Mental Health | RCCbc Site Visits & Innovations

Youth Poverty Solutions

Community works together to have grassroots conversations around youth poverty and what can be done to solve important issues.

Using Texting to Plan Ahead for Nurse Practitioner Schedules

Youth Initiative

Nurse Practitioner utilizes texting with Child & Youth Mental Health to communicate anonymized information about a youths general situation in order to find the best placement for them.

Umbrella for Mental Health Support Provides Access to Youth

Mental Health

Multiple initiatives offer solutions to children in need of mental health support.

Telehealth Allows Access to Psychiatry Within Communities

Virtual Care

By linking communities through telehealth, access to psychiatry during off-hours helps everyone involved.

Psychiatry Telehealth Pilot Program Provides Better Patient Care

Virtual Care

Telehealth pilot leads to lower admission rates and faster access to care for psychiatry needs

Mental Health Support Through Telehealth

Mental Health

It is rare for a community to say that they have fantastic mental health supports, but one community reports that they have many stepping stones in place, and that they utilize Telehealth in their efforts to battle mental health and it is proving to work well for them.

Locals Look After ‘The Yellow House’ Mental Health Services

First Nations

Community individuals look after The Yellow House where mental health services are referred from local communities and make good connections with outreach services and the hospital.

Local Nurse Practioner Works With School Counselor to Support Youth

Youth Initiative

Youth experiencing lack of continual care are linked in with Nurse Practicioner for support

Indigenous Led Circle Offers Mental Health and Addiction Support

First Nations

Healing Drum Circle part of Programming welcomes all battling with mental health and addiction

In school wellness centre gives students easy access to health care

Addictions, Communication, Community & Volunteer, Cultural Safety, Divisions of Family Practice, Education, First Nations, Mental Health, Patient Access, Youth Initiative

The SAS Wellness Centre has a team of professionals and volunteers who provide holistic health care to the students in a culturally safe and welcoming environment, including those from Indigenous and LGBTQQIA2S communities.

Highschool Hub Helps Youth Access Clinical Care

Youth Initiative

Mental health and medical appointments made available to students weekly at a clinic located in their high school.

First Nation’s Healing Centre Success

First Nations

A First Nation’s healing centre takes a successful approach at addressing the root of historical trauma while providing appropriate resources for such healing to take place.

First Nations Community Uses a Trauma Informed Lens for Mental Health in Youth

Mental Health

Community works together to fill gap in mental health care resources and address youth mental health and suicide through prevention, education and including a trauma informed lens.

Family Parenting Place

Community & Volunteer

The Family Parenting Place is a drop-in centre for children and parents for mentorship, Health Canada programs, perinatal nutrition program, etc.

Educational Resources for Trauma

First Nations

Resources provided to parents with trauma who are dealing with young children. There are also resources for community providers to help understand trauma in First Nations bands as a social determinant of health.