Since we now have a more extensive list of Crisis Lines in BC under our RESOURCES page I thought you might like to know a little bit more about the Centre.
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back in April, 2009, The Province newspaper, the Crisis Intervention & Suicide Prevention Centre of British Columbia, the Crisis Line Association of British Columbia, the Vancouver Police Department, the West Vancouver Police Department and TELUS, installed six crisis hotline phones on the Lions Gate Bridge.
They are clearly marked yellow boxes with wireless telephones in them and are on both sides of the bridge. The phones can be used either for emotional support or to report an accident or other situation.
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the Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention Centre of BC volunteers on the phone lines are trained to not only offer you emotional support but also are there to help you ....
Explore options and solutions to the problems causing you distress
Discover your own strengths and how you can help yourself
Organize your thoughts and feelings so you are more able
to look at options and solutions to your distressing problems
And also to ...
Provide referrals to other services you can access
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the topics most frequently discussed in 2010 on The Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention Centre of BC’s crisis lines were, in order of highest percentage of calls:
1. mental health and addictions
2. relationships
3. loneliness
4. information requests
5. physical health
6. housing, finances, employment, & education
7. suicide
8. violence, sexual assault, child abuse.
Only 14% of the calls were about suicide itself.
In terms of who used the BC crisis lines the most in 2010 ...
61% of calls were from females.
53% were from adults of unknown age.
15% were 46 to 55.
14% were ages 56 to 69.
7% were 36 to 45.
6% were 25 to 35.
2% were 19 to 24.
1% were 13 to 18 or 70 years plus
0.05% were 12 and under.
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