ACT Advanced Practice Project Team
In 2020, the British Columbia (BC) Ministry of Health announced ongoing funding for the provincial Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) Advanced Practice initiative.
The ACT Advanced Practice initiative works to bridge the gap between research, practice, and policy in mental health and substance use services across BC. Operating under a provincial mandate, we support the implementation, continuous improvement, and sustainability of specialized evidence-informed practices across the province.
Explore our nine core components below to learn more about our areas of focus and the supports we provide.
Dr. Daniel Vigo
Daniel is a clinical psychologist, a medical doctor, and a university specialist in psychiatry. He obtained a Doctorate in Public Health from Harvard University, as well as Post-Doctoral Research and Clinical Fellowships at Columbia University (NY, US) and the University of British Columbia. He has 20+ years of clinical and supervisory experience, focused on the treatment of the most severely affected clients in various settings, including outpatient and inpatient care, community recovery centres, and specialized concurrent disorders care. He led a collaboration with King’s College (UK) and Columbia University (US) to develop practice implementation guidelines for ACT in Argentina, where he was the Founding Director of the first Assertive Community Treatment Department, which he led for several years.
He currently heads the Mental Health Systems and Services Lab at UBC, holds faculty appointments at UBC’s Department of Psychiatry and School of Population and Public Health (as well as at Harvard Medical School), practices as an ACT Psychiatrist and is a Scientist at the Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences at St. Paul’s Hospital. Daniel has worked closely with the BC Ministry of Health and Health Authorities on various strategic health systems initiatives and currently leads Health Canada-funded implementation and evaluation projects at the national level.