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

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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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