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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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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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Integrated Child & Youth Team (ICY)
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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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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 Family Access Support Team (RFAST)
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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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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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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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Vancouver Needle Distribution and Recovery Van
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Venture
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Young Bears Lodge
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Youth Assertive Outreach Mental Health Team
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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
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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