Peer Assisted Care Teams pair a support worker with lived experience of mental health issues with a mental health professional to attend to people in distress. Premier David Eby announced B.C. will create 12 new PACTs across the province.

Moira Wyton is The Tyee’s health reporter. Follow her @moirawyton 

Published on Friday, Nov. 24, 2022.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/11/24/New-Model-Responding-Mental-Health-Crises/

Peer Assisted Care Teams pair a support worker with lived experience of mental health issues with a mental health professional to attend to people in distress. Premier David Eby announced B.C. will create 12 new PACTs across the province. Moira Wyton is The Tyee’s health reporter. Follow her @moirawyton Published on Friday, Nov. 24, 2022. https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/11/24/New-Model-Responding-Mental-Health-Crises/

A New Model for Responding to Mental Health Crises

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