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Available B.C. wide

Provincial Youth and Young Adult Substance Use Treatment Program

BC Children's Hospital

Provides specialized addiction treatment in a supported home-like setting for youth and young adults in BC who need help with severe substance use. Once accepted into the program, youth will go through withdrawal management and detox before beginning treatment; stabilization services are not provided.

Treatment includes group, individual and family therapy as well as life-skills training, therapeutic recreational activities, and access to Indigenous Elders, recreation workers, teachers, and doctors.

4500 Oak Street, Vancouver, BC

Available B.C. wide

MyHEARTSMAP Mental Health Self-assessment Tool

BC Children's Hospital

Offers a digital online tool to help families, children and youth self-assess their mental health needs. Once the self-assessment is completed the tool will recommend appropriate resources. All information entered into the tool is erased after you leave it; no information is collected. You can download your report to discuss your resource needs with your health-care providers.

Available B.C. wide

Mindful Awareness and Resilience Skills for Adolescents

BC Children's Hospital

Offers a training program to teach youth mindfulness skills to help cope with mental health issues including depressive and anxiety symptoms, chronic pain and chronic stress. Sessions are currently offered using videoconference in a safe and respectful group environment.

4500 Oak Street, Vancouver, BC

Available B.C. wide

Cross-Cultural Mental Health Resources

Fraser Health

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.

Available B.C. wide

Overdose Prevention and Response - Interior Health

Interior Health

Provides an online listing of Take Home Naloxone sites for the Interior Health Authority area, as well as overdose prevention information, resources and treatment services.

Available B.C. wide

Mobile Response Team

Provincial Health Services Authority

Offers support, education and training to first responders, frontline healthcare workers, and other community care providers, who are experiencing distress and mental health concerns related to overdoses, overdose death, or COVID-19.

Available B.C. wide

Lifeguard App

Provincial Health Services Authority

Provides a free phone app that brings emergency responders to people who may be having an overdose on drugs while alone. Provided in partnership with regional health authorities and Lifeguard Digital Health.

The app is activated by the user before they take their dose. If the user doesn't hit a button after a set amount of time, a text-to-voice call will go to 9-1-1, alerting emergency medical dispatchers of a possible overdose.

Available B.C. wide

BC Autism Assessment Network

Provincial Health Services Authority

Provides assessment and diagnosis of autism in children through a network of specialists and health care professionals across British Columbia.

Available B.C. wide

BC Health Information and Resources

Provincial Health Services Authority

Provides online information and resources to help BC residents stay informed about current public health concerns, issues and topics.

Health topics and resources include advance care planning, hearing loss, living with chronic illness, stroke, medical assistance in dying, preventing injury, environmental hazards, and healthy habits for life.

Available B.C. wide

Indigenous Youth Wellness

Provincial Health Services Authority

Provides Indigenous youth wellness promotion and suicide prevention through online activities and training and in community based youth groups.

The Cuystwi program offers online wellness quests with themes on identity, culture, understanding colonization, tools to deal with racism, healthy relationships, and sexual health.

Also offers Ask Auntie - a girl-specific program with themes on identity, culture and connection, relationships and safety, wellness, body knowledge and body transitions, and healing.

Showing 111 - 120 of 531 Resources
Available B.C. wide

Provincial Youth and Young Adult Substance Use Treatment Program

BC Children's Hospital

Provides specialized addiction treatment in a supported home-like setting for youth and young adults in BC who need help with severe substance use. Once accepted into the program, youth will go through withdrawal management and detox before beginning treatment; stabilization services are not provided.

Treatment includes group, individual and family therapy as well as life-skills training, therapeutic recreational activities, and access to Indigenous Elders, recreation workers, teachers, and doctors.

4500 Oak Street, Vancouver, BC

Available B.C. wide

MyHEARTSMAP Mental Health Self-assessment Tool

BC Children's Hospital

Offers a digital online tool to help families, children and youth self-assess their mental health needs. Once the self-assessment is completed the tool will recommend appropriate resources. All information entered into the tool is erased after you leave it; no information is collected. You can download your report to discuss your resource needs with your health-care providers.

Available B.C. wide

Mindful Awareness and Resilience Skills for Adolescents

BC Children's Hospital

Offers a training program to teach youth mindfulness skills to help cope with mental health issues including depressive and anxiety symptoms, chronic pain and chronic stress. Sessions are currently offered using videoconference in a safe and respectful group environment.

4500 Oak Street, Vancouver, BC

Available B.C. wide

Cross-Cultural Mental Health Resources

Fraser Health

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.

Available B.C. wide

Overdose Prevention and Response - Interior Health

Interior Health

Provides an online listing of Take Home Naloxone sites for the Interior Health Authority area, as well as overdose prevention information, resources and treatment services.

Available B.C. wide

Mobile Response Team

Provincial Health Services Authority

Offers support, education and training to first responders, frontline healthcare workers, and other community care providers, who are experiencing distress and mental health concerns related to overdoses, overdose death, or COVID-19.

Available B.C. wide

Lifeguard App

Provincial Health Services Authority

Provides a free phone app that brings emergency responders to people who may be having an overdose on drugs while alone. Provided in partnership with regional health authorities and Lifeguard Digital Health.

The app is activated by the user before they take their dose. If the user doesn't hit a button after a set amount of time, a text-to-voice call will go to 9-1-1, alerting emergency medical dispatchers of a possible overdose.

Available B.C. wide

BC Autism Assessment Network

Provincial Health Services Authority

Provides assessment and diagnosis of autism in children through a network of specialists and health care professionals across British Columbia.

Available B.C. wide

BC Health Information and Resources

Provincial Health Services Authority

Provides online information and resources to help BC residents stay informed about current public health concerns, issues and topics.

Health topics and resources include advance care planning, hearing loss, living with chronic illness, stroke, medical assistance in dying, preventing injury, environmental hazards, and healthy habits for life.

Available B.C. wide

Indigenous Youth Wellness

Provincial Health Services Authority

Provides Indigenous youth wellness promotion and suicide prevention through online activities and training and in community based youth groups.

The Cuystwi program offers online wellness quests with themes on identity, culture, understanding colonization, tools to deal with racism, healthy relationships, and sexual health.

Also offers Ask Auntie - a girl-specific program with themes on identity, culture and connection, relationships and safety, wellness, body knowledge and body transitions, and healing.

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