BC Gov News

To help link vulnerable seniors to vital mental health and addictions services, the Province is providing $500,000 to the Seniors Services Society to expand outreach through its existing programs and partnerships.

As part of its ongoing work to connect people to treatment and recovery services and raise awareness about addiction, the Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions is providing $100,000 to Last Door Recovery Society to support the 2019 Building Recovery Capital in Canada campaign.

Judy Darcy, Minister of Mental Health and Addictions, and Katrine Conroy, Minister of Children and Family Development, have issued the following statement in recognition of Child and Youth Mental Health Day, May 7, 2019:

Judy Darcy, Minister of Mental Health and Addictions, has issued the following statement in recognition of Mental Health Week, May 6-12:

Judy Darcy, Minister of Mental Health and Addictions, has issued the following statement in response to the Office of the Ombudsperson’s report entitled Committed to Change: Protecting the Rights of Involuntary Patients Under the Mental Health Act:

People who serve on juries in British Columbia will now have access to free counselling through a new support program.