Resources and Self Help
Mental Health
Child and Youth Mental Health Intake Clinic
Ages 0 to 19
Phone: 604-702-2311
Location : 8978 School Street, Chilliwack (enter through front door facing Tim Hortons)
Walk-in hours: Wednesday’s from 9am-11am and 1pm-3pm
Services: A face to face assessment meeting, approximately an hour, will occur to determine what services will be the most helpful. The clinician and the family will together determine if the referral meets CYMH criteria or is better referred to an associate program in the community.
The CYMH team works closely with other services to provide mental health services to children, youth and their families.
Chilliwack Mental Health Centre
Ages 13 – 35
Phone: 604-702-4860. To complete a referral, call 1-866-870-7847.
Address: 45470 Menholm Rd, Chilliwack
Eligibility: Offers services to individuals (19+) and families who are struggling with mental health concerns including case management, support, counselling and education.
Services: Services include an Early Psychosis Intervention (EPI) program for young people age 13-35 who have experienced a first episode of psychosis, or who are at high risk of developing psychosis, including drug induced psychosis.
Early Psychosis Intervention (EPI) program for young people age 13-35.
Kelty Mental Health Resource Centre
No age limit
Phone: 604-875-2084
Toll-free from anywhere in BC: 1-800-665-1822
Visit in person at: BC Children’s Hospital, Mental Health Building, 4500 Oak Street Street, Vancouver, BC, Room P3-302 (3rd Floor). They are open Monday to Friday 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. They are also available other times by appointment. Please contact them to book.
Email: keltycentre@cw.bc.ca
Website: http://keltymentalhealth.ca/
Services: The Kelty Mental Health Resource Centre is a provincial resource centre that provides mental health and substance use information, resources, and peer support to children, youth and their families from across BC. The centre also provides peer support to people of all ages with eating disorders. All services are free of charge, and you can reach them over the phone, in person, or through email.
A provincial resource centre that provides mental health and substance use information, resources, and peer support.
Youth-Adult Partnership Videos
No age limit
A series of 5 short videos focused on a variety of topics centered on “Making Resilience Happen Thru Youth-Adult Partnership”. Watch them here.
A series of 5 short videos focused on a variety of topics centered on “Making Resilience Happen Thru Youth-Adult Partnership”. Watch them here.
Here to Help
No age limit
Website: www.heretohelp.bc.ca
Services: A BC website on mental health, including information on symptoms, causes, diagnosis, treatment, and how to help a friend or family member. Self-help resources and personal stories on mental health and substance use.
Self-help resources and personal stories on mental health and substance use.
Effects of Traumatic Accidents on Your Mental Health
No age limit
Website: https://valentlegal.ca/effects-of-traumatic-accidents-mental-health/
Services: A serious accident can leave more than physical scars. Whether it’s a car crash, workplace injury, or unexpected fall, the emotional impact can be just as difficult to manage as the physical pain. Many people find that once the immediate injuries begin to heal, the psychological effects linger, such as anxiety, sleep problems, or a constant sense of fear.
We understand how traumatic experiences can profoundly impact every aspect of your life. This page explains how trauma can affect mental health, what signs to look for, and where to find support as you begin to heal, both physically and emotionally.
A free online resource to better understand the effects of a traumatic incident after the physical injuries have healed.
Chilliwack Child and Youth Committee
Ages 0 – 26
Phone: 604-845-2258
Website: www.childandyouth.com
Services: The Chilliwack CYC represents a variety of community groups, governmental and nongovernmental. The committees provide leadership and advocacy in the delivery of human/social services to children, youth and their families. It aims to work collaboratively, in liaison with clients/consumers, in the design, implementation and evaluation of the continuum of services which enhance the well-being of children, youth and their families.
The Chilliwack CYC represents a variety of community groups, governmental and nongovernmental.
Chilliwack Youth Health Centre
Ages 12 – 26
Eligibility: FREE, drop-in, confidential services for youth and young adults. No appointment or referral needed.
Services: Doctors are available to provide all aspects of medical, sexual, and mental health care needs. Counsellors are available to talk to about issues related to anxiety, depression, stress, substance use, gender issues, family conflict, life planning etc.
Location #1: – Neighbourhood Learning Centre, 46361 Yale Rd
Phone: 604-819-4603
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 1:00 – 5:30
Location #2: – Stó:lō Service Agency, 7201 Vedder Road
Phone: 844-827-2473
Every Tuesday 2-5pm.
Family doctors are available to provide all aspects of medical, sexual, and mental health care needs.
Canadian Mental Health Association
No age limit
Phone: 604-688-3234
Toll-free phone (BC only): 1-800-555-8222
Website: www.cmha.bc.ca
Services: The Canadian Mental Health Association (BC Division) exists to support the recovery of people experiencing mental illness and their families.
The Canadian Mental Health Association (BC Division) exists to support the recovery of people experiencing mental illness and their families.
Mindcheck
Website: www.mindcheck.ca
Services: Prevention and early intervention of mental health challenges in youth. Contains information, quizzes and resources.
A BC website focused on prevention and early intervention of mental health challenges in youth. Contains information, quizzes and resources.
Bounce Back: Reclaim your Health
Canadian Mental Health Association
Ages 13+
Phone: 1-866-639-0522
Eligibility: Referral from physician required and BCHL referral forms available from Team Chaplain.
Services: Telephone coaching for BCHL players experiencing mild to moderate depression, with or without anxiety.
Telephone coaching for BCHL players experiencing mild to moderate depression, with or without anxiety.
Early Psychosis Intervention (EPI)
Ages 13-30
Phone: 607-743-0773
Monday to Friday from 8:30am – 4:30pm
Website: www.earlypsychosis.ca
Eligibility: 13- 30 years of age. Must be a resident of Surrey, Delta, Langley, White Rock, Chilliwack, Abbotsford, Mission, Agassiz, Hope, Burnaby, Tri-Cities, Maple Ridge, or New Westminster.
Services: Individuals who have concerns about themselves or someone else can call the EPI program directly. You do not need a referral from a professional.
Individuals who have concerns about themselves or on behalf of someone else can call their EPI program directly.
Anxiety Self-Help
No age limit
Website: https://www.cci.health.wa.gov.au/Resources/Looking-After-Yourself/Anxiety
Service: An interactive website that includes information and assistance with several forms of anxiety, including general anxiety disorder, panic disorder, PTSD, agoraphobia, and more.
Information and assistance with general anxiety disorder, OCD, PTSD, agoraphobia, selective mutism, and more.
Youth in BC
No age limit
These are a 24/7 live help line.
Suicide Prevention 9-8-8 (call or text)
Mental Health Crisis Line 310-6789
Website: www.youthinbc.com
Services: Youth can talk one-on-one in confidence and anonymously to a support worker.
Youth can talk one-on-one in confidence and anonymously to a support worker.
HealthLink BC 8-1-1
No age limit
Phone: 8-1-1. In a few cases local telephone service providers may not be able to support 8-1-1 dialing. If this is the case for you, please access the service using the 10-digit number: 604-215-8110.
Website: www.healthlinkbc.ca/servicesresources/811/
Eligibility: The 8-1-1 service is for non-emergency situations only.
Services: 8-1-1 is a free-of-charge provincial health information and advice phone line available in British Columbia. The 8-1-1 phone line is operated by HealthLink BC, which is part of the Ministry of Health. By calling 8-1-1, you can speak to a health services representative, who can help you find health information and services; or connect you directly with a registered nurse, a registered dietitian or a pharmacist.
By calling 8-1-1, you can speak to a health services representative, who can help you find health information, or connect you to a registered nurse.
Family Doctor, Call PAM!
(Patient Attachment Mechanism)
Website: Register here!
Services: A family doctor is an effective resource to discuss and seek support for symptoms of stress, depression, worry, and substance misuse. If you are looking for a family doctor, Call PAM! (Patient Attachment Initiative). This is the one point of contact to find a family doctor through your local Chilliwack Division of Family Practice. Residents without internet access can call 604-795-0034 for registration assistance.
This service is only available for current residents of Chilliwack, Agassiz, and Hope, who do not already have a family doctor.
The Institute of Families for Child & Youth Mental Health
Ages 0-18 (some programs may vary)
Phone: 604-878-3400
Toll free: 1-855-887-8004
Website: www.familysmart.ca/about
Services:
Ensure that child and youth mental health is a priority; that children, youth and their families will feel supported, accepted and empowered; and that they have greater access to services that are respectful and effective
Ensure that child and youth mental health is a priority; youth and their families will feel supported.
BC Psychological Association
No age limit
Phone: 604-730-0501
Website: www.psychologists.ca
Service: Website allows you to search for private psychologist based on gender, location, language, area of expertise. Fee for service therapy.
Website allows you to search for private psychologist based on gender, location, language, area of expertise.
Addictions
Alcoholics Anonymous
Website: https://www.aa.org/find-aa
Age: No age limit
Services: Free meetings and support for people to help solve their drinking problems.
Eligibility: This program is intended for people who have suffered or are currently suffering with alcohol addiction.
Free meetings and support for people to come together and solve their drinking problem.
Alcohol and Drug Information and Referral Service
Phone: 604-660-9382
Toll-free: 1-800-663-1441
Services: Find resources and support including referral to treatment services across the province. Available to anyone needing help with any kind of substance abuse issues, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Provides information and referral to education, prevention and treatment services, and regulatory agencies.
Provides information and referral to education, prevention and treatment services.
Riverstone Daytox Program
Phone: 604-703-6986
Toll Free: 1-866-795-0600
Address: 45600 Menholm Rd, Chilliwack (Chilliwack General Hospital)
Eligibility: Daytox is a six-week outpatient program for individuals in early recovery, who require intensive relapse prevention support. The program aims to provide support to clients and supportive others who reside in the Mission-Abbotsford, Chilliwack, Agassiz-Boston Bar corridor. Daytox is suited for individuals with a relatively stable lifestyle and a support network which fosters healthy lifestyle choices.
Services: Riverstone Daytox is a structured educational program that encourages healthy lifestyle choices. They offer intake and assessment, psychosocial educational groups, case management, collaborative treatment, relapse prevention support and referrals.
Daytox is a six-week outpatient program for individuals in early recovery, who require intensive relapse prevention support.
Narcotics Anonymous
Age: No age limit
Call: 1-855-562-2262
Website: https://na.org/meetingsearch/
Services: “Membership is free, and we have no affiliation with any organizations outside of NA including governments, religions, law enforcement groups, or medical and psychiatric associations. Through all of our service efforts and our cooperation with others seeking to help addicts, we strive to reach a day when every addict in the world has an opportunity to experience our message of recovery in their own language and culture.”
Free meetings and support for those who wish to become completely abstinent from drugs.
Fraser Health Mental Health and Substance Use
Website: http://www.fraserhealth.ca/health-info/mental-health-substance-use/
Services: From Child and Youth and Hospital Care, to supported Housing and Rehabilitation and Recovery… This site offers a huge variety of Resources.
From Child and Youth and Hospital Care, to supported Housing and Rehabilitation and Recovery.
Pacific Community Resources Society
Website: www.pcrs.ca/our-services/chilliwack-addictions-and-prevention-services-caps/
Phone: 604-795-5994. Youth can contact the mainline to be set up directly with the appropriate counsellor.
Eligibility: The Astra program assists Fraser Valley youth aged 13-24 who would like to change their relationship with alcohol and/or drugs. Referral form.
Services: Chilliwack Addictions Prevention Services (CAPS) provides effective and coordinated alcohol and drug prevention, intervention, and treatment services for youth 13-24.
CAPS provides effective and coordinated alcohol and drug prevention, intervention, and treatment services for youth 13-24.
Crystal Meth Anonymous
Age: No age limit
Call: (855) 638-4373
Website: https://www.crystalmeth.org/meetings/?region=canada
Eligibility: The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop using.
Services: “CMA members are happy to offer help by sharing their experience, strength and hope in how they stay clean & sober. One of the ways members stay clean & sober is by helping other Crystal Meth Addicts to achieve sobriety.”
Free meetings and support for people with a crystal meth use problem.
BC Mental Health and Substance Use Services
Phone: 604-875-2345
Toll-free (in BC only): 1-888-300-3088
Website: www.bcmhsus.ca
Eligibility: All inpatient and outpatient programs and services provided by BC Mental Health & Substance Use Services (BCMHSUS) are by referral only with the exception of the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Emergency Unit (CAPE).
Services: BC Mental Health & Substance Use Services (BCMHSUS), an agency of the Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA), provides a diverse range of specialized and one-of-a-kind tertiary mental health and substance use services for children, adolescents and adults across the province.
Mental health and substance use services for children, adolescents, and adults in BC.
Centre for Addictions and Mental Health
Call Access CAMH: (416) 535-8501 and select option 2.
Phone lines are typically answered live Monday through Friday, from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm. They are closed on weekends and statutory holidays.
Website: www.camh.ca/en/
Eligibility: For most addictions services, patients can self-refer by calling the number above. Family members and friends may also contact this number if they are concerned about a loved one’s mental health or substance use. Many CAMH services require a referral from a physician or nurse practitioner. Please visit www.camh.ca/referralform for the CAMH referral form and instructions. Please submit referrals to Access CAMH via fax number: (416) 979-6815.
Services: Canada’s largest mental health and addiction teaching hospital, as well as one of the world’s leading research centres in its field, the centre provides resources and information to help individuals with lived experience and their families. CAMH combines clinical care, research, education, policy development and health promotion to help transform the lives of people affected by mental health and addiction issues.
CAMH combines clinical care, research, and education to help transform the lives of people affected by mental health and addiction.
LGBTQ2S+
Qmunity Prideline BC
Toll-free: 1-800-566-1170
Front Desk 604-684-5307
Services: Prideline staffed by trained volunteers who can provide information, support, and referral to gay, lesbian, transgender, bisexual, queer or questioning youth.
Monday-Friday 7:00-10:00pm
Website: https://www.qmunity.ca
Prideline staffed by trained volunteers who can provide information and support to gay, lesbian, transgender, bisexual, queer, or questioning youth.
Transrights BC: Know Your Rights
Website: www.transrightsbc.ca
Service: This project aims to disseminate human rights information that is accurate, accessible, and relevant to the safety and well-being of trans and gender-diverse individuals and their supportive allies across British Columbia.
This project aims to spread human rights information that is accurate, accessible, and relevant to gender diverse individuals.
Trans Care BC
Website: www.phsa.ca/transcare
Service: For gender creative children, youth and adults looking for gender affirming services and peer and community supports.
For gender creative children, youth and adults looking for gender affirming services and peer and community supports.
QCHAT
Call Toll Free: 1-(855)-956-1777
Services: A peer support line and resource database for LGBTQ2S youth in British Columbia, Canada.
Lines Open Saturday-Thursday, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Website: https://www.qchat.ca
We provide a safe space for LGBTQ2S youth in BC to chat and find relevant resources to assist them in overcoming their individual challenges
QMUNITY, BC’s Queer Resource Centre
Website: www.qmunity.ca
Service: Referrals to lawyers, shelters, and other resources; free counselling, social and support groups, and LGBTQ-inclusion workshops. They have youth workers that are available for support by phone or email.
Contact: 604-684-5307 (ext 112)
Referrals to lawyers, shelters, and other resources; free counselling, social and support groups, and LGBTQ-inclusion workshops.
PFLAG: Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (Vancouver)
Website: www.pflagvancouver.com
Service: Drop-in support for families struggling to come to terms with LGBT issues
Contact: 604-626-5667
Drop-in support for people and their families struggling to come to terms with being LQBTQ+ and related issues.
Gen-Out (PLEA)
Contact: 604 871 0450
Services: Gen-Out is a free, confidential and voluntary support group for youth aged 14-18 who are exploring gender and sexuality. Available in Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows and Tri-cities.
Website: https://www.plea.ca/gen-out/
Free, confidential and voluntary support group for youth aged 14-18 who are exploring gender and sexuality.
Trans Lifeline
Website: www.translifeline.org
Service: Non-profit dedicated to the well-being of transgender people, offering a hotline for transgender people staffed by transgender people. Volunteers respond to community members’ support needs.
Contact: 1-877-330-63366
Hotline for transgender people staffed by transgender people. Volunteers respond to community members’ support needs.
TransFamily Services – BC
TransFamily Services (BC) provides information, resources & supports for parents & loved ones of anyone exploring their gender identity, through facilitated groups & private sessions.
Email: lukas.walther@telus.net
Call or text: 604-996-8169
Resources & supports for parents & loved ones of anyone exploring their gender identity, through facilitated groups & private sessions.