Anxiety
- https://www.healthlinkbc.ca/health-topics/anxiety
- http://www.heretohelp.bc.ca/factsheet/general-self-help-strategies-for-anxiety
- https://www.anxietybc.com/sites/default/files/CalmBreathing.pdf
- https://gabbybernstein.com/meditation-to-prevent-freaking-out/
- http://www.health.harvard.edu/mind-and-mood/relaxation-techniques-breath-control-helps-quell-errant-stress-response
Depression
- https://www.healthlinkbc.ca/health-topics/hw30709
- http://www.heretohelp.bc.ca/visions/cognitive-behavioural-therapy-vol6/help-with-mild-to-moderate-depression
- Distractions:
- Writing
- Light therapy
- Exercise
- Meditate
- Spend time with friends or family
- Draw/colour
- Spend time with pets
- Nature walks
Substance Misuse
- https://www.healthlinkbc.ca/mental-health-substance-use/substance-use
- Substance Use Information Referral Service: ADIRS (All of BC)
- 1-800-663-1441
- https://find.healthlinkbc.ca/ResourceView2.aspx?org=53965&agencynum=17657006
- Shelters
- Lookout Emergency Aid Society
- 346 Alexander Street Vancouver, BC
- 604-681-9126
- First United Church
- 320 E. Hastings Street Vancouver, BC
- 604-681-8365
- Covenant House (age: 16-22yrs)
- 575 Drake Street Vancouver, BC
- 604-685-7474
- Lookout Emergency Aid Society
- Recovery and Rehabilitation Centres
- Burnaby Centre for Mental Health and Addiction
- 604-675-3950
- Last Door Recovery Society
- 604-525-9771
- Youth Detox
- 604-872-4349
- Maple Ridge Treatment Centre
- 604-467-3471
- Together We Can
- 604-451-9854
- Burnaby Centre for Mental Health and Addiction
- Peer Support
- VANDU (Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users)
- 380 E. Hastings Street Vancouver, BC
- 604-683-6061
- AA Meetings (option to choose other cities):
- http://www.vancouveraa.ca
- 604-434-3933
- NA Meetings (options to choose other cities)
- http://www.bcrscna.bc.ca
- 1-855-444-2262
- VANDU (Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users)
Crisis Lines
- Greater Vancouver Coastal Distress Line
- 604-872-3311 or 1-866-661-3311
- Chats: http://www.youthinbc.com or http://www.crisiscentrechat.ca
- Kuu-us Crisis Line
- First Nation and Indigenous specific crisis line
- 1-800-588-8717
- S.U.C.C.E.S.S Chinese Help Lines
- Cantonese: 604-270-8233
- Mandarin: 604-270-8222
- Suicide Line
- 1-800-SUICIDE (1-800-784-2433)
- Mental Health Support
- 310-6789
- Office to Combat Trafficking in Persons
- 1 888 712-7974
- VictimLinkBC
- 1-800-563-0808
- Problem Gambling Help Line
- 1-888-795-6111
- The Alcohol and Drug Information and Referral Service
- 604-660-9382 or 1-800-663-1441
- Battered Women’s Support Services
- 604-687-1867
- Shelter and Street Help Line
- 211
- U. B. C. Legal Clinic
- 604-822-5791
Without self-knowledge, without understanding the working and functions of his machine, man cannot be free, he cannot govern himself and he will always remain a slave.
George Gurdjieff
