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BC Children’s Kelty Mental Health Resource Centre
Putting your Child’s Feelings First
Social and emotional health is a crucial part of your child’s development, and parents and caregivers have everything it takes to make this happen.
1 minute
May 17, 2021
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Denise Gassner, Sleep Advocate
Promoting Healthy Sleep When It's Needed Most
One year into a global pandemic and physical, emotional, and mental health has become top of mind for many families. Our daily lives have shifted in...
4 min read
March 16, 2021
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Diana Dickinson, RD
The Importance of Family Meals
* originally posted March 11 2019 (revised 2021) Having regular family mealtimes is an important way to support the mental health and well-being of...
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March 3, 2021
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Kelty Mental Health Resource Centre

BC Children's Hospital 
Healthy Minds Centre, Building #85, Room P3-302, 3rd floor,
4555 Heather Street, Vancouver, BC V6H 3N1

Opening Hours:
Monday to Friday 9:30am - 5:00pm
(note: we are closed on statutory holidays)

Local Phone: 604 875 2084
Toll-Free: 1 800 665 1822
keltycentre@cw.bc.ca

The BC Children’s Kelty Mental Health Resource Centre is located on the unceded, traditional and ancestral territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ílwətaʔ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.

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Need urgent help?

Call 911 or go to your local hospital’s emergency room if you or anyone else’s safety is at risk and immediate help is needed.

If you or someone you know is thinking about ending their own life, or needs someone to talk to about suicidal thoughts or ideas:

  • Call 1-800-SUICIDE (1-800-784-2433) for the BC Suicide Prevention and Intervention Line. Available in over 140 languages using a language service.
  • Call 1-800-588-8717 for the BC KUU-US Indigenous Crisis and Support Line.  
  • Call or text 988 for the National Suicide Crisis Helpline. Available in English and French.

For mental health or substance use crisis support:

  • Call 310-6789 for the BC Mental Health Support Line anytime for emotional support, information and resources. Available in over 140 languages using a language service.

 For commonly asked questions about supports and services in BC, explore our Ask Kelty Mental Health tool.