I’ve been hearing about psychiatrist Steve Mathias for years, his efforts to bring mental-health services to street kids in the West End and the Downtown Eastside.

I finally got to spend some time with him and hear about his big idea for how to get better psychiatric services to more kids in B.C. His storefront operation on Granville Street just opened. Now we’ll see if it will go further.

Here’s the story I did on him in Vancouver magazine.