Supporting providers to deliver the best care close to home
Compass is a province-wide service to improve access to evidence-based care for all children and youth living with mental health and substance use concerns, throughout BC and the Yukon.
For healthcare or community care providers
Are you looking for support / clinical consultation on a particular case?
Call Compass for advice and support with diagnostic clarification, medication recommendations and treatment planning.
What to expect when you call Compass?
Not a healthcare provider?
Check out these helpful resources.
If you’re a parent or caregiver, go to keltymentalhealth.ca
If you’re a youth or young adult, go to foundrybc.ca
How Compass Works
A team of mental health and substance use professionals is only a call away.
Feeling stuck
Provider needs support in treating patient with mental health or substance use concerns
Telephone consultation
Consultation is conducted between the community provider and Compass team
Direct assessment IF needed
For select rural communities, after indirect consultation(s), a DA may be discussed on a case by case basis.
What to expect when you call Compass?
News
New BC Comprehensive Clinical Care Pathway for C&Y Eating Disorders Live on Compass!
As a result of COVID-19 pandemic impacts, the rates of hospitalization for children and youth (aged 10-17) with an eating disorder in Canada were 1.6 times higher in 2020 when compared to 2019. BC Children’s Hospital, in association with Shared Care (a joint collaborative committee representing a partnership between Doctors of BC and the Government of BC), is pleased to announce the launch of the BC Comprehensive Clinical Care Pathway for Child & Youth Eating Disorders. This pathway tool is aimed at supporting BC clinicians who provide care to children and youth, who may present with possible or confirmed eating disorders.
The pathway tool provides care guidance and navigation for a patient population who providers may not deliver care to on a regular basis, including:
• Assessment and screening tools
• Templates for navigating initial and follow-up visits
• Considerations around equity of care and tips for effective communication
• Basic and complex management strategies
• Patient and caregiver resources and supports
• Referral and care options in your community
The comprehensive pathway tool is available now under the Resources tab in the Education section on the Compass BC website or can be found at this Link, and will officially launch by the end of summer 2024.
PsychEd4Peds: CYMH Podcast for Pediatric Clinicians
PsychED4Peds is the child mental health podcast designed for pediatric clinicians - helping YOU help KIDS!
Dr. Elise Fallucco, M.D. joins other experts in the fields of child psychiatry, psychology, and pediatrics to share practical, concrete tools, tips, resources and strategies that can help pediatric clinicians take care of kids and teens.
BCCH-UBC ADHD Research Study
BCCH-UBC are investigating how Asian Canadian and White Canadian families make decisions about what treatment to pursue for their children and youth with ADHD. The hope is to help reduce the mental health service gap for Asian Canadian families. Each family will complete measures at 3 time points over a year.
Families are eligible for this study if their child/youth:
- has been assessed for ADHD within 2 months, and
- is between the ages of 6-18 years, and
- is of Asian decent, or
- is of western European descent
Referring Physicians Receive:
- With families' consent, BCCH-UBC will share with you individualized information about elevated scores on common comorbidities with ADHD that the child/youth is presenting with.
- Study results, including strategies physicians can use to connect Asian Canadian families with treatments they find acceptable.
Find out more about the study and find study resources to share with families here: https://bcchr.ca/adhd-study/study-info-physicians-clinicians
Contact the team for more information:
- UBC peer lab director: Dr Amori Mikami mikami@psych.ubc.ca
- BCCH psychologist & investigator: Dr Janet Mah jmah@bcchr.ca