Supporting community care providers to deliver the best mental health and substance use care close to home.

Compass is a province-wide service to improve access to evidence-based care for all BC children and youth living with mental health and substance use concerns.

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COVID-19 Provider Support

Compass is open and business as usual during COVID-19. For tips and strategies for supporting families and links to billing codes you can use for Compass consultations, visit the links below.

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Who Can Use the Service?

Compass is available to community care providers working with children and youth with mental health and substance use concerns, such as primary care providers, specialist physicians, mental health clincians, Foundry clinicians, and concurrent disorders/substance use clinicians.

If you are a parent or caregiver, please visit keltymentalhealth.ca

If you are youth or young adult, please visit foundrybc.ca

What to Expect

When you call for a consultation, you’ll have access to a multi-disciplinary team who can offer:

  • Telephone advice and support
  • Identification and help with connection to local & online resources
  • Telehealth consultation, for you and your patient, when needed
  • Tailored education

The team includes child and youth psychiatrists, mental health and substance use clinicians (social workers, nurses, psychologists, etc.), and a care coordinator.

The Compass team can help with diagnostic clarification, medication recommendations and treatment planning. Support is available for a wide range of issues including substance use, mental health, behavioural and family challenges, trauma and general guidance when things aren't going well. You will receive a written record of all consultation recommendations for your patient's chart.

 

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February 8, 2021, 9:00am – 10:30am | Online | Webinar

Annual Neuropsychiatry Seminar

Dr. Chris Oliver, BSc, MPhil, PhD, CPsychol Dr. Chris Oliver will be visiting virtually from the University of Birmingham from the Annual Derryck Smith Neuropsychiatry lecture. He is the Professor of Neurodevelopmental Disorders and Director of the Cerebra Centre for Neurodevelopmental Disorders. Dr. Oliver's main research interests are behavioural, cognitive and emotional disorders in people with severe intellectual disability, genetic syndromes and autism spectrum conditions. 9:00 - 10:30 Seminar: Self-injurious behaviour in people with severe intellectual disability: Causes, assessment, and intervention To attend: Open: https://ubc.zoom.us/ and click on "Join a Meeting" Enter the ZOOM Meeting ID: 97842 066358  Enter the Passcode: 066358 

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February 8, 2021, 12:00pm – 1:00pm | Online | Webinar

Annual Neuropsychiatry Lecture

Dr. Chris Oliver, BSc, MPhil, PhD, CPsychol Dr. Chris Oliver will be visiting virtually from the University of Birmingham from the Annual Derryck Smith Neuropsychiatry lecture. He is the Professor of Neurodevelopmental Disorders and Director of the Cerebra Centre for Neurodevelopmental Disorders. Dr. Oliver's main research interests are behavioural, cognitive and emotional disorders in people with severe intellectual disability, genetic syndromes and autism spectrum conditions. 12:00 - 13:00 Grand Rounds (Annual Neuropsychiatry Lecture) The nine significant influences on behaviour and wellbeing in people with severe intellectual disability and complex needs.  To attend: Open: https://ubc.zoom.us/ and click on "Join a Meeting" Enter the ZOOM Meeting ID: 92277 871194 Enter the Passcode: 871194 

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