or partially effective.
What to expect
This program is a resource to health authorities across B.C. that provides unique, highly specialized inpatient services to patients who require pharmacological, biophysical, psychosocial, and other treatments for psychotic illness when other treatment approaches have been ineffective or partially effective.
The expected length of stay is four to six months.
Staffing and programming include:
- Psychiatrists,
- Neuropsychiatrists,
- Nurses,
- Occupational Therapy,
- Social Work,
- Peer Support,
- Recreational Therapy,
- Music Therapy,
- Psychology,
- Dietician,
- General Practitioner and
- Pharmacists.
Research is an integral part of the program, and patients may be offered the opportunity to participate as a subject in a clinical trial or other research project.
Find this service near you
-
UBC Hospital (UBCH)
2211 Wesbrook Mall Vancouver