Contact your Health Authority
for mental health or addictions services in your area. The Health Authority section
in the blue pages of your telephone directory will list contact numbers specific
to your location.
BC Mental Health Information Line
The British Columbia Mental
Health Information Line puts free information about mental health and mental
illness at your fingertips. Anyone can use it, 24 hours a day.
Call 604-669-7600
in the Lower Mainland, or 1-800-661-2121 elsewhere in British Columbia.
What You Can Expect
You can learn about symptoms,
causes, treatments, support groups and publications for the following mental illnesses:
- Anxiety disorders (phobias)
- Depression
- Eating-related
disorders
- Manic depression
- Schizophrenia
Additional
topics include:
- Abuse of older adults
- Brain injury
- Child
and youth mental health
- Choosing a psychotherapist
- Consumer involvement
in planning mental health services
- Couple relationships
- Family
involvement in planning mental health services
- Seniors' assessment and
diagnosis
- Sexual assault
- Stress
- Substance misuse and
mental illness
- Support for caregivers
How
to use the BC's Mental Health Information Line
Just call the information
line. Select the message you want by pressing the corresponding number on your
telephone key pad. Or stay on the line to ask the line operator for assistance.
Once you are on the line, you can listen to the entire message or move on to other
topics.
Brochures may be ordered at no cost by contacting the line operator
Monday to Friday from 09:00 - 16:00 (9 a.m. to 4 p.m.), Pacific Time.
Sources
The information contained on the BC Mental Health Information Line and in its
publications is intended to be used in conjunction with professional advice, in
consultation with your physician or other mental health practitioner. The information
line is not responsible for the competency of individuals listed on the line.
Information
on the line has been reviewed by the Ministry of Health, and representatives of
health care and community mental health associations and agencies.
The BC
Mental Health Information Line is administered by:
The
BC NurseLine is available for people across the province. Registered nurses provide
health information and advice through a toll-free telephone line, 24 hours a day,
7 days a week, and a pharmacist is available 5 p.m. to 9 a.m., 7 days a week.
This service is also available for those who are deaf or hearing impaired. Translation
services are available in 130 languages.
Call 604-215-4700 in the Lower
Mainland, or 1-866-215-4700 elsewhere in British Columbia.
Deaf and hearing-impaired
toll-free throughout BC, call 1-866-889-4700.
