CYMHSU Community of Practice

Our Mission

To equip doctors with the tools, skills, and relationships to advance child and youth mental health care, and substance use prevention and care across BC.

2023/25 Strategic Plan

Adverse Childhood Experiences working group brings trauma-informed practices to law enforcement

In May, medicine and law enforcement came together in Surrey. Physicians led a day-long workshop with Surrey Police Service officers and staff on trauma-informed practices, funded by the Shared Care Committee. They focused on how the newly established police agency can offer even more compassionate support to vulnerable community members, fostering understanding and patience in interactions. Read the full article.

Key learnings and takeaways were captured in a post-event report, along with key quotes from presenters.

CYMHSU CoP Annual Gathering

The CYMHSU CoP Steering Committee recently held their 9th annual in-person gathering on November 14, 2024. Participants came together in Vancouver, BC to build stronger health professional networks and further shared learning. Attendees also learned to apply cultural approaches to prevention and early intervention of mental health and substance use to promote better outcomes for children and youth.

Read through the post-event report for key learnings and take aways from the CYMHSU Community of Practice's annual gathering.

Event Resources:

WORKING GROUPS FOCUSing ON PRIORITY AREAS

1) Substance Use

2) Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)

3) Rotating short-term “Hot Topic” issue as identified by CoP membership

resources

UBC CPD Webinars: Child and Youth Mental Health and Substance Use

A number of educational webinars have been recorded for ongoing access since 2020. You can access all of the recordings from the past three years through UBC CPD's webinars page.

Archived recordings (older than three years) may be found on Doctors of BC's YouTube page, in the CYMHSU CoP Webinars playlist.

ACES resources

For a comprehensive selection of ACEs resources and articles, take a look at our ACEs folder in the Collaborative Toolbox.

ACEs and Trauma-Informed Care for Children and Youth

A virtual education session on ACES & Trauma-Informed Care for Children and Youth by family physicians, Drs. Linda Emiko Uyeda, Shirley Sze, and developmental pediatrician Dr. Christine Loock. This session is for healthcare teams across BC who work with children, youth and families.

To view the webinar, please use the passcode: e+b+h$1J.

Everyday Anxiety Strategies for Early Years

EASEY is a self-paced, online course and collection of resources that provides BC early years professionals with practical and evidence-informed anxiety information and strategies to strengthen their capacity to support families with young children ages 0-6 experiencing everyday (mild to moderate) anxiety. For more information, view the EASEY Infographic.

Child and Youth Substance Use Clinical Care Pathway

The Shared Care-funded UBC CPD-led CYSU Clinical Pathway project recently accomplished a milestone in this project with the completion of the Child and Youth Substance Use Clinical Care Pathway. For point of care access to this resource, visit Pathways BC.