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Parent supporting worried child
Sara Dimerman, Psychologist
How to Talk to Your Kids about Traumatic Events
Day after day, it seems like we are hearing about traumatic events happening locally and around the world. Between social media and the news, it’s...
4 min read
July 11, 2022
Girl with watermelon
The Dalai Lama Centre
Sensory Regulation Tips for Summer
Summer often means exposure to a range of sensory stimuli that are vastly different from what children experience during the school year. Some...
5 min read
June 29, 2022
Child playing piano
Dr. Dean Elbe, Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, BC Children's Hospital Healthy Minds Centre
We've Updated Our Medication Sheets!
The child and adolescent mental health medication information sheets on the keltymentalhealth.ca website were recently updated with new content and...
2 min read
June 13, 2022
Mindful parenting
Joanna McDermid, MD, FRCPC Associate Director, BC Children’s Hospital Centre for Mindfulness
Mindfulness, Parenting, and Caregiving: New Resources
Family life can be super stressful at times, there’s no doubt about it. Mindfulness can be a powerful remedy to parenting stress and can increase...
2 min read
May 19, 2022
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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

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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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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.