Mental Health
Anxiety BC
Phone: 604-525-7566
Address: 103-237 East Columbia St., New Westminster BC
Web: www.anxietybc.com
The Anxiety Disorders Association of BC provides information about how excess anxiety can express itself and also provides effective strategies to begin addressing anxiety. The site includes self-help tips, workshop listings and resources, as well as a section devoted to anxiety & parenting.
Mind Your Mind
Web: www.mindyourmind.ca
A site for youth by youth. Provides info, resources and tools to help manage stress, crisis and mental health issues.
A program of Family Service Thames Valley in London, Ontario.
Vancouver/Richmond Early Psychosis Intervention – Helping Overcome Psychosis Early
Phone: 604-225-2211
Address: 207 – 2250 Commercial Drive, Vancouver BC
The Vancouver/Richmond Early Psychosis Intervention (EPI) is a program for serves youth living in Vancouver or Richmond, aged 13 to 30 and their families, who are experiencing a first-time problem with psychotic symptoms, or are at risk of developing psychosis. They are a multidisciplinary team with a variety of individual and group supports available.
Their site, H.O.P.E., provides information about the early identification and treatment of psychosis.
Services include:
- Assessment
- Treatment
- Medication Management
- Second opinions
- Consultations
- Case Management
- Support and Recovery
- Prevention of Relapse
- Support returning to Work or School
- Assist families to manage their family life in relation to their family member
- Group programs with youth and families
For the Fraser region EPI program, please see our entry on Psychosis Sucks.
Child and Adolescent Response Team (CART)
Phone: 604-874-2300
Address: 401-1212 West Broadway, Vancouver, BC
Provides a community-based response to mental health related crisis involving school-aged children and youth (up to 18) living in Vancouver who are experiencing urgent psychiatric or emotional crisis. Services can range from phone consultation to on-site assessment or consultation, short-term counselling or psychiatric assessment.
Program offers:
- Urgent assessment and consultation
- Clinical intervention and short term supports
- Community resource co-ordination
- Follow-up from hospital to community resources when needed
- Psychiatric consultation when appropriate
Priority is given to youth that are presenting with self-harming behaviour or suicidal risk.
Mental Health Emergency Services
Phone: 604-874-7307
MHES operates an emergency crisis line where nurses assist callers in crisis, provide information pertaining to resources and triage situations to the appropriate resources.
While they may dispatch ambulance or police as required, MHES also operates hand-in-hand with Car 87, a team of a Vancouver Police constable with a registered nurse or registered psychiatric nurse to provide on-site assessements and intervention for people with psychiastric problems. They work as a team in assessing, managing and deciding about the most appropriate action.
Serves the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority region.
Child & Youth Mental Health Services
Web: www.mcf.gov.bc.ca/mental_health
The Child & Youth Mental Health Services serves children, youth and their families with serious mental health difficulties and/or social, emotional or behavioural disturbances. They are offered throughout the province by MCFD (the Ministry for Child and Family Development).
For more information, you will need to contact your local mental health team:
- Intakes in the Vancouver area can be done through a central intake line at 604-709-4111.
- For outside of Vancouver, please consult this list on the MCFD web site: http://www.mcf.gov.bc.ca/mental_health/pdf/offices_services.pdf
BC Partners Mental Health Information Line
Tel: 604-669-7600
Toll-free: 1-800-661-2121
24-hour line with pre-recorded information about mental health services across B.C, as well as symptoms, causes, treatment, support groups and publications on a number of mental illnesses.
