Date: December 3rd 2007

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Season’s Greetings!

In this issue:

Issued by the Provincial Health Services Authority on November 16, 2007, the paper is called Current Status of Riverview Hospital. To read the paper in its entirety, please click here: external-stakeholder-info-rvh-status-nov-07.pdf

Update on Riverview Hospital

Issued by the Provincial Health Services Authority on November 16, 2007, the paper is called Current Status of Riverview Hospital. To read the paper in its entirety, please click here: external-stakeholder-info-rvh-status-nov-07.pdf

Alan Alda Speaks Out About Schizophrenia:

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Alan Alda’s new autobiography talks about his experiences having a mother with schizophrenia. Click here for a link to a transcript of a recent interview about it for USA Today.

  

  

Bank of Montreal Donates $10,000 to Strengthening Families Together Program

BMO, the Bank of Montreal, recently donated $10,000 to the BC Schizophrenia Societies Strengthening Families Together program. "This generous donation to BCSS by the Bank of Montreal comes at a time when funds are needed more than ever to keep the programs that BCSS has become known for strong and sustainable -- both now and in the future, " commented Gary Glacken, Executive Director of BCSS.

 

New Promotional Video for BCSS Reach Out High School Tour

Reach Out

The ReachOut Psychosis Tour is proud to present our new video, giving a taste of this concert and spoken word presentation
that travels to high schools, correctional centres and colleges in BC.

You can view the video and find out more about the program at www.reachout.bcss.org . For More information on this program, or for tour dates, please visit www.reachoutpsychosis.com

Kids In Control - BCSS Promotional Poster Available Online

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.  Our newly revised Kids In Control Poster is now available to download via bcss.org! Information on the program and a link to the poster file is www.kidsincontrol.bcss.org 

BCSS.ORG - A Place For Support, Education, and Advocacy

We’ve been hard at work updating the www.bcss.org website to make it easy to use and informative.
We have now created links that are easy to remember, please bookmark them!

Please note that there are also special links to each of our programs, with information about the program concerned.

  • www.support.bcss.org  - Online Family Support Groups - Groups are facilitated, open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week!
  • www.buddy.bcss.org  - Family Support Buddy Program - One-on-one support from someone who’s been there.
  • www.kidsincontrol.bcss.org  - Kids in Control - Groups for children with a parent with a mental illness.
  • www.partnership.bcss.org  - Partnership Presentations - Public education presentations on mental illness.
  • www.strengtheningfamilies.bcss.org  - Strengthening Families Together - This course is for family members and friends of a person with a mental illness.
  • www.respite.bcss.org  - Family Respite Program - This highly regarded and flexible program provides a break to family members caring for a person with a mental illness, including children, spouses, parents, siblings etc. Available in selected communities in BC.
  • www.partnership.bcss.org  - Information on our Partnership program - Public education program for schools, clinical staff, police, social workers, bus drivers and other groups in the community.
  • www.puppeteer.bcss.org  - Information on the BCSS Puppet program - Consumer and family puppeteers work together to present a play, “Brother Where Are You?” to Grade 4/5 students.

New Schizophrenia Drug Shows Promise in Trials - New York Times Article

“In a clinical trial of about 200 patients, an experimental drug from Eli Lilly reduced schizophrenia symptoms without the serious side effects of current treatments, according to a paper published yesterday in the journal Nature Medicine.

The drug must still be evaluated on many more patients to test for the possibility of side effects that have not yet emerged, and it is at least three to four years from completing regulatory review.

But schizophrenia researchers said the trial’s results were surprising and impressive, especially since the drug works in a different way from existing antipsychotic medicines, all of which have serious side effects, including substantial weight gain and tremors.” Click here to read more

Coordinator Profile - Julia Barr

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Julia Barr, BCSS’s veteran Regional Coordinator serving Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody, Pitt Meadows and Maple Ridge will be retiring at the end of December.

Her energy and dedication to people with a serious mental illness and their family members will be greatly missed.

Julia came to BCSS with a wealth of knowledge and experience. She was in Forensic services for many years, and also served as the executive director of CMHA New Westminster, and then at Hemm Industries Society. In addition to her work, Julia put in long hours as a volunteer and board member of several local agencies to help establish urgently needed community-based mental health programs and services. [Click here to read more...]

Naked Bungy 2008 - Promotional Poster Now Available For Downloading

Our Naked Bungy event planning is well under way. Mark the Date! February 23 & 24th, 2008 at Wild Play Element Park just outside Nanaimo.

Please click on this link to download the new poster to help promote our signature annual BCSS fundraising event.

BCSS’s New Cause on Facebook

BCSS is proud to announce a whole new way to get the word out and connect with people. As well, people on Facebook can now donate to BCSS online using the Causes application. If you click through to our profile below, you’ll find out how to get involved.

By adding BC Schizophrenia to your friends list, and joining the “British Columbia Schizophrenia Society (BCSS)” cause group, you can help spread the word to let others know how to support us.

Here’s a link directly to the Cause page: http://apps.facebook.com/causes/view_cause/39590?h=mfccb&recruiter_id=3341289 

BCSS On YouTube - Over 12,000 Video Views Since May 2007

The internet is a great way to disseminate information to the general public. In May 2007, we decided to do a trial, and put one of our BCSS Videos on the popular website YouTube. Since that time, our video entitled, “The Real Story Of Schizophrenia” has been viewed close to 13,000 times by various individuals. It is free to post video content on YouTube, and we feel that this is a great way to provide information to those that are looking for it via the world wide web. We also have a number of great videos, plus copies of our popular radio public service announcements on our website at www.av.bcss.org

You can watch the BCSS Videos by clicking on this link: http://youtube.com/watch?v=f4R6jln_eZg

New! Online Donations To BCSS on BCSS.ORG!

There’s an easy new way to donate to BCSS! Please visit www.bcss.org  and click on the “Donate Now Through Canada Helps” button.

With your credit card number, it takes less than five minutes to make your contribution to help fund the programs and services of the British Columbia Schizophrenia Society, or if you prefer, to fund the important research initiatives that we are involved in for schizophrenia and other serious and persistent mental illness.

If you are not yet comfortable with donating in this manner, you can still do it the old fashioned way and give us a call anytime at 604-270-7841 or 1-888-888-0029 toll free. For more information on all the ways to donate to BCSS, you can also visit: www.donate.bcss.org

Here’s wishing you and yours a happy, safe holiday season, and a prosperous and healthy 2008!
See you in the new year!

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