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HOpe Centre

Early Psychosis Intervention (EPI) Coastal

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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 

EPI Coastal provides comprehensive services including early identification and treatment of psychosis for people aged 13 to 30.

Services differ if you live in the rural and remote regions of Coastal (Bella Bella, Bella Coola, Sunshine Coast, Powell River, Whistler, Pemberton or Squamish). If you live in any of these communities, please reach out to your local VCH Mental Health and Substance Use Services for further information.

What to expect

Services differ if you live in the rural and remote regions of Coastal (Bella Bella, Bella Coola, Sunshine Coast, Powell River, Whistler, Pemberton or Squamish). If you live in any of these communities, please reach out to your local VCH Mental Health and Substance Use Services for further information.

How to access

  • Check eligibility

    • Resident of the North Shore, including West Vancouver, North Vancouver, Bowen Island or Lions Bay.
    • Aged 13 to 30
    • Suspected or confirmed psychosis, except where explained by another medical condition

  • Contact us

    Please call us if you would like to discuss referring yourself or a loved one.

    If you would like to refer someone you are working with who resides in North Vancouver, West Vancouver or Bowen Island, please complete the referral form located on this website.

    Referrals from other coastal communities (Squamish, Whistler, Pemberton, Bella Bella, Bella Coola, Sunshine Coast, and Powell River) use a different internal referral form.

    If you work at a rural/remote VCH MHSU team and need access to the internal referral form, please email epicoastal@vch.ca. Alternatively, you can contact your local Mental Health and Substance Use service to discuss making a referral.

Hours of operation

Currently open
  • Monday:   8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
  • Tuesday:   8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
  • Wednesday:   8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
  • Thursday:   8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
  • Friday:   8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
  • Saturday:   Closed
  • Sunday:   Closed

How to get here

We are located on the third floor of the Hope Centre at Lions Gate Hospital (1337 St. Andrews Ave). There is pay parking located under the building and street parking (some pay and some free of charge but time limited) on St. Andrews Ave, 13th Ave and 15th Ave between St. Andrews and Ridgeway. The building is wheelchair accessible with elevators and ramps. We are located close to major transit routes. 

Resources

Lions Gate Hospital (LGH)

​Lions Gate Hospital (LGH) provides a full range of general and many specialized acute care services, including general medicine, emergency and critical care, general surgery, orthopedics, maternity, pediatrics, psychiatry, chemotherapy, cardiac care, diagnostics, nuclear medicine, palliative care, rehabilitative services and neurosurgery.

Early Psychosis Intervention (EPI) Programs

Early Psychosis Intervention (EPI) Programs provide early identification and treatment for psychosis so symptoms don't become too unmanageable and disruptive to a person's life.