Works with individuals at risk for suicide as well as their family and friends.
Vancouver General Hospital
Outpatient Psychiatry Team, Ground Floor-715 West 12th Avenue Vancouver, BC V5Z 1M9
Vancouver General Hospital
Outpatient Psychiatry Team, Ground Floor-715 West 12th Avenue Vancouver, BC V5Z 1M9
24/7 Crisis counselling phone service.
Rape Crisis Line
24 hours a day seven days a week
Lower mainland – 604-255-6344
Toll-free – 1-877-392-7583
BC Children's Hospital
Crisis line:
A non-profit organization providing counselling and therapeutic services for men who have experienced sexual abuse.
Phone: 604-682-6482
https://vtncanada.org
https://vtncanada.org/what-is-transition/
https://vtncanada.org/course-info-for-vets/
In-patient substance abuse and addiction treatment
Phone: 604-872-5517
Assists individuals with finding detox facilities and addiction housing services.
Toll Free 1-866-658-1221
Supervised Injection Sites
139 East Hastings Street
Vancouver, BC, V6A 1N5
(604) 687-7483
Open 7 days a week from 9 a.m. to 3 a.m. AND 24 hours on Wednesday, Thursday & Friday during the week that social assistance cheques are distributed.
Supervised Injection Sites
528 Powell Street
Vancouver, BC V6A 1G5
(604) 255-7026
Open seven days a week from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Health Link BC homepage: https://www.healthlinkbc.ca/about-us
Depression Health Link BC: https://www.healthlinkbc.ca/health-topics/hw30709
Anxiety Health Link BC: https://www.healthlinkbc.ca/health-topics/anxty
Anxiety BC: https://www.anxietybc.com
Canadian Mental Health Association: https://cmha.ca/document-category/mental-health
Here to Help to Mental Illness: http://www.heretohelp.bc.ca/factsheet/getting-help-for-mental-illnesses
Here to Help Home page: http://www.heretohelp.bc.ca/
Community Mental Health Services – Vancouver Coast Mental Health: http://www.vch.ca/your-care/mental-health-substance-use/community-mental-health-services
Dissociative Disorders
International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation - ISSTD - International Society for the Study of Trauma & Dissociationhttps://www.isst-d.org/
Colin Ross Institute - https://www.rossinst.com
Sidran Foundation - https://www.sidran.org
International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies - www.istss.org
White paper: Separating fact from Fiction: An Empirical Examination of Six Myths About Dissociative Identity Disorder - PMC4959824
A Biopsychosocial understanding of Depression by Johann Hari - https://youtu.be/Hfl3Yh7fS4g
Trauma and Sexual Abuse:
Safe Passage to Healing: A Guide for Survivors of Ritual Abuse by Chrystine Oksana
The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse by Ellen Bass and Laura Davis
Trauma and Recovery by Judith Herman
The Body Remembers: The Psychophysiology of Trauma and Trauma Treatment by Babette Rothschild
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel Van Der Kolk, M.D.
Veteran Reintegration
Once a Warrior Always a Warrior by Charles W. Hoge, MD (Ret.), U.S. Army
LGBT
The Velvet Rage: Overcoming the Pain of Growing up Gay in a Straight Man's World by Alan Downs, PhD
Dissociation
Got Parts: A survivors Guide to Managing Life Successfully with Dissociative Identity Disorder by ATW
Couples/Relatinships
Hold Me tight: Seven Conversations for a lifetime of Love by Dr. Sue Johnson
Daughters of Abusive Mothers
The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for True Self by Alice Miller
Will I Ever be Good Enough? by Karyl McBride, PhD
Free Cell Phone applications
Insight Timer - https://insighttimer.com