British Columbia Schizophrenia Society

Strengthening Families Together - 10 session group for family and friends - Do you have a relative or friend with a serious mental illness? Strengthening Families Together is a 10-session group for families and friends, which provides information, skill-building, and support.... More →
Schizophrenia / Psychosis Early Warning Signs - This list of warning signs was developed by people whose relatives have schizophrenia or other serious mental... More →
New Antipsychotic Review: ZELDOX (ziprasidone hydrochloride) - By Dr. Richard Williams... More →
Kids in Control Support Group Program - The Kids in Control Support Group Program gives information, education and support to children eight to thirteen years of age who have a parent with a serious mental illness.... More →
Addiction and Concurrent Disorders - What Psychiatry do we need / BCSS AGM - Dr. Michael Krausz - Addiction & Concurrent Disorders - What Psychiatry Do We Need? - Featuring: Dr.... More →
Family Toolkit - The Family Toolkit is designed to assist families in caring for a family member with a mental illness by providing information and practical resources.... More →
Drugs, Alcohol and Schizophrenia - Mixing drugs or alcohol with an illness like schizophrenia is an alarming new trend. Traveling this risky road has devastating consequences.... More →
2009-10 Financial Snapshot - Summary: - BCSS's regional programs and services provided by regional support and project coordinators are... More →
Spouses Handbook - This booklet was published due to requests from family members who have a spouse ill with schizophrenia, for information specific to their needs.... More →
B.R.I.D.G.E.S. Education and Support Program - BRIDGES is a course taught by consumers for consumers. BRIDGES helps people learn things that will help them in their journey to recovery. People who have taken the course find it helps them to be part of their own treatment. In the course, students learn about psychiatric diagnoses. They also learn about what mental health treatments work best.... More →

Reaching Out Video and Teacher’s Guide – high speed internet version

THE REACHING OUT RESOURCE PACKAGE

20-minute video featuring a short drama set in a high school and five people with schizophrenia talking about their experience with the illness
Information for the teacher and students about schizophrenia
Lesson plans for two periods
Resources and suggestions to extend the learning

Coming soon…

External Evaluation Report
Download Teacher Guide
News Release
Background of Reaching Out
Open Letter to Educators
Open Letter To Health & Community Services Professionals
Downloads: Teacher’s Manual | Families Helping Families Brochure | Fact Sheet | Video
Evaluation Program | Teacher | Student
| French Subtitles / Explication en Francais

POSITIVE FEEDBACK TO REACHING OUT

“Accurate information, good emphasis on early treatment—useful to professionals dealing with young people.” - Dr. Mike Myers, Former President, Canadian Psychiatric Association

“Our organization has recently implemented a policy where we endorse very few programs or projects, but are certainly eager to assist in the dissemination of information about worthwhile ones and this certainly fits in that category.” Julius Buski, Secretary General, Canadian Teacher’s Federation

“The typical family of a mentally ill person is often in chaos. Parents look frantically for answers that often can’t be found; siblings flee. Hope turns to despair and some families are destroyed no matter how hard they try to survive.” -Parent of a teen with schizophrenia

“I do not know how I could have made it as far as I have today without the love and support of my family, my therapists and my friends. It was their faith in my ability to overcome this potentially devastating illness that carried me through my journey.” –Janis Jordan, from “Adrift in an Anchorless Reality,” Schizophrenia Bulletin, Volume 21, No. 3

Watch the Video

If for some reason you have difficulty with the below video, you can view it as well at this link

Watch the Video (Quicktime)

http://www.bcss.org/a_media/video/ReachingOutCommunity.mp4

The above is the same file in quicktime format

Information about the video and teachers guide

“Outstanding educational resource to teach senior high school students about mental illness.” -Connie Easton, President, British Columbia School Counsellors Association

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