MENTAL WELLNESS RESOURCES
Local Resources:
-Castlegar Mental Health and Substance Use Office: 250-304-1846
-Castlegar Community Services: 250-365-2104
-Crisis Line 24/7: 1 (888) 353-2273
-Canadian Mental Health Association
-BC Mental Health and Substance Use:
Online Resources:
https://www.heretohelp.bc.ca/resource-library
https://www.bchealthyliving.ca/what-we-do/working-on-wellness/wellness-topics/
Mood Disorders:
https://www.heretohelp.bc.ca/infosheet/depression
https://www.healthlinkbc.ca/health-topics/hw30709
http://depressionhurts.ca/en/improvement/support-network.aspx
https://www.heretohelp.bc.ca/bipolar-disorder
Anxiety:
https://www.healthlinkbc.ca/health-topics/anxty
https://www.heretohelp.bc.ca/anxiety-disorders
https://www.drugwatch.com/health/mental-health/how-to-deal-with-anxiety/
Psychosis:
https://www.heretohelp.bc.ca/psychosis
Personality Disorders:
https://www.heretohelp.bc.ca/personality-disorders
LGBTQIA +
https://kootenaytransgender.com/
Youth:
-Resources for Family of Youth Struggling with MH or SU:
-https://keltymentalhealth.ca/podcast/bounce-back-promoting-resiliency-children-and-youth
-Castlegar Child and Youth Mental Health Office: 250-365-4470
-Freedom Quest
-BC Children’s Youth and Family Resource Site for Mental Health and Substance Use:
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https://keltymentalhealth.ca/collection/keltys-recommended-resources-anxiety-parentscaregivers
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https://keltymentalhealth.ca/sites/default/files/documents/Kelty_behaviour_ENG_web.pdf
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https://keltymentalhealth.ca/sites/default/files/documents/Kelty_behaviour_ENG_web.pdf
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https://keltymentalhealth.ca/collection/keltys-recommended-resources-self-injury
-Talking with Your Youth about Substance Use:
-Social and Emotional Learning Resources Finder:
Alcohol and Substance Use:
-Alcohol and Drug Information and Referral Service: (800) 663-1441
-https://www.alcoholrehabguide.org/treatment/
-Castlegar Mental Health and Substance Use Office: 250-304-1846
-Harm Reduction Services
AIDS Network, Outreach & Support Society Needle Exchange West Kootenay Boundary Regional Office 101 Baker St., Nelson 1 (800) 421 AIDS (2437) or (250) 505-5506
-Harm Reduction Supplies Locator – Interior Health Authority: https://www.interiorhealth.ca/FindUs/_layouts/FindUs/info.aspx?type=Service&loc=&svc=Harm%20Reduction%20Supplies%20and%20Services&ploc=
-https://www.heretohelp.bc.ca/resource-library
-- www.alcoholhelp.com/treatment/outpatient-rehab/
Detox (Please Contact Your Health Care Provider or the Detox Offices Directly for more information):
-AXIS Family Resources – Castlegar Detox Center: 778-460- 1901
http://axis.bc.ca/services/addictions-services/
-Phoenix Centre - Kamloops
http://www.phoenixcentre.org/about
Private Treatment Centers (Please Contact Directly):
-Top of the World - (Near Cranbrook) https://ranchrecovery.com/
-Crossing Point - (Near Kelowna) https://www.xrdstc.net/
-Sage Health Center - (Near Kamloops) http://sagehealthcentre.ca/
-Options Okanagan - (Locations Near Salmon Arm and Kelowna) http://www.optionsokanagan.com/
Consider Many More Options in BC at: https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/treatment-rehab?search=BC
Apps:
Anxiety Release
Calm Space
Insight Timer
Headspace
Breathr
Breethe
Calm
Recommended Books:
Bessel van der Kolk – The body Keeps Score
Peter Levine – Walking the Tiger: Healing Trauma
Michael Newton - Journey of Souls
Brene Brown - The Gifts of Imperfection
Mark Manson - The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F**k
Eckhart Tolle - The Power of Now
Robert Hanson - Buddhas's Brain and Hardwiring Happiness