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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder [English] Permalink Public

As the name suggests, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is type of mental illness made up of two components: obsessions and compulsions. Obsessions are persistent, intrusive, and cause the person much distress and discomfort; compulsions, therefore, are carried out in a bid to reduce these anxious, guilty or shameful feelings. (English)

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http://www.heretohelp.bc.ca/sites/default/files/ob...

Post-traumatic Stress Disorder [English] Permalink Public

Post-traumatic stress disorder affects people who have gone through a traumatic event in their lives such as a disastrous earthquake, war, rape, a car or plane accident, or physical violence. The anxiety associated with the event can become so persistent and relentless that it interferes with one's day-to-day functioning. (English)

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http://www.heretohelp.bc.ca/sites/default/files/po...

Substance Use: List of Opioid Agonist Treatment (OAT) Clinics [English] Permalink Public

Opioid Agonist Treatment, often referred to as OAT, provides people who have an opioid use disorder with treatment using medications like buprenorphine/naloxone (Suboxone) and methadone. Fraser Health’s Opioid Agonist Treatment clinics provide comprehensive care and facilitate connections to other healthcare services and community supports (e.g. Primary Care, counselling etc.). (English)

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https://www.fraserhealth.ca/Service-Directory/Serv...

Welcome to the Inpatient Psychiatry Program (Peace Arch Hospital) [English] Permalink Public

Our goal is to create an environment that is patient and family-centered where your health care needs are addressed with dignity and respect. Your care team works with you to identify your mental health and/or substance use issues and help you manage them, stabilize any initial crisis, and make a treatment plan that meets your specific needs. We will also identify coping strategies and skills you can use when you go home and make a plan for when you are discharged from the hospital. (English) Colour

Opioid Medicines: Information for Patients and Families [English] Permalink Public

To comply with Part C, Division 1 of the Food and Drug Regulations for drugs on Part A of the "List of Opioids", pharmacists and practitioners must provide this patient information handout from Health Canada at the time of giving an opioid drug when going home from the hospital or on a temporary pass. We must also put a warning sticker to the drug package of an opioid. Warning stickers - order from stores #478552. (English)

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https://canada.ca/content/dam/hc-sc/documents/serv...

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Outpatient Addiction Medicine Services (Fraser Health) [English] Permalink Public

Information for free and confidential access to outpatient addictions care. (English) Colour

Mental Health and Substance Use - Services and Resources (Chilliwack) [English] Permalink Public

Community services and resources for people in Chilliwack including Emergency and Addiction Services, Shelters, Transitional Housing, Free Meals, Victim Supports, Counselling, Grief Supports, LGBTQ+ Supports, Services for Child and Youth, Services for Women, Showers and Laundry, Income and Employment Assistance, Health and Wellness Clinics, Groceries, Food Hampers, Clothing, Drug and Alcohol Resources, and Recovery Homes. (English) Colour

Welcome to the Inpatient Psychiatry Program (Abbotsford Regional Hospital and Cancer Centre) [English] Permalink Public

Our goal is to create an environment that is patient and family-centered where your health care needs are addressed with dignity and respect. Your care team works with you to identify your mental health and/or substance use issues and help you manage them, stabilize any initial crisis, and make a treatment plan that meets your specific needs. We will also identify coping strategies and skills you can use when you go home and make a plan for when you are discharged from the hospital. (English) Colour

Coping: When someone in your family has Psychosis [English] Permalink Public

A booklet containing helpful suggestions for family and friends to help them cope with and support a person struggling with psychosis. (English)

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https://www.earlypsychosis.ca/downloads/1-EPI-Copi...

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Welcome to the Inpatient Psychiatry Unit (Burnaby Hospital) [English] Permalink Public

We hope this pamphlet helps you become familiar with our unit. It gives you information about visiting, programs available, and how your care team works with you. (English) Colour