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If you find yourself in need of immediate help, call Emergency Services – 911.

These are examples of situations that you should seek immediate help:

Thinking about ending your life or trying to end your life.
Feeling scared because you’re experiencing sensations that aren’t real and/or beliefs that can’t possibly be true.
Becoming unable to care for yourself, and it’s putting you at risk of serious harm.
Experiencing an alcohol or any other drug overdose.
Taking a dangerous combination of substances (like medications and alcohol).

You can also

Call or text 9-8-8 to have access to 24/7 bilingual, trauma-informed, and culturally appropriate suicide prevention support.
call the crisis line at 1-800-784-2433
SMS/Text Kids Help Phone by texting CONNECT to 686868, if you would like to stop the conversation text STOP

For other phone, chat or text support options, visit our Get Support section.

News

Foundry’s research team receives Convening and Collaborating award from Michael Smith Health Research BC

On September 29th, 2021, the Michael Smith Health Research BC (Health Research BC) named Dan Nixon… read more

Foundry reflections on Orange Shirt Day | National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

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Parents like us. The unofficial survival guide to parenting a young person with a substance use disorder

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Foundry’s research team receives two Michael Smith Health Research BC awards

On September 9th, 2021, the Michael Smith Health Research BC (Health Research BC) named Dr…. read more

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Learnings from the first year of Foundry Virtual BC

Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, many children and youth in BC are experiencing increased anxiety, stress and other mental… read more

Beauty of Life in Psychosis (BLIP): Challenging the definition of “normal”

In *our previous article, Discovering the Beauty of Life in Psychosis, we introduced the first… read more