mental health & addictions
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Mental Health & Addictions. Chilliwack Healthier Community Strategic Action Plan. Mental Health & Addictions. Will become leading health care issue in next 20 years (WHO) 1 in 5 people will experience some form of mental disorder this year (Province) - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Mental Health&
Addictions
Chilliwack Healthier Community Strategic
Action Plan
Mental Health & Addictions
• Will become leading health care issue in next 20 years (WHO)
• 1 in 5 people will experience some form of mental disorder this year (Province)
• Connection between homelessness, addictions, & mental health
2008 FVRD Homeless Count
• 465 homeless in FVRD– 98 in Chilliwack
• 64% reported an addiction– 32% addiction & other health problem– 32% addiction only
• 33 % reported a mental illness– 25% mental illness & other health problem– 8% mental illness only
Mental Health Services (FHA)
• Adult Mental Health Centre– Adult Community Support Services– Adult Short Term Assessment & Treatment– Group Therapy Services– Concurrent Disorder Program– Early Psychosis Intervention (13-35 yrs)– Eating Disorder Clinician– Geriatric Program
Mental Health Services (FHA)
• Chilliwack General Hospital – 14 bed psychiatric unit
• Crisis Residential Emergency Short Stay – 10 beds (Abbotsford)
• Contract Services– Programs (Communitas Supportive Care)
• Peer Support, Support Towards Employment, Wellness Recovery Action Plan
– Creative Centre Society• Community living support workers & clubhouse
– Aboriginal Mental Health Liasion Program (Stó:lō Nation Health Services)
Resources
• Chilliwack Mental Health Advisory Committee
• Chilliwack Supportive Housing Society
• New Horizon Soceity Evening & Weekend Support program
• Mood Disorders Group
ChilliwackAddiction & Prevention Services
• 200 needle exchange users
• 41 documented sex trade workers
• 1,562 active clients struggling with addiction
• Additional 3,120 contacts in last year
Chilliwack Mental Health CentreCore Issues
• Increasing # referrals– Housing more affordable than
Metro Vancouver
• Heavy caseloads– 50 clients / clinician– 130 referrals / month– Focus on group work over
individual counselling– High incidence of depression
& anxiety
• Lack of appropriate housing
• Outreach – access for those in need of care
• Psychiatrist recruitment
Mental Health ChallengesChilliwack Mental Health Centre
Core Issues
Housing – current supplyOperator Target Group Units/BedsCommunitas Suportive Care Soceity
Adults with mental health disabilityKayetta Place (12 units)
Chilliwack Mental Health
Adults with mental illnessTopaz Place (12 beds)
Chilliwack Supportive Housing Society
Adults with serious mental illness who can't live indepently ( Started by parents whose children had schizophrenia )
10 unit apartment + 7 satellite units
Community Living BC
Developmentaly disabled adults13 Group homes (49 beds)
Teen Challenge Men's Campus
Males 19-45 yrs old with addiction problems, gang membership, life-controlling problems
16 teen beds + 6 graduate beds in men's centre;
– Chilliwack Mental Health– 22 bed facility– Transitional Living Program– Supported Independent Living subsidies
Client Age
Alcohol / Drug free
Mental illness
Concurrent Disorder
Low Barrier
22 shared singles; 21 units
Health Contact Centre
Pacific Community Resources Society / Fraser Health
all ages
2 yrs +
12 unitsSchool Street (youth)
Chilliwack Community Services
15-19 yrs
2 yrs
15 bedsRuth & Naomi's
Ruth & Naomi's Mission
19+ 2 yrs
Long-term Supported
20 beds RiverviewFraser Health
19 + n/a
Long term semi-independent
24 unitsSchool Street - adults
Creative Centre Society
19 + n/a
Max. stay
Number of units
Eligibility Criteria
Transitional
Service Provider
Name of Project
Housing type
Housing - proposed
Supportive Housing Needed
• low-barrier housing and/ or shelter
• Support recovery homes
• Licensed residential facilities
• Supported Independent Living Rental Subsidies
• Safe place to become sober - safety and policing concerns