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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 Stories Project

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Take a look inside Foundry Campbell River

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Meet Foundry’s youth peer engagement coordinator!

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Foundry at the International Association for Youth Mental Health Conference

This fall, Sarah Irving will be in Dublin representing Foundry at the 4th annual International… read more

Philanthropists Bob and Diane Conconi offer matching gift challenge

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