A specialized program that supports children, youth and young adults aged 13-24 and their families and natural supports navigating both mental health and substance use challenges.
The Youth Concurrent Disorders Program (YCD) offers compassionate, culturally safe, and trauma-informed care across the Fraser Health region through holistic screening, tailored treatment planning, individual and group therapy, family support, and systems navigation. Services are delivered through outreach-based engagement. Clinicians meet youth where they are, physically and emotionally, and adapt responses to their unique circumstances and readiness for change.
The program also coordinates and connects clients to specialized Fraser Health services such as Early Psychosis Intervention, Eating Disorders, and Child and Youth Mental Health. YCD emphasizes client-centered care, harm reduction, and inclusive practices, with a strong commitment to reconciliation and culturally safe strategies for Indigenous youth and families.
Clients can expect:
- Screening and assessment with individualized recommendations
- Case management
- Collaborative treatment planning developed by the client and clinicians
- Outreached based individual therapy
- Systems navigation
- Referrals to additional services, including bed-based programs and group supports.
- Access to psychiatry for consultation and medication support
- Harm reduction education and naloxone training
Access
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria
- Children, youth and young adults ages 13 to 24 and their family members
- Lives in the Fraser Health region
- Experiencing both mental health and substance use challenges
Exclusion Criteria
- Individuals under the age of 13 and over the age of 25
- Individuals who are not experiencing both mental health and substance use challenges
Please note: If a referred client does not meet the service’s criteria, or if another service is better suited to their needs, we will assist them in connecting with the most appropriate support service.
Referral
Referrals can be made by contacting the regional YCD intake line. To refer, please call 778-240-3624.
Self and family referrals are accepted. Referrals are open access, and anyone can refer.
Professional referrals are often received from the many individuals working with the youth and young adults:
- Clinicians/therapists/youth workers/counsellors
- Community services
- Other Fraser Health services; Short Term Assessment Response Treatment, Early Psychosis Intervention, and Substance Use Services Access Team
- Child Adolescent Psychiatric Stabilization Unit, Adolescent Psychiatric Unit, and Emergency Departments
- Ministry of Children and Family Development social workers
- Probation officers
- Physicians
- Psychiatrists
Resources
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health: Concurrent disorders symptoms
Understand the signs and symptoms of concurrent disorders. - Provincial youth concurrent disorders program
An outpatient clinic that provides consultation, comprehensive psychiatric assessments and limited treatment for youth ages 12-24 from the province of British Columbia. - Kelty Mental Health: Concurrent disorders
What are concurrent disorders? What is a substance use problem? Is any substance use a problem? What is a mental disorder? How are substance use problems and mental disorders connected? - Dealing with depression: Antidepressant skills for teens workbook
Workbook for teens that explains depression and teaches three main antidepressant skills you can use to help overcome or prevent it. - Early psychosis intervention
Information and resources about early psychosis intervention (EPI). - Foundry
Helping young people identify and understand the mental distress they may be experiencing and to link them to the skills and strategies they need to manage these problems.