May is Mental Health Awareness Month and the Northern Health Region has launched a new service to help youth.

Bruce Krentz, Health Promotions Co-ordinator with the NHR has the details.

“We are really excited to be launching a centralized youth, mental health intake number, fax number and email. That’s for community and crisis services for youth aged 17 and under throughout the Northern Health Region.”

Krentz believes this service will improve access to mental health and substance use resources for youth and adolescents.

The toll-free number is 1-866-242-1571, the fax is 204-778-1766 or you can email youthmentalhealth@nrha.ca.

These are now the primary contacts throughout the entire Northern Health Region and can be accessed for crisis services through to community services.