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  • Psychosis Symptoms and What to Do - This 4 page fact sheet in pdf format gives helpful tips for families and friends on how to handle psychosis symptoms.... More →
  • Advocating for your relative (and yourself) - Dos and Don'ts - Dos and don'ts for families coping with schizophrenia... More →
  • Provincial Office Staff - The BCSS has staff contacts in every health region in BC, who help families and support programs on behalf of the provincial society. Please click on the link above for staff email and contact information.... 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 →
  • Schizophrenia / Psychosis Early Warning Signs - This list of warning signs was developed by people whose relatives have schizophrenia or other serious mental illness. Many behaviours are within the range of normal responses to situations. Yet family members sense—even when symptoms are mild—that behaviour is “unusual”; that the person is “not the same”.... More →
  • Ulysses Agreement – planning for support - A Ulysses Agreement is a voluntary plan that allows a parent to plan how their children will be cared for should they relapse and be temporally unable to care for their children. Help to create these plans is available in Boston Bar, Hope, Agassiz, Mission, Abbotsford, Langley, White Rock & Surrey from Mark Littlefield at (604) 832-0705. Outside the Fraser region, please call Mark for more information or click on the link for written information and templates.... More →
  • Steps For Working With Delusions - Steps for working with delusions.... More →
  • Kids in Control Support Group Program - The Kids in Control Support Group Program, created by the BC Schizophrenia Society, gives information, education and support to children eight to thirteen years of age who have a parent with a serious mental illness. The Teens in Control program is now available for Teens. For more information visit: www.bcss.org/kidsincontrol... More →
  • BCSS Board of Directors - BCSS has a Board of Directors whose role is to act honestly and in good faith in the best interests of the society. Board members create broad policy to governing the mandates of the Society and raise funds on behalf of BCSS.... More →
  • What is Psychosis? - Fact sheet in pdf format. A good general audience introduction to psychosis.... More →
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  • Media Release – Canada-wide Landmarks Shed Purple Light on Schizophrenia
  • Thank You Phoenix Perennials and Specialty Plants
  • Surrey – BCSS – Estate Planning for Special Needs Dependents
  • Thank you to RBC for funding Kids in Control
  • BCSS letter to Louise Bradley, President and CEO, Mental Health Commission of Canada
  • Tell us your story
  • More Clues in the Genetics of Schizophrenia
  • 2011 Moving Lives Forward Scholarship Recipients
  • Offering Kids in Control or Teens in Control in your region
  • Remembering Greg Dallimore
  • New Medication for Schizophrenia: Abilify (aripiprazole)
  • Coroners Inquest Jury Recommendations in the Death of Paul Boyd
  • Improvements to the RDSP plan
  • B.C.’s Mental Health Plan: Where Do Leadership Hopefuls Stand on Helping the Mentally Ill?
  • Ending Stigma and Achieving Parity in Mental Health: A Physician Perspective
  • Planned Giving Seminars for BCSS Branches and Regions
  • Jodi and Harpreet’s Half-Marathon Fundraiser for BCSS
  • Twins Help Find Cause of Schizophrenia
  • BC Patients Respond to Government’s Drug Policy Reform
  • Letter from Lucy Waters: Not right to ignore signs of deteriorating mental health
  • Coroners Inquest Results – Ross Allan
  • Schizophrenia in Canada – A National Report
  • British Columbia Schizophrenia Society Statement on Violence
  • About BCSS Kamloops
  • Richard Dolman Award for Excellence in Police Service Awarded to Detective Fiona Wilson-Bates of VPD
  • Mental Health Professionals Resource Elist
  • Educator E-Resource Newsletter
  • Family Resource Elist
  • Raise Your Voice – Contact Your MLA About Lack of Resources!
  • Police Intervention in Emergency Psychiatric Care: BluePrint For Change
  • Lost in Transition – A report from the Vancouver Police Department
  • Planned Giving
  • Educational Booklets For Children – Schizophrenia, Bipolar, Depression
  • Psychotic Illness can be Predicted in up to 80% of High-Risk Youth
  • ReachOut Psychosis Concert Tour Video
  • GMIS – Genetics and Mental Illness Studies
  • Online Support Groups for Family / Supporters
  • CIBC Donates $5,000 to BC Schizophrenia Society for Kids In Control Program
  • BC Schizophrenia Society Group on Facebook
  • CBC Passionate Eye Documentary on Using Comedy to Fight Mental Illness and Stigma
  • Early Psychosis Intervention

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