Mental Health and Substance Use Patient and Family Resources

Mental health emergency

If you or your child are experiencing a mental health crisis, these provincial crisis supports are available:

• Crisis Centre BC: 1-800-SUICIDE (1-800-784-2433)
• 310 Mental Health Support: 310-6789 (no area code required)
• 24 hour Crisis Line: 604-872-3311 (Greater Vancouver)
• Kids Help Line: 1-800-668-6868 or KidsHelpPhone.ca
• Youth in BC: online chat available from 12:00 noon until 1:00 a.m.
• Get Help | 9-8-8: Suicide Crisis Helpline: call or text 24 hours a day

Please immediately take your child or a child you care about to the nearest Emergency Department (ED) or call 911 if:

• You are concerned about their safety or believe they will harm themselves
• You feel the child is a risk to your safety or the safety of others in your household
• You are concerned the child is malnourished due to a possible eating disorder or other mental health challenge
• You believe or the child has told you or someone else that they will attempt to end their life, overdose, or do something that could cause them harm or harm to someone else
• Your child is having trouble breathing or regulating their breath (having a panic attack, hyperventilating, experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder)
• You believe or know that your child is experiencing psychosis (hearing voices, seeing things or people that aren't there, seeming disoriented)
• Your child is harming themselves or causing injury because of severe OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder) including:
  • Bleeding from too much hand washing
  • Not sleeping due to compulsions
  • Disturbing thoughts
  • Severe paranoia
• You are having trouble getting a mental health assessment in your community for the child and are exhausted. The challenges your child is experiencing are getting worse