While mental illness or substance use can seriously affect you and your family members, recovery is possible. Like most illnesses, getting early treatment is important. Mental Health and Substance Use services provide a range of health care and support services to adults and older adults struggling with acute, chronic, or recurring challenges, including:

Services may be provided in hospitals, the community or in your own home. For other services available in Vancouver, visit Providence Health Care website.

Accessing mental health and substance use services 

Find ways to access mental health and substance use services.

Children and youth mental health services

We support children and youth with serious mental health difficulties or social, emotional or behaviour disturbances. Go to the Children & youth mental health services page.

Acute and short-term treatment services

Acute and short term treatment services provide assessment, stabilization and short-term treatment in hospital, community or home environments. Go to the acute and short term treatment services page.

Community rehabilitation services 

Community mental health services 

Learn more about how our programs serve clients with major and persistent mental illnesses in the community.

Deaf, Hard of Hearing & Deaf-Blind Well-Being Program

Eating disorders programs 

Search our directory for programs for anyone struggling with body image, disordered eating, and eating disorders.

Family involvement & support program 

• Family Involvement and Support Program
  

We provide supplies for safer drug injection and smoking, as well as information and referrals to health and substance use services. Learn more about harm reduction.

LGBT2Q+ services 

Online mental health & substance use services

Online services make it easy to get the help you need at a time and place that is convenient for you.

Outpatient services

Services for adults dealing with various forms of mental illness. Learn more about mental health outpatient services.

• Suicide Attempt Follow-up, Education & Research (S.A.F.E.R.) - Counselling, support, end education for anyone feeling suicidal or has attempted suicide, and their friends or family members. 
  

Mental health peer support

Substance use support

Services that can help those struggling with substance use or addiction, including detox, counselling and medication.

Tertiary mental health services 

Tertiary mental health services provide specialized care to meet the needs of individuals with serious and persistent mental illness who have not been successfully treated by other programs.