ANNOUNCEMENTS
The next BCSS Family Support Group will be at Delta Mental Health on Monday, August 9th Topic: TBA
For further information please
contact Hardeep Thind 604-574-1976.
For the next South fraser EPI meeting call EPI at 604-538-4278
BC Schizophrenia Society (BCSS)
Online Support Groups
for Family & Friends
The BC Schizophrenia Society now has online support groups for people caring for a
loved one with mental illness.
These groups are anonymous, private, and available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Go to:
http://www.bcss.org/2007/08/20/online-support-groups-for-family-supporters
Check out the link to this BCSS Online Support on the Links page.
Mental Health Commission of Canada
2008-2009 Annual Report
"Out of the Shadows - Forever"
Message from the Chair, Michael Kirby
It is our pleasure to provide you with a copy of our inaugural Annual Report, documenting the nineteen months since September 2007 when the Commission became operational.
This Annual Report shows the extensive progress that has been made towards achieving the mandate that has been set out for the Commission, which is to promote mental health in Canada, to change the attitudes of Canadians toward mental health problems and mental illness, and to work with stakeholders to improve mental health services and supports.
We appreciate the support and contributions from many committed organizations and passionate people from across this country participating on boards and committees, in public and online consultations, in working groups and research teams, and in so many other important ways.
Please spread the word; let everyone know that this groundbreaking work is underway. There will be increasing opportunities for Canadians to get involved as the Partners for Mental Health program is launched.
Michael Kirby
Chair
Mental Health Commission of Canada
Download 2008-2009 Annual Report
http://www.mentalhealthcommission.ca/SiteCollectionDocuments/Key_Documents/en/2009/MHCC%20Annual%20Report%20English%20(LR).pdf
Click here for Report
BCSS AGM Featuring John E Gray PhD Speaking about the Canadian Mental Health Act - What Families need to know
Click here
Zeldox Recommendation
Story of Courage
For those who missed it, a link to a story printed in the Vancouver Magazine about Dr Macewan.
Here
Read the Vancouver Police Department Report: Lost in Transition
Here
And for further reading - The BCSS Report Blueprint For Change"
Here
A link to a story that shows how the "system" failed.
Here
New Study:
Youth who are going to develop psychosis can be identified before their illness becomes full-blown 35 percent of the time if they meet widely accepted criteria for risk, but that figure rises to 65 to 80 percent if they have certain combinations of risk factors, the largest study of its kind has shown...
To read the full article, please go to:
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/93314.php
An update from GetHelpEarly.
As some of you know Tara is selling jewelry on-line during her time away teaching in South Korea. In order to help raise funds for the website Tara is developing a line of jewelry called ‘the world around me’.
For more information visit www.daughterofluxury.blogspot.com . Here you’ll read her about her fundraising initiative (as well as the recent extraction of her wisdom teeth and trip to China!!)
Please visit www.gethelpearly.ca if you haven’t lately. Early in the summer the work of a talented artist in the Northeast was added to the site. In the past few days the work of an amazing artist from southeastern Ontario was added to the site as well. Wonderful pen and ink drawings, prints, and uniquely fabulous video art can be accessed in the art gallery.
Recently, a gift shop was added to gethelpearly.ca.
A reminder to pass onto EPI youth that we’re looking for links featuring the sale of various art work in their on-line store, blog or website.
Click here for
the Government of Canada Guide detailing Services for Persons with Disabilities
Fraser North EPI services:
Early Psychosis Intervention (EPI) Program
475 Guildford Way
Port Moody, BC V3H 3W9
Phone: 604-469-5152 Fax: 604-469-3157
EPI Clinician: Pam Campbell, RPN
Serving the British Columbia communities of Burnaby, New Westminster, Tri-Cities and Maple Ridge.
Fraser South EPI Program:
Early Psychosis Intervention Program
Peace Arch Hospital
15521 Russell Avenue
White Rock, B.C.
604-538-4278
CMHA Vancouver-Burnaby Branch MIFA Course
A course titled Mental Illness First Aid is being presented by the Vancouver-Burnaby Branch
of CMHA. Please check out the linked PDF files for details.
MIFA Brochure
MIFA Handout
If you need to download the acrobat reader please go to Acrobat Reader
A list of Career and Employment Agencies for People with Disabilities has been added thanks to Lynne
Ketteridge of Kwantlen University who was the guest speaker at the July Delta meeting. See HELP/HINTS Page
If you would like to have an announcement added please email pspops@psychosissupport.com
Note: We will only contact you if we need clarification.