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Acute Inpatient Services: Victoria

The three-unit inpatient service provides acute inpatient assessment and treatment services at the Eric Martin Pavilion, Royal Jubilee Hospital.
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Patient Care Centre - Royal Jubilee Hospital
1952 Bay Street
Victoria, BC  V8R 1J8

Access Services

Access to the inpatient units is by family physician, psychiatrist, or through Emergency Services.

Services Provided

  • Psychiatric Intensive Care (PIC) provides short-term intensive psychiatric care to patients with both mental health and addiction disorders in a secure environment. 
  • The other inpatient units provide stabilization of acute psychiatric symptoms in a safe environment.
  • Units are served by multi-disciplinary teams including psychiatrists, nurses, social workers, psychologists, pharmacists, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, recreation therapists, and other allied health professionals.
  • Acute inpatient services works closely with Psychiatric Emergency Services, Victoria Mental Health, the Psychiatric Day Hospital and liaises with other relevant programs and services.

Services Include

  • Mental health and addiction standardized assessments.
  • Customized patient care/treatment plans.
  • Safety monitoring.
  • Physical health assessment and treatment (including IV medication administration, basic wound care and other medical treatment/procedures).
  • Medication administration, efficacy assessment and monitoring.
  • Diagnostic, medical imaging and laboratory services.
  • Early psychosis screening, assessment and treatment (EPI).
  • Electroconvulsive therapy.
  • Mental health, addiction, and physical health education.
  • Nutritional counseling.
  • Activities and therapeutic group programs (supplemented by the Day Hospital)
  • Activities of daily living assessments.
  • Psychological testing.
  • Financial service/support referrals.
  • Referral/access to both MHAS and non-MHAS community and residential services.
  • Liaison with family physicians and other health professionals in the community.
  • Eating disorder: supportive eating program (3B only).

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