Safe Needle Disposal
Provides needle disposal information, resources and awareness for the Interior Health region. Sealed containers can be dropped off at all Interior Health mental health and substance use locations, primary care and public health offices.
Outpatient Withdrawal Management Services
Provides a range of medical and support services to help individuals to withdraw from and stabilize alcohol and or substance use. A team of nurses, physicians and community partners can support withdrawal and substance stabilization services at home and in the community on an outpatient basis.
Mental Health Intake Line - Central and Sunshine Coast
Provides a single point of entry for mental health and substance use health care and support services for the Sunshine Coast and Powell River areas of Vancouver Coastal Health. Services may be provided in hospitals, the community or in your own home.
Mental Health Intake Line - Sea to Sky
Provides a single point of entry for mental health and substance use health care and support services for the Sea-to-Sky area of Vancouver Coastal Health including Pemberton, Squamish and Whistler. Services may be provided in hospitals, the community or in your own home.
First Nations Wellness
Offers online information, tips and resources to improve First Nations health and wellness. Topic areas include being active, healthy eating, mental wellness and substance use, spiritual health, environmental health and safety, primary care, and traditional wellness.
Youth Home Stabilization Program
Provides support to youth and their caregivers with managed substance use withdrawal and follow-up in a home environment. The program works with young people who are using substances and want to stop or significantly reduce the use of at least one substance.
Services include support through withdrawal, short-term family counselling and or mediation, home visits, cultural and spiritual supports, long-term treatment referrals, and harm reduction supplies. Access to opiate agonist therapy and primary care services are also available.
Public Housing Health Services
The service has Health Services Coordinators throughout the province that assists BC Housing tenants in public housing developments on a variety of health-related issues. The coordinators do not offer medical advice, but they can direct clients to community services for help, including referrals to mental health services, grief support after the loss of a loved one, community health care, diabetes clinics, domestic violence units, and addictions counselling.
Cross-Cultural Mental Health Resources
Assists individuals who do not speak or understand English with finding mental health and substance use services that they or a loved one needs. Services include online information and resources, non-urgent interpreter services, and videos on how to get medical help in the Fraser Health area.
Peer Navigator Program
Provides assistance to individuals who are not part of a mental health team and who may be newly diagnosed with a mental health concern. Peer Navigators have lived experience with mental illness, substance use problems and addictions, and understand the social and health services available in Vancouver.
Navigators assist clients with accessing services such as health and wellness, legal aid, housing, income and financial assistance, and community connections. Funded by Vancouver Coastal Health.
Healthy Minds, Healthy Campuses
Offers an interactive website to promote campus mental health and reduce risky substance use. The website is designed to engage students, campus professionals, faculty, administrators and community partners.
Web features include learning events, web links, and online resources such as tools and videos, interactive reports, and naloxone information.