If you are struggling, it's important to remember that help is available. If you're in urgent distress or feeling suicidal, please get help immediately.
Emergency Services
- 9-1-1
- 24-Hour Support: 1-800-SUICIDE/1-800-784-2433
- Canadian Suicide Prevention: 1-888-456-4566
- Crisis Line: 1-888-353-2273
- Here2Talk: 1-877-857-3397
- Hope for Wellness (crisis intervention for Indigenous Peoples): 1-855-242-3310
- Kids Help Phone: 1-800-668-6868
- Kuu-Us Crisis Line: 1-800-588-8717
Local Resources
- Boundary Family Services
- Boundary Mental Health & Substance Use
- Canadian Mental Health Association, BC Division
- Castlegar Mental Health & Substance Use
- Kootenay Family Place
- Nelson Mental Health & Substance Use
- Trail Mental Health & Substance Use
Resources
- Here2Talk: Offers all students currently registered in a BC post-secondary institution access to free, confidential counselling and community referral services, conveniently available 24/7 via app, phone and web.
- BounceBack: Provides free access to online, video and phone-based coaching and a skills-building program designed to help adults and youth (15+) manage low moods, mild to moderate depression, anxiety, stress or worry.
- Selkirk College Students' Union (SCSU) Extended Health and Dental Plan: Offers coverage for professional services, including psychologists, social workers, counsellors, Master of Social Work or Psychotherapist: $75 per visit, up to $575 per benefit year. Contact SCSU to find out if you have been added to the extended health and dental plan and how to access these benefits.
- 7 Cups: Free online emotional health support with active listeners.
- Here to Help: Access supports to live well and better prevent and manage mental health and substance use problems.
- Help Starts Here: Access help for addiction in British Columbia.
- Kelty Mental Health: Mental health and substance use information, resources and peer support for families across BC. Resources and information regarding eating disorders or disordered eating concerns are also available.
- Mental Health is Health: Conversation, resources and action on mental health.
- Early Psychosis Intervention: Information on symptoms and the treatment of psychosis.
- Mood Disorders Society of Canada: Committed to improving quality of life for people affected by depression, bipolar disorder and other related disorders.
- Substance Use Supports and Resources
- Harm Reduction and Substance Use Services
- First Nations Health Authority
- The Center for Loss and Life Transition with Dr. Alan Wolfelt: A resource for those who are grieving or want to support someone who is.