General

• Crisis Line: 1.888.353.2273 (1.888.353.CARE); https://kcr.ca/family-services/crisis-line/

• 310Mental Health: 310-6789 for emotional support, information and resources specific to mental health (also see https://www.healthlinkbc.ca/mental-health-substance-use/resources/crisis-line)

• Here to Help BC Resource Library: https://www.heretohelp.bc.ca/resource-library

• Wellness Together Canada (requires creating a free account): https://ca.portal.gs

• Kelty Mental Health Resource Centre Library: https://keltymentalhealth.ca/resources

Anxiety, Depression & Stress

• HelpGuide: Supporting Your Mental Health During COVID-19: https://www.helpguide.org/home-pages/coronavirus-mental-health.htm

• Here to Help (Anxiety): https://www.heretohelp.bc.ca/anxiety-disorders

• Anxiety Canada: https://www.anxietycanada.com

• Here to Help (Depression): https://www.heretohelp.bc.ca/depression

• Depression Hurts: http://depressionhurts.ca/en/default.aspx

• HelpGuide (Stress): https://www.helpguide.org/articles/stress/stress-symptoms-signs-and-causes.htm

• Here to Help (Stress): https://www.heretohelp.bc.ca/infosheet/stress

• Youth and Young Adults

• Kid’s Help Phone (for children and youth aged 5 to 20): Call 1-800-668-6868 or text 686868, 24 hours a day.

• Foundry (currently offering irtual services such as virtual drop-in counselling): https://foundrybc.ca

For Parents specifically:

• Discovery College: A Parent, Family and Caregiver Toolkit: https://discoverycollegekelowna.com/coping-with-current-events-a-parent-family-and-caregiver-toolkit/

• Kelty Mental Health Resource Centre: Parenting during COVID 19: https://keltymentalhealth.ca/info/parenting-during-covid-19

To support yourself

• Here to Help BC: https://www.heretohelp.bc.ca/support-myself

• CMHA: http://cmhakelowna.com/covid-19-cmha-kelowna-updates/

• CMHA Discovery College (Free webinars on a variety of topics): https://discoverycollegekelowna.com

• Ki-Low-Na Friendship Centre (Mental Health Support Group via Zoom): http://www.kfs.bc.ca/programs-services-2/healing-circles/

• First Nations Health Authority (Mental Health and Cultural Supports): https://www.fnha.ca/Documents/FNHA-COVID-19-Mental-Health-and-Cultural-Supports.pdf

To support others

• Here to Help BC: https://www.heretohelp.bc.ca/support-someone-else

• Rethink: https://www.rethink.org/advice-and-information/carers-hub/supporting-someone-with-a-mental-illness/

• Foundry: Supporting a friend: https://foundrybc.ca/supporting-others/supporting-a-friend/