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
Quarterly Compass Newsletter - Q1 2025
We're thrilled to relaunch the Compass Newsletter! In this edition, we're re-introducing ourselves, highlighting our services, showcasing the Compass website, and putting faces to the names you may have encountered during consultations. Future newsletters will be released every quarter and will feature updates on upcoming educational opportunities and valuable mental health insights. In the meantime, remember—we're just a phone call away.
We look forward to connecting with you soon!
Oct 1 - Compass Lunch & Learn: BC Comprehensive CC Pathway for C&Y Eating Disorders
BC Children’s Hospital Compass Mental Health program invites you to an upcoming virtual lunch & learn, presented by Dr. Tara Tandan and Dr. Katie Mitchell on the new BC Comprehensive Clinical Care Pathway for C&Y Eating Disorders, which is now live on the Compass Mental Health Website (Pathway Link).
Learning Objective:
Providers will be able to effectively utilize the BC Comprehensive Clinical Care Pathway Tool for Child and Youth Eating Disorders to enhance their care delivery and help with navigation for a patient population who providers may not deliver care to on a regular basis.
When: Tuesday, October 1 2024
Time: 12pm-1pm
Zoom Link (no registration required):
https://phsa.zoom.us/j/64893102750?pwd=scBFexGVOTNkOfTaSXW6i2GaFDeo4a.1
Alternatively, you can join the virtual health visit by entering the following info in Zoom:
Meeting ID: 648 9310 2750
Password: 078190
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.