Provincial Mental Health Metabolic Program

We help patients manage metabolic side effects through lifestyle counselling with a registered dietitian and occupational therapist. We also have a family physician and consulting endocrinologist who can help if we need to manage side effects with medication.

Metabolic side effects include: 

• Weight gain
• High blood sugar
• High blood pressure
• High cholesterol level
• High liver enzymes

Referral information

Every child or youth needs a referral from a health-care provider such as a psychiatrist, pediatrician or primary care provider (family doctor or nurse practitioner) to access this service.

Visit our referral page for further information on how to submit a referral.

Appointment details

Your first visit

We schedule appointments on weekdays.

After booking your appointment, we send forms to families and caregivers to complete. Filling out these forms helps reduce the questions we need to ask you during your child or youth’s first visit. 

You will meet with a dietitian and occupational therapist, and sometimes with a family physician.

First appointments are approximately 90 minutes to two hours long.

We may ask your child or youth to walk on a treadmill, so we recommend bringing comfortable clothes and appropriate footwear.

Cancelling an appointment

Please contact us as soon as possible if you need to cancel an appointment, at least 48 hours ahead of time if possible. Another patient may be able to use your appointment time.

Follow up visits

We book follow-up visits with most patients every 3-6 months. They typically last 60 to 90 minutes.

Contact us

P3 - Healthy Minds Centre
BC Children’s Hospital
4555 Heather Street
Vancouver, BC
V5Z 0A7

Phone: 604-875-2010
Fax: 604-875-2271

Additional resources

• Information for clinicians on the metabolic impacts of antipsychotic medication
• Health living information, including general mental health and substance use information and resources, is available on the Kelty Mental Health Resource Centre website