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Binge drinking puts young women at risk

Vancouver, BC – Twenty-one-year-old Calista Fanthorpe started drinking when she was 12. “I would stand outside a liquor store and get a parent or adult to buy me a large bottle of hard booze to split with two friends. In less than an hour it would be gone,” Calista says. “I would become so intoxicated, engage in risky behavior and use other drugs. I was the ultimate party girl.”

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Participants “Walk-A-Mile” to help stamp out the stigma of mental illness

VANCOUVER – Reducing the stigma of mental illness involves breaking down stereotypes and bringing greater awareness to the condition. That’s where the “Stigma Slayers” come in.

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New centre at VGH streamlines care for mental health and substance use clients

Vancouver, BC – Vancouver Coastal Health has opened a new centre to streamline access to mental health and substance use services. The Access and Assessment Centre (AAC) at Vancouver General Hospital will take pressure off emergency departments and provide a central location where clients with mental health and substance use problems can access health care services and information, including an onsite assessment.

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Forensic Sexual Assault Services Planned for UBC Hospital

Vancouver – People who have been sexually assaulted will be able to access forensic services on the UBC Campus when specially trained staff from BC Women’s Hospital + Health Centre, with partners from Vancouver General Hospital and Providence Health Care, expand their services to include the UBC Hospital’s Urgent Care Centre in September 2016.

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Regional Trauma Program is nation’s first to receive ‘Distinction’ award by Accreditation Canada

Vancouver, BC – The Regional Trauma Program – which includes trauma centres in Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH), Providence Health Care (PHC), and Provincial Health Services Agency (PHSA) – is the first in Canada to ever be awarded ‘Distinction in Trauma Services’ by Accreditation Canada. The Trauma Distinction Award recognizes national leadership in the provision of high-quality trauma care.

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B.C. gives $5 million to expand efforts to curb hepatitis C infection

VANCOUVER – The Province has provided $5 million to the St. Paul's Hospital Foundation for a research study on how to reduce new infections of hepatitis C in the province, announced Health Minister Terry Lake today, along with BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BCCfE) director Dr. Julio Montaner.

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