qathet mental health and substance use services
Programs and services to support children, youth, adults, and older adults who live or stay in the qathet region, from Saltery Bay to Lund, including Powell River and Texada Island.
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
Services
How to access mental health and substance use services in the qathet region
Contact our intake teams for help finding non-life-threatening mental health or substance use support if you live or stay in qathet and surrounding areas.
When you call or walk in, our teams can connect you to the right services or resources when and where you need them.
Free interpreting services are also available in other languages.
Find us on the third floor of qathet General Hospital
Most qathet mental health and/or substance use services are offered out of our location on the third floor of qathet General Hospital. Walk in or call for non-emergency mental health and/or substance use intake from Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. to get started.
Services
Learn what to expect and how to access each mental health and/or substance use offered by Vancouver Coastal Health in the qathet region.
Children and youth services
Find information on services available for mental health and substance use for children and youth. Many youth services support people up to age 19 or 24.
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qathet Mental Health and Substance Use Services Central Intake
Get started here. Walk in or call for non-emergency mental health and/or substance use intake from Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. to get started. Intake offers information and helps connect you to the service that will best meet your needs.
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Adult Community Support Services
Serves adults aged 19+ with a variety of diagnoses of a serious and persistent mental disorder including; schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, chronic and severe depression, that require ongoing support. Self-referrals and referrals accepted.
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Lighthouse Virtual Substance Use Care Clinic
A free virtual clinic that uses telephone appointments to provide medical treatment and short-term stabilization for people who use substances.
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Harm Reduction Supplies & Needle Distribution Site
Drop-in. Provides needle exchange services for anyone wanting to dispose of used needles safely and legally.
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Intensive Case Management (ICM) Team
Provides a support role for adults who experience severe substance use challenges, chronic unmet medical needs, and multiple barriers to accessing services. Self-referrals and referrals accepted.
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Older Adult Mental Health Program
Provides referral, assessment and psychiatric consultation for people 65 and older who have an age-related mental condition such as dementia, memory impairment and depression.
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Overdose Outreach Team
Provides service navigation and linkage to health and social services including substance use treatment for people who have recently experienced an opioid overdose and/or are at high risk for opioid overdose.
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Psychiatric Inpatient Services
Psychiatric inpatient services provide assessment and treatment to adults aged 17 or older who require acute 24-hour management in a hospital setting.
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Withdrawal Management
Adult withdrawal management services, also known as detox, provide nursing care and physician support for a safe, supportive environment for people experiencing acute withdrawal from substances. Self-referrals accepted.
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Youth Intensive Case Management Team (YICMT)
Referral needed. Provides services to youth and young adults aged 12 to 24 years old with a primary substance use disorder and provides case management, nursing care and clinical counselling support.
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Resources
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LIFT Community Services
Focuses on helping all people thrive in the qathet region by reducing social inequities and by providing support and advocacy for anyone who needs it. Services include overdose prevention services and drug checking services at the Powell River Community Resource Centre and others.
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B.C. Child and Youth Mental Health Intake Clinics
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Babies Open New Doors (BOND) - LIFT
BOND is a Canadian prenatal nutrition program that provides nutritional counselling and promotes positive lifestyle choices to pregnant people and new parents in the qathet Region.
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Four Tides Hospice Society
A registered charity that provides end-of-life and bereavement support to those in the qathet Regional District, including Tla’amin and Texada Island.
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Miklat Recovery Society
A non-profit registered charity providing a cost-effective residential program designed to offer hope, inspiration and practical tools to men with the desire to stop using drugs and alcohol
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Powell River Community Services Association
Provides specialized victim support services, poverty law advocate services and police-based victim support services.
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Tla'amin Health
Tla’amin Health provides a full range of primary, secondary, and tertiary health services.
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Trans qathet: Alliance for Gender Diversity & Support
Provides peer-to-peer support in the qathet Regional District for gender-diverse and trans people, and their allies.
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qathet Safe
Victim services in Powell River
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Youth and Family Powell River
Provides programs and support services for young people from birth to 19 years of age, and their families.
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