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		<title>Forensic Psychiatric Services</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 15:58:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A 2011 booklet for families to explain BC's forensic psychiatry services.]]></description>
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		<title>Ulysses Agreement – planning for support</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 02:22:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 &#038; 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. ]]></description>
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		<title>Guide to the Mental Health Act</title>
		<link>http://www.bcss.org/2008/01/resources/family-friends/guide-to-the-mental-health-act/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bcss.org/2008/01/resources/family-friends/guide-to-the-mental-health-act/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 06:52:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This resource may be useful to people who would like to understand the rules and procedures in place in BC around mental illness, police involvement, involuntary treatment, etc
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		<title>Psychotic Illness can be Predicted in up to 80% of High-Risk Youth</title>
		<link>http://www.bcss.org/2008/01/resources/health-professionals/psychotic-illness-can-be-predicted-in-up-to-80-of-high-risk-youth/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bcss.org/2008/01/resources/health-professionals/psychotic-illness-can-be-predicted-in-up-to-80-of-high-risk-youth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2008 01:18:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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		<title>Reaching Out Schizophrenia Video &#8211; Physician Version</title>
		<link>http://www.bcss.org/2008/01/resources/health-professionals/professional-development/reaching-out-schizophrenia-video-physician-version/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bcss.org/2008/01/resources/health-professionals/professional-development/reaching-out-schizophrenia-video-physician-version/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2008 01:26:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This video for physicians discusses the experience of schizophrenia and includes psychiatrists speaking about the disease. ]]></description>
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		<title>Research Resource: Confidentiality Intervention: Effects on Provider-Consumer-Family Collaboration</title>
		<link>http://www.bcss.org/2007/10/resources/health-professionals/professional-development/confidentiality_intervention/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bcss.org/2007/10/resources/health-professionals/professional-development/confidentiality_intervention/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 02:49:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BCSS Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This article discusses a model intervention clarifying confidentiality policies regarding releasing information to families or significant others was evaluated for its effectiveness in improving provider-consumer-family collaboration. ]]></description>
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		<title>Research Resources on Professional / Family Collaboration</title>
		<link>http://www.bcss.org/2007/10/resources/health-professionals/professional-development/two_research_abstracts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bcss.org/2007/10/resources/health-professionals/professional-development/two_research_abstracts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 02:46:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BCSS Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Homeless Persons with Mental Illness and Their Families: Emerging Issues from Clinical Work: The authors draw on their clinical work with homeless persons with mental illness to outline three family-related issues that seem common to many homeless persons with mental illness<br />Living with Schizophrenia: A Family Perspective: This review summarizes the studies related to the family responses and emotional environment of families who have a member with schizophrenia.]]></description>
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		<title>Marijuana use increases risk for psychosis by 40%</title>
		<link>http://www.bcss.org/2007/10/resources/family-friends/marijuana-use-increases-risk-for-psychosis-in-later-life-by-40/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bcss.org/2007/10/resources/family-friends/marijuana-use-increases-risk-for-psychosis-in-later-life-by-40/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2007 18:57:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BCSS Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An article by Theresa H.M. Moore, MSc, from the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom, and colleagues was published in the July 28 issue of The Lancet.  Moore compared the results of several research studies that followed people over a period of time (systematic review of longitudinal studies). She found that there is enough new evidence that the use of cannabis (marijuana) increases the risk for later psychotic illness by roughly 40%.
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		<title>Cognitive Deficits in Schizophrenia &#8211; Fact Sheet</title>
		<link>http://www.bcss.org/2007/09/resources/health-professionals/professional-development/neurocognitive-testing-of-patients-with-schizophrenia-why/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bcss.org/2007/09/resources/health-professionals/professional-development/neurocognitive-testing-of-patients-with-schizophrenia-why/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2007 20:52:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BCSS Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr Merete  argues that: Neurocognitive deficits are a core feature of schizophrenia, affecting 94% of patients.  Cognitive deficits are probably the most important factor for poor outcome in people with the illness.  Cognitive testing would be of great benefit to patients, clinicians, families and other caregivers.]]></description>
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		<title>Early Psychosis Identification for Physicians and Mental Health Professionals</title>
		<link>http://www.bcss.org/2007/05/resources/health-professionals/vfs-physician-version/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bcss.org/2007/05/resources/health-professionals/vfs-physician-version/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 23:26:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BCSS Staff</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Audio & Video]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Developed by the BC Schizophrenia Society in conjunction with the University of British Columbia's Department of Psychiatry to help enhance clinical skills. People with schizophrenia talk about their personal experience, with commentary by five noted psychiatrists.]]></description>
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		<title>Partnership Education</title>
		<link>http://www.bcss.org/2007/05/programs/partnership-education/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bcss.org/2007/05/programs/partnership-education/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2007 19:26:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BCSS Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Partnership Education is based on a personal storytelling model. It is a unique and powerful presentation that helps people in the community to understand the nature and prevalence of chronic and severe mental illness. A Partnership presentation is a panel of three guest speakers - a person with a psychiatric diagnosis, a family member, and a mental health professional. The three guests are presented as a team and each describes their own personal experience with mental illness. For information about volunteering for or arranging for a partnership presentation in your area, please <a href="http://www.bcss.org/category/branches">contact the BCSS staff person or volunteer near you.</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Reaching Families Research Project</title>
		<link>http://www.bcss.org/2007/03/resources/health-professionals/professional-development/reaching-families-research-project/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bcss.org/2007/03/resources/health-professionals/professional-development/reaching-families-research-project/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Mar 2007 21:45:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BCSS Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A study of best practices in disseminating information to families of persons with mental illness.]]></description>
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		<title>Releasing Information to Third Parties</title>
		<link>http://www.bcss.org/2006/09/resources/family-friends/releasing-information-to-third-parties/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bcss.org/2006/09/resources/family-friends/releasing-information-to-third-parties/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Sep 2006 22:08:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BCSS Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This fact sheet from the provincial ministry of health provides guidelines for releasing clients' information to third parties such as family or friends of the client or health care providers.]]></description>
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		<title>Early Psychosis Intervention</title>
		<link>http://www.bcss.org/2006/05/resources/family-friends/early-psychosis-intervention/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bcss.org/2006/05/resources/family-friends/early-psychosis-intervention/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 May 2006 21:10:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Information on the importance of early psychosis intervention and treatment.]]></description>
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		<title>Sample Consent Form &#8211; for releasing information to family members</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 May 2006 22:01:04 +0000</pubDate>
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