Family Do’s and Don’t's
Link to pdf to download or print: Do’s & Don’t's Plain text (for browsers without pdf capability). Plain text (for browsers without pdf capability). DO’S AND DONT’S Families coping with mental...
View ArticleDoctor’s Hospital Release Letter
Link to download or print: Doctors hospital release letter
View ArticleGerrit Clements – Lawyer and Health Law Consultant – BC Mental Health Law
Contents Topics in this video Video Questions with text summary responses Mr. Clement’s bio Tell us how you liked this video Topics in this video What are the criteria for involuntary admission? What...
View ArticleTreatment Resistant Psychosis Family Brochure
Click here to view the Treatment Resistant Psychosis Family Brochure. This brochure provides information on family on treatment resistant psychosis, the available treatment, information on Clozapine...
View ArticleObtaining and Providing Mental Health Information – A Guide For Family Members
This Guide is designed to help family members and others playing a family-like role to receive information from mental health care professionals; and to give information to mental health care...
View ArticleRecommendations for family members with a loved one in the hospital
Referral: We recommend you: Contact the BCSS coordinator for your area Some regions have a family support staff member to assist you while your loved one is in hospital. We suggest you request a family...
View ArticleFamilies with Children Tax Deferment Program
The Families with Children Tax Deferment Program is a low interest loan program that allows you to defer paying all or part of your property taxes on your principal residence if you are financially...
View ArticleEarly Psychosis – How Family and Friends Can Help
How to help a loved one whose brain is recovering from psychosis when they return home from the hospital.
View ArticleSubstance Use, Schizophrenia and Psychosis
Substance Use, Schizophrenia and Psychosis The link between the use of cannabis and symptoms of schizophrenia is clear even though it has been surrounded by controversy. The use of cannabis can trigger...
View Article2016/17 B.C. Schizophrenia Society Annual General Meeting and Panel...
On June 25, 2017, B.C. Schizophrenia Society held its Annual General Meeting in Vancouver followed by a panel discussion about the relationship between cannabis and psychosis. More than 65 people...
View ArticleCALL TO ACTION: Our Mental Health Act is Under Attack
The B.C. Mental Health Act, which is about the care and protection of citizens who suffer from serious mental illness, is now under attack. Please see the letter in The Vancouver Sun from B.C....
View ArticleCognitive Remediation in B.C. and Canada
People living with schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders often develop profound and disabling cognitive deficits. Even more than positive or negative symptoms, cognitive deficits can impair daily...
View ArticleNational Website Designed to Educate Emerging Adults about Risks of Cannabis
With this summer’s planned legalization of recreational cannabis use, mental health clinicians and researchers are deeply concerned that young Canadians may be unaware and unprepared for the effects of...
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