Need help immediately?
If there is a life-threatening safety concern, please call 9-1-1 or go to the Emergency Department at your nearest hospital.
Suicide prevention hotline: 1-800-784-2433
BC Crisis Line: 604-310-6789
Kids Help Phone: 1-800-668-6868
Indigenous Crisis and Support Line - KUU-US Crisis Support Line: 1-800-588-8717
Harm reduction: Toward the Heart
Find support near you
Our teams are available to help you, your family member or friend to find help with mental health and substance use in your Vancouver Coastal Health community, whether you live in Bella Bella, Richmond, Vancouver, or in any other community we serve.
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Mental health
If you or someone you know needs support with mental health – you’re not alone…
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Substance use
People use substances for different reasons, but for some people, it can affect…
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Child and youth mental health and substance use
Mental health and substance use information, assessment, consultation and treat…
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Mental health and substance use family, peer and consumer involvement
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Services
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Early Childhood Mental Health Services
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Access Central - Detox Referral Line
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Acute and 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 Intensive Tertiary Mental Health Rehabilitation Services
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Adult Mental Health Teams
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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 (BC OSI) Clinic
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BC Psychosis Program
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Central Addiction Intake Team (CAIT)
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Child & Youth Cross Cultural Mental Health Program
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Child & Youth Urgent Response Mental Health Services
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Early Psychosis Intervention (EPI) Programs
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The Foundation Program
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Youth Home Stabilization Program
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Eating Disorders Program
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Sunshine Coast Youth Program (SCYP)
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Youth Day Treatment Program
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Cognitive Assessment and Rehabilitation for Substance Use program (CARSU)
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Community Transition Teams
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Connect Parent Group (FACES)
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Youth & Young Adult Drop-In Mental Health Counselling
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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 Checking
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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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Richmond Community Mental Health and Substance Use - Central Intake
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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 and Involvement Program
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Gastown Vocational Services (GVS)
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Geriatric Medicine
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Harm Reduction Supplies & Needle Distribution Sites
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Supporting and Connecting Youth Leadership & Resiliency Program
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Young Bears Lodge
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HOpe Centre Family Support
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Intensive Case Management Teams
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Ketamine Intervention Program for Treatment-Resistant Depression
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Lighthouse Virtual Substance Use Care Clinic
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Substance Use Counselling
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Mental health and substance use supported housing
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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 Programs
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Overdose Outreach Teams
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Peak House
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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 Services
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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 and Substance Use Services
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The Deaf, Hard of Hearing & Deaf-Blind Well-Being Program (WBP)
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Transitions Program
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Vancouver Addiction Matrix Program (VAMP)
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Vancouver Integrated Supervision Unit (VISU)
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The Junction
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Vancouver Needle Distribution and Recovery Van
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Youth Concurrent Disorders Services
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Acquired Brain Injury Inpatient Program
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Acquired Brain Injury Outpatient (ABI OP) Program
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Downtown Eastside Youth Outreach Team (YOT)
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How to access mental health and substance use services
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Richmond Reproductive Mental Health Counselling Services
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Richmond Reproductive Psychiatry
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The Richmond Grief Support Group