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Mental Health & Addictions

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)

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Mental Health & Addictions

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  1. Mental Health&Addictions Chilliwack Healthier Community Strategic Action Plan

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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)

  6. Resources • Chilliwack Mental Health Advisory Committee • Chilliwack Supportive Housing Society • New Horizon Soceity Evening & Weekend Support program • Mood Disorders Group

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. Chilliwack Mental Health CentreCore Issues Mental Health Challenges • Lack of appropriate housing • Outreach – access for those in need of care • Psychiatrist recruitment

  10. Housing – current supply • Chilliwack Mental Health • 22 bed facility • Transitional Living Program • Supported Independent Living subsidies

  11. Housing - proposed

  12. 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

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