Psychosocial Rehabilitation

Psychosocial rehabilitation helps people with serious mental health and substance use challenges to enhance their quality of life. This approach focuses on personal recovery and community integration. Our programs help participants develop new skills, access community resources and find satisfaction in their living, working and social environments.

Services offered

Our programs offer a range of services that may include:

  • Individual and group support
  • Wellness education and self-management skills
  • Occupational therapy
  • Life skills training
  • Access to community resources 
  • Support returning to meaningful activities including leisure and employment 

Psychosocial rehabilitation programs

Psychosocial rehabilitation is available through several programs across the Island Health region. To learn more and access these services, please visit Mental Health and Substance Use Services.

Additional Resources

News & Events

Dr. Hendri Eksteen

Virtual psychiatry service brings timely mental health care to rural communities

Island Health now offers Virtual On-Demand Urgent Psychiatry, giving adults in five rural hospitals evening and weekend access to psychiatric care via secure virtual consultations.

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Fateh Care Charity and Counselling Centre for Immigrants and Refugees win 2025 mental health and substance use awards

Fateh Care Charity and Counselling Centre for Immigrants and Refugees win 2025 mental health and substance use awards

Island Health is recognizing the founder of a charity and a local counselling group for their exceptional efforts to help people experiencing mental health and substance use challenges.

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image of Beth Haywood, peer coordinator

Connection is cornerstone for peer coordinator Beth in her substance use recovery journey

For Beth Haywood, connection was more than support—it was survival. Now six years sober and a peer coordinator with Island Health, she credits the life-changing relationships she made along the way as the cornerstone of  her recovery. 

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