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Mental health and substance use services A to Z
Browse the complete A to Z list of mental health and substance use services available in-person and virtually.
Services
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Access and Assessment Centre (AAC)
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Access Central - Detox Referral Line
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Acute & Short-Term Crisis Intervention
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Addiction Medicine
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Addiction Recovery Program (ARP)
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Adult ADHD Clinics
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Adult Community Support Services
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Adult Intensive Tertiary Mental Health Rehabilitation Services
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Adult Mental Health Teams
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Adult Short-Term Assessment Treatment (ASTAT)
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Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Clinic
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Attention Deficit Hyper Activity Disorder (ADHD) Family Education
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BC Psychosis Program
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Central Addiction Intake Team (CAIT)
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Central Intake Line - Older Adult Mental Health and Substance Use
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Child & Adolescent Mental Health Program (CAP)
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Child & Adolescent Response Team (CART)
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Child & Youth Mental Health Teams
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Child & Youth Suicide Prevention Services
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Community Psychiatric Services
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Community Transition Teams
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Complex Pain & Addictions Services (CPAS)
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Concurrent Disorders Intervention Units
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Concurrent Disorders Services
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Connect Parent Group (FACES)
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Consumer Initiative Fund
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Crisis Response Lines
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Detox Services
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Developmental Disabilities Mental Health Services
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Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) Group Therapy
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Diners’ Club Congregate Meals Program
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Drug & Alcohol Resource Teams
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Drug Checking
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Early Childhood Mental Health Services
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Early Psychosis Intervention (EPI)
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Eating Disorders Program
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Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)
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Family & Child Counselling Program
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Family Involvement & Support Programs
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Gastown Vocational Services (GVS)
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Harm Reduction & Needle Exchange
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Here4Peers
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HOpe Centre Family Support
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Intensive Case Management Teams (ICMT)
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Lighthouse Virtual Substance Use Care
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Mental Health & Substance Use Services
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Mental Health & Substance Use Supported Housing (MHSUSH)
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Mental Health Outpatient Services
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Mood Disorders Clinic
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Neighbourhood Needle Recovery Program
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Neuropsychiatry Program
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Older Adult Mental Health Programs
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Overdose Outreach Team
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Pacific Post-Partum Support Group
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Peak House
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Peer Support Worker Programs
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Perinatal Depression Group
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Programs
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Provincial Specialized Eating Disorders Program
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Psychiatric Crisis & Emergency Services
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Psychiatric Inpatient Services
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Psychiatry Consultation Clinic
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Rapid Access Consult Clinic (RACC)
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Residential Historical Abuse Program (RHAP)
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Resilient Kids (FACES)
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Richmond Mental Health Consumer and Friends’ Society (RCFC)
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Richmond Mental Health Emergency Services
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Safe Babies Program
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Sheway Pregnancy Outreach Program
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Sisters Together Active in Recovery (STAR)
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SMART Recovery
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STEPS Mental Health Rehabilitation Program
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Substance Use Public Education
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Substance-Use Treatment And Response Team (START)
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Suicide Attempt, Follow-up, Education & Research (S.A.F.E.R.)
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Supporting and Connecting Youth (SACY) Substance Use Prevention Initiative
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Supporting and Connecting Youth Leadership & Resiliency Program
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Tertiary Mental Health & Substance Use Services
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The Deaf, Hard of Hearing & Deaf-Blind Well-Being Program (WBP)
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Transitions Concurrent Disorders Program
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Vancouver Addiction Matrix Program (VAMP)
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Vancouver Integrated Supervision Unit (VISU)
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Vancouver Junction
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Venture
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Youth & Young Adult Drop-In Mental Health Counselling
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Youth & Young Adult Mental Health Substance Use Support
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Youth Assertive Outreach Mental Health Team
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Youth Concurrent Disorders Program (FACES)
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Youth Concurrent Disorders Services
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Youth Day Treatment Program
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Youth Home Stabilization Program
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Youth Intensive Case Management Teams (YICMT)
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Youth Peer Support
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Youth Urgent Response Team (YURT)
Decriminalization of controlled substances for personal use
For information on decriminalization of small amounts of controlled substances for adults in B.C., visit our decriminalization webpage.
Mental health and substance use support for all ages across the Vancouver Coastal Health region
Crisis support
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Medical emergency
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Healthlink BC
HealthLink BC is a 24-hour free phone line for confidential health information and advice.
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HealthLink BC - for deaf or hearing impaired
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Kids Help Phone
Immediate and caring support, information and if necessary, referral to a local community or social service agency.
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Youth in BC Distress Line
24-hour distress line staffed by trained volunteers who are committed to helping youths in crisis.
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Seniors Distress Line
Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
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Crisis Centre - Youth Online Chat
Chat with a crisis responder in the Youth Online Chat from 12 p.m. to 1 a.m.
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Crisis Centre - Crisis Online Chat
Chat with a crisis responder from 12 p.m. to 1 a.m.
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Talk Suicide Crisis Line or Text
24 hours a day, 7 days a week to connect to a crisis responder to get help without judgement. Text available 45645 4 p.m. to midnight ET.
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