Weekly, confidential peer support offered in-person or via Skype for individuals age 16 and over suffering from anorexia, bulimia, or other eating disorders. Individuals are matched with a trained and compassionate mentor who listens and provides hope within a...

Provides confidential, 24/7 access to a personal support forum for individuals ages 14 and up who are suffering from anorexia, bulimia, or other eating disorder. Forum is monitored by a team of trained mentors who read and respond to all of the participant's p...

Provides individuals with access to specialists in addictions medicine and psychiatry as well as mental health and wellness care coordinators. Services are free to all First Nations people and their family members living in BC, including family members who are...

Provides free, confidential, multilingual information about free gambling support and treatment services for individuals in BC struggling with their own or another's gambling. Resource navigators provides referrals to free counselling services, prevention and ...

Community members with lived experience of drug misuse cycle around the Downtown Eastside, Gastown, and the West End in Vancouver on specially equipped bicycles to respond to drug overdoses. Also distribute Take Home Naloxone Kits (Narcan) that can be used to ...

Provides free, confidential, multilingual, information and referral regarding community resources for people in BC dealing with substance use and addiction issues. Resource navigators provide information about detox, counselling, treatment programs, recovery h...

Provides specialized care for individuals ages 17 and up who are diagnosed with anorexia, bulimia, or other specified feeding or eating disorders. The tertiary inpatient program, 4 Northwest, provides multidisciplinary care for patients who are working towards...

Offers a continuum of care to individuals seeking help for substance use issues. Provides coordinated access to 14 detox beds, and 20 transitional care beds in the community. Outpatient services will be provided as clients wait to access inpatient support. Int...

Provides short-term outpatient services to individuals who live with mental illness and/or substance use issues. Services include 72-hour response when indicated for short-term assessment, treatment, and crisis stabilization; psychiatric assessment; individual...

A temporary stabilization clinic connecting patients seeking treatment for substance use disorders with treatments in order to stabilize the patient in the short term, and subsequently transfer them to a community care provider for ongoing monitoring, support ...

Provides care for low or moderate-risk patients during pregnancy and birth and for mother and baby for up to six weeks after birth; patients must be planning to deliver at St. Paul's Hospital. Services include prenatal care, management of labour and delivery, ...

A full-time, culturally-appropriate outpatient program providing mental wellness and substance use programs, and outpatient counselling for the Indigenous population in the Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) region. Works with multiple agencies to provide appropri...

Provides a range of health care and support services for adults ages 19 and up with addiction issues. Services include assessment, treatment, counselling, education, and referral to community resources. Supports clients who are enrolled in a methadone maintena...

Provides a 16-week outpatient alcohol and drug treatment program for adults ages 18 and over. Offers one program stream for gay/bisexual/queer men, and a coed program stream for individuals of all orientations. Transgender people are welcome in the stream whic...

Provides services to street-involved youth who are affected by substance abuse, including individual counselling, crisis intervention, referrals, and drug/alcohol information and education. Also offers assessment and referral to detox and residential treatment...

Provides free integrated health and social services for youth ages 12 to 24 and their families. Mental health care, substance use services, primary health care, youth and family peer supports, and social services are accessible under one roof. Peer support is ...

Provides a range of health care and support services for adults ages 19 and up with addiction issues. Services include assessment, treatment, counselling, education, and referral to community resources. Supports clients who are enrolled in a methadone maintena...

Addresses the social and medical issues related to socio-economic deprivation facing women living in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver. The Downtown Auxiliary Mobile Services (DAMS) program is a comprehensive harm reduction program for women with substance mi...

Aims to improve social, emotional, and spiritual well-being through volunteer efforts of faith-inspired Muslims. Provides a variety of services to residents of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside and Surrey, including take-away meals, addictions and mental health co...

Aims to prevent the transmission of HIV and other infections with a particular focus on intravenous drug users and sex trade workers. Provides harm reduction supplies, along with harm reduction education and referrals to health services, addictions services, a...

A group of former and current drug users provide peer support and education to improve the lives of people who use illicit drugs. Organizes social action in communities to save lives. Promotes local, regional, and national harm-reduction education and interven...

A peer-driven resource centre for adults in the Downtown Eastside that supports people living with chronic illnesses, addictions, and/or mental health challenges. Offers a safe environment and a range of structured and unstructured programs, including public c...

Provides health care services on a first-come, first-served basis for residents of the Downtown Eastside and urban Indigenous people. Family physicians offer primary care medical services (except obstetrics). Nursing services are available seven days a week. S...

Provides trauma-informed support and access to housing for individuals in the community who have experienced homeless and, in many cases, trauma, mental health, and substance use challenges. Services include health and support services to help participants sta...

Provides individual and group addiction counselling to children, youth, adults, and families, mainly in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside and Strathcona communities. Uses a client-centred, harm-reduction approach. Also offers preventive and early intervention prog...