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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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Adults 19+ Mental Health Intake Services
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Child & Youth Mental Health Intake ages 6 to 18
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Access Central - Detox Referral Line
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Acute & Short-Term Crisis Intervention
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Acute Home-Based Treatment (AHBT)
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Addiction Medicine
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Addiction Recovery Program (ARP)
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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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Youth Peer Support
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Supporting and Connecting Youth (SACY) Substance Use Prevention Initiative
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Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) Teams
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Attention Deficit Hyper Activity Disorder (ADHD) Family Education
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BC Operational Stress Injury Clinic
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BC Psychosis Program
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Central Addiction Intake Team (CAIT)
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Child & Youth Urgent Response Mental Health Services
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Cognitive Assessment and Rehabilitation for Substance Use program (CARSU)
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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 Services
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Connect Parent Group (FACES)
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Youth & Young Adult Drop-In Mental Health Counselling
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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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Early Childhood Mental Health Services
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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 Psychosis Intervention (EPI) Programs
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Eating Disorders Program
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Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)
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Youth Central Addiction Intake Team (CAIT)
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Richmond Family Access Support Team (RFAST)
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Youth Assertive Outreach Mental Health Team
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Integrated Child & Youth Team (ICY)
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Youth Intensive Case Management Teams (YICMT)
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Family Support & Involvement Program
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Gastown Vocational Services (GVS)
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Geriatric Assessment Program (GAP)
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Harm Reduction Supplies & Needle Distribution Sites
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HOpe Centre Family Support
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Intensive Case Management Teams (ICMT)
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Ketamine Intervention Program for Treatment-Resistant Depression
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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 and Substance Use Outpatient Services
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Mood Disorders Clinic
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Neuropsychiatry Program
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Older Adult Mental Health and Substance Use Central Intake Line
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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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Supporting and Connecting Youth Leadership & Resiliency Program
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Youth Home Stabilization Program
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Youth Day Treatment Program
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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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Regional ADHD Clinic
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Residential Historical Abuse Program (RHAP)
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Richmond Mental Health Consumer and Friends’ Society (RCFC)
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Safe Babies Program
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Sexual Medicine Services
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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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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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Vancouver Needle Distribution and Recovery Van
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Venture
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Young Bears Lodge
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Youth Concurrent Disorders Services
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.
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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310Mental Health Support
Crisis line that provides emotional support, information and resources specific to mental health and substance use disorders.
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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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Other mental health & substance use resources
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Kelty's Key online therapy
Get free, tailored treatment from an online therapist, or work on your own with our self-help resources.
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Heretohelp resource library
Mental health and substance use information you can trust.
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Bounce Back
A free skill-building program designed to help adults and youth 13+ manage low mood, mild to moderate depression, anxiety, stress or worry.
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Breaking Free Online
Confidential wellness and recovery support program for alcohol and drugs.
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Interventional NeuroPsychiatry Clinic
Provides psychiatric consultation covered by MSP for persons who are considering non-invasive neurostimulation therapies.
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BC Children's Hospital
BC Children's Hospital offers clinics, support services and hospital care to BC children and their families.
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BC mental health and substance use services
Highly specialized treatment for people across British Columbia with severe mental health and substance use/addiction issues.
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BC Cancer
BC Cancer plans, coordinates and evaluates cancer care with the health authorities across BC.
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Child and youth mental health intake clinics
Children and youth can access free and voluntary community-based mental health supports and services in B.C.
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Transition houses and safe homes list - BC Housing
Find and contact a transition house or safe home near you.
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Foundry BC
Foundry is a province-wide network of integrated health and wellness services for young people ages 12-24.
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Turning Point Recovery Society
Turning Point currently offers bed-based services for adults in Vancouver, Richmond, the North Shore and Squamish, BC.
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24/7 addiction medicine clinician support line
Provides addiction and substance use telephone consultation to physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, midwives, and pharmacists.
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eCASE (electronic Consultative Access to Specialist Expertise)
Complementary e-Consultation service for health professionals.
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Compass toolkits
Online resource for community care providers.
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Telehealth - First Nations Health Authority
Telehealth allows First Nations individuals living in remote or rural areas to receive some health services without leaving their communities.
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