Find Support
Crisis Support
Adults in BC
If you are in crisis and/or distress and require an immediate response, call the Crisis Line Network at 310-6789. This network links crisis lines across the province to provide mental health information and support to the people of BC. For more information, visit www.crisislines.bc.ca. For suicide-related calls, you can also reach the Crisis Centre’s BC-wide Distress Line at 1-800-SUICIDE (784-2433)
Child & Youth in BC
Kid’s Help Phone
1-800-668-6868 in BC
Youth in BC
Live one-on-one chat available from noon to 1 a.m. everyday
24-Hour Distress Line: available 24-hours a day, 7-days a week
Lower Mainland: 604-872-3311, or Toll Free 1-866-661-3311
www.youthinbc.com
Mental health information and services
This list is an introduction to some of the mental health and related services and resources in BC. It is not an exhaustive list. If your experience with the first one you contact isn’t ideal, don’t give up hope! Contact another one until you find something that works for you. Remember, you are not alone!
General information
Health Link BC
Offers 24/7 access to anyone wanting to know about any health authority service, including mental health and addiction services
www.healthlinkbc.ca or call 811
BC211
The Red Book Online: Community, social and government services in the Lower Mainland
www.bc211.ca or call 211
BC Health Authorities
www.health.gov.bc.ca/socsec
BC Mental Health & Addiction Services
www.bcmhas.ca/default.htm
Canadian Mental Health Association (BC Division)
www.cmha.bc.ca
Canadian Mental Health Association (National)
www.cmha.ca
Blue Wave
www.ok2bblue.com
HereToHelp
A project of the BC Partners for Mental Health and Addictions Information, a group of seven leading mental health and addictions nonprofit agencies
www.heretohelp.bc.ca
Addictions
Problem Gambling Help Line
www.bc211.ca/pghl.html or call 1-888-795-6111
Alcohol and Drug Information and Referral Service
www.bc211.ca/adirs2.html or call Lower Mainland: 604-660-9382, BC: 1-800-663-1441
Centre for Addictions Research of BC, University of Victoria
www.carbc.ca
Anxiety Disorders
Anxiety Disorders Association of British Columbia (AnxietyBC)
www.anxietybc.com
Child and Youth
Kelty Mental Health Resource Centre
www.keltymentalhealth.ca
The FORCE Society for Kids’ Mental Health
www.forcesociety.com
Eating Disorders
Jessie’s Legacy, Family Services of the North Shore
www.familyservices.bc.ca/professionals-a-educators/jessies-legacy
Mood Disorders
Mood Disorders Association of British Columbia (MDA)
www.mdabc.net
Schizophrenia (and other mental illnesses)
British Columbia Schizophrenia Society (BCSS)
www.bcss.org
Mental health resources in other languages
Beyond Blue
www.beyondblue.org.au
HeretoHelp
www.heretohelp.bc.ca/other-languages
Multicultural Mental Health Resource Centre
www.mmhrc.ca