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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

https://cmha.ca

-BC Mental Health and Substance Use:

http://www.bcmhsus.ca

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://anxietycanada.com/

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://pflagcanada.ca

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:

-www.Keltymentalhealth.ca

 

-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

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