ANNOUNCEMENTS
The next EPI Family Support group meeting will be held at Peace Arch Hospital,
Elder Healh Meeting Room, Berkley Pavilion - January 2009
Topic: TBA
Contact the EPI central intake line 604-538-4278
The next EPI/BCSS Family Support Group will be at Delta Mental Health on Monday December 8th Topic: TBA
For further information please
contact your EPI Clinician or contact Hardeep Thind 604-574-1976.
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 new link to this BCSS Online Support on the Links page.
NEW! Canadian Medical Association Report Card on Health including Mental Health
New! Zeldox Recommendation
Zeldox Recommendation
University of British Columbia
Department of Psychiatry
Research Study: Stigma and Mental Illness
Stigma can have serious negative effects on people with mental illness and their family members.
We are mental illness researchers interested in developing a scale to assess internalized stigma in first-degree family members (parents, brothers, sisters, and children) of people with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or schizoaffective disorder.
As a questionnaire, the scale will gather information about stigma in family members of people with mental illness and aim to improve coping and the overall well being of the family network.
If you are a first-degree family member of a person with mental illness and would like more information about participating please contact Dr. Jehannine Austin or Emily Morris at mental.illness@ubc.ca or by phone 604 875 2000 (ext. 4733).
Alerting youth about Schizophrenia
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
The Mental Health Commission of Canada Knowledge Exchange Centre initiative is interested in your advice and support. They are conducting a survey to advise them with respect to the creation of the Knowledge Exchange Centre. The survey will assist them in identifying good, promising and best practices in mental health knowledge exchange.
Their definition of knowledge exchange is “the engagement of people living with mental illness and their families, as well as the public, service providers, decision makers, and researchers in obtaining, sharing and utilizing information, knowledge and skills to improve health outcomes based on evidence, experience, promising practices or policies”.
They have to date collected information about more than 600 mental health focused websites in Canada and internationally. They have also reviewed all available published literature from key research journals.
They want to ensure that they do not miss other sources of knowledge exchange initiatives that you may be aware of. If you know of a good practice that you would like to share, please fill in the survey referenced at: http://www.mentalhealthcommission.ca/survey.
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
Please check out web site www.gethelpearly.ca which is a new Youth/Family site hosted by a PEPP Parent.
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.