Ongoing Family Resources & Referral Information
Families to Refer:
Relatives or supporters looking for support groups or education events for themselves in their area of BC. No limitations by diagnosis. Relatives, parents, siblings, adult children, family of choice, lesbian /gay / LGTB.
If your agency provides support or information events or groups to relatives/supporters of persons with a mental illness in BC, please send in your information for posting on this calendar to onlinesupport@bcss.org
Families to Refer:
Families needing help finding and accessing mental health info and services for children/youth with a mental health concern, youth with a mental health concern, adults/youth with eating disorder. Run by BC Mental Health and Addictions Services - office in BC Children and Women’s Hospital, service area BC-wide through phone and email.
Families to Refer:
Families of persons with a serious and persistent mental illness (including but not limited to schizophrenia, psychosis, schizoaffective disorders) All family members welcome at support groups, family education groups (regardless of family member diagnosis). Kids in Control program provides service to children 8-13 of parents with any kind of mental illness, as does Family Respite program. Online support groups for family members is also not diagnosis-limited and are facilitated including groups for adult children,
lesbian/gay family of choice and siblings. Referral details at the above links. Service areas: BC wide except respite and kids programs.
Families to refer: Parents of children with a mental illness looking for support and information. Service area: specific regions, see website.
BC Partners for Mental Health and Addictions information offers a wide variety of general audience information on mental health, addictions and mental wellness. All information is evidence based. Funded by provincial health authority.
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Featured Resource
Clinical Neurosciences 2009: Youth Mental Health - Has Its Time Come?
Event date: Friday, February 20, 2009, from 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM
Location: Morris J Wosk Centre for Dialogue, Vancouver - Hosted by Division of Continuing Professional Development, UBC Faculty of Medicine.
Conference Summary: This year’s conference focuses on mental health issues in youth ages 13-25 years old. Highlighted are discussions of mood disorders, substance abuse, psychosis and the challenges of retooling a mental health system towards early intervention in youth mental health.
Format/Topics:
- Continental Breakfast; Registration and Exhibits Open
- Opening & Welcome Dr. Bill MacEwan
- Reaching Out to Inner City Youth: Covenant House Vancouver, Ms. Tracy Brown
- Orygen Youth Health Program Met and Unmet Need in Youth Mental Health, Dr. Alison Yung, Melbourne
- Tackling Substance Abuse in Youth: the Role of Attachment, Dr. Steve Mathias
- Early Psychosis: Where Are We Going? Dr. Thomas Raedler, Calgary
- Developing Youth Mental Health Services: Advocacy and the Art of Begging, Dr. Karen Tee
- Clinical Aspects of Bipolar Disorder in Youth and Young Adults, Dr. Glenda McQueen, Calgary
- DEBATE: Division of mental health services into adolescent and adult hampers mental health treatment in young adults PRO: Dr. Derryck Smith CON: Dr. Jean Addington
The UBC Division of CPD designates this educational program as meeting the accreditation criteria of the College of Family Physicians of Canada for up to 5.5 MAINPRO M1 credits. |
Listings of Upcoming Family Events by Area
By popular demand the Reaching Families Calendar now has made it easier for people to view events and resources by location. Please click on the appropriate link below to view a listing specific to your local area.
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