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2009-12-22T16:59:14Z

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Aboriginal Family Mental Health Resources

Welcome to this issue of aboriginal resources relating to mental health, produced by the BC Schizophrenia Society, in partnership with the BC Partners for Mental Health and Addictions Information.

We hope this newsletter provides you with helpful information. Some companion enewsletters are available on other topics as well.

In this newsletter:

General Family Resources

Featured Resources - Healthy Aboriginal Network

Family support and education events, listed by location

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Featured Resources

Healthy Aboriginals Network

The Healthy Aboriginal Network creates comics on health and social issues for youth. Topics we’ve covered so far are:

Youth health issues
Suicide prevention
Gambling addiction
Diabetes prevention
Staying in school

Visit www.thehealthyaboriginal.net/ for information on the comic books and how to order, or check their channel on youtube, with videos of their story boards

Ongoing Family Resources & Referral Information

Reaching Families Project (BC Schizophrenia Society/ HeretoHelp)
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.

Multi-agency support group listing:http://www.meetings.bcss.org
Family events calendar http://www.familyevents.bcss.org
Online support groups for family members – (facilitated) including groups for adult children, lesbian/gay family of choice and siblings
Population-specific resource e-newsletters - feature and promote resources for family members to various audiences.

**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

Kelty Resource Centre
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.

BC Schizophrenia Society
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.

The FORCE For Kids Mental Health
Families to refer:Parents of children with a mental illness looking for support and information. Service area: specific regions, see website.

Here To Help 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.

UPCOMING FAMILY EVENTS

For more events, please visit the family calendar www.familyevents.bcss.org. View events sorted by location.

1 December:
- Online Support Groups for Family / Supporters (all day)

22 December:
- Vernon - BCSS - Family Support Group - 4th Tuesdays (evening) (7:00 pm)

23 December:
- Ladner/Tsaw - MDA/CMHA - Mood Disorders Family Support Group - 2nd and 4th Wednesdays (7:00 pm)

28 December:
- Kitimat - BCSS - Family Support Group - last Mondays (7:00 pm)

30 December:
- Kamloops - BCSS - Support & Info Sessions - Mondays (4:00 pm)
- McBride - BCSS - Family Support Group - last Wednesdays (7:00 pm)

1 January:
- Online Support Groups for Family / Supporters (all day)

4 January:
- Abbotsford - FORCE - Group for Parents of Children/Youth - 1st Mondays (7:00 pm)
- Langley - BCSS - Family Support Group - 1st Mondays (7:00 pm)

5 January:
- Chilliwack - BCSS - Caring and Sharing Family Support Group - 1st Tuesdays (7:30 pm)

6 January:

7 January:

8 January:
- Fort St. John - BCSS - Breakfast Support Group - 1st Fridays (7:30 am)

11 January:

12 January:
- Quesnel - BCSS - Family Support Group - 2nd Tuesdays (7:30 pm)

13 January:

14 January:
- Nelson - BCSS - Family Support Group - 2nd Thursdays (7:00 pm)

15 January:

16 January:
- Victoria - BCSS - Family EPI Group - 3rd Saturdays (11:30 am)

18 January:
- Powell River - BCSS - Family Support Group - 3rd Mondays (7:00 pm)
- Vancouver - MDA - Mood Disorders Family Support Group - 3rd Mondays (7:00 pm)

19 January:

20 January:

21 January:

25 January:
- Vancouver - BCSS - Family Support Group - 4th Mondays (6:30 pm)
- Kitimat - BCSS - Family Support Group - last Mondays (7:00 pm)

26 January:
- Abbotsford - BCSS - Family support group - Last Tuesdays (7:00 pm)
- Vernon - BCSS - Family Support Group - 4th Tuesdays (evening) (7:00 pm)

27 January:

28 January:

31 January:
- Surrey/Delta/Langley/White Rock - Strengthening Families Together Course (2:00 pm)

For more events, please visit the family calendar

Aboriginal Family Mental Health Resources E-News

2009-06-09T17:06:10Z

Reaching Families Resource Newsletter

Aboriginal Mental Health Resources

Welcome to a periodic update from the Aboriginal Mental Health Family Resources Newsletter. This newsletter is prepared by the BC Schizophrenia Society in partnership with BC Partners for Mental Health and Addictions Information

Ongoing BC-Wide Family Resources

Reaching Families Calendar - support and education events.
Family Support Groups
Online Facilitated Family Support Groups
Kelty Resource Centre - child/youth mental health
BC Schizophrenia Society - family info/services
The FORCE For Kids Mental Health - kids mental health
Here to Help - information

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Featured Resources

The Human Face of Mental Health and Mental Illness in Canada

An older resource (2006) but one that you may not be aware of is the The Human Face of Mental Health and Mental Illness in Canada, produced by the Public Health Agency of Canada. This report has an extensive chapter titled “The Mental Health and Well-Being of Aboriginal Peoples in Canada”. Readers might find some of the discussion covers areas they are already familiar with, but the chapter contains an overview of concepts, and some statistics. The full document is available at this link and the Aboriginal mental health and well being chapter begins on page 178.

Lower Mainland - Aboriginal Resources

The Red Book is a listing of lower mainland resources that has a listing of programs and services for aboriginal persons.

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2009-02-12T20:08:36Z

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Event Notice:

The theme for the BC Mental Health and Addictions Research Network's 4th Annual Research Colloquium is "In Your Eyes: Community Approaches to Research in Mental Health and Addictions". This important event will feature leading experts from BC and beyond, including a keynote address from Dr. Bonnie Duran (University of Washington) who is a leading researcher in the field of Indigenous health.

Event Details:

In Your Eyes: Community Approaches to Research in Mental Health and Addictions
March 5, 2009
9:00 am - 4:00 pm (Continental Breakfast available at 8:15 a.m.) Asia Pacific Hall
Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue
Simon Fraser University, Vancouver
Admission to this one-day event is free, but online registration is required. Please view the attached flyer for further details and visit www.mhanet.ca to register online. NOTE: Seating has reached capacity, but a waiting list is being kept and the colloquium will be broadcast via the internet (see below).

If you are unable to attend in person, the Colloquium will be broadcast live via the internet.
For more information please contact Tenny Bache, Community Liaison Officer at tbache@phsa.ca .

This event is sponsored in partnership with the Network Environments for Aboriginal Research BC (NEARBC) and will feature an art show by members of The Kettle Friendship Society.
Please note that the Network's new Community-based Research Hub will be hosting a satellite CBR Skill Development Workshop on March 6, 2009, presented by the Women's Health Research Network (WHRN). For more information and to apply to attend, visit http://mhanet.ca/opportunities-training.html#workshop .

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2008-11-24T16:34:00Z

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Welcome to the latest edition of the Reaching Families Project Aboriginal Resources Newsletter. Notices of aboriginal family resources relating to mental health can be sent to onlinesupport@bcss.org so we can help spread the word.

More aboriginal family specific resources are available at www.aboriginal.bcss.org and http://www.heretohelp.bc.ca/search/node/aboriginal The Reaching Families Project is funded by BC Mental Health and Addictions Services as part of the BC Partners for Mental Health and Addictions Information.

Visions Journal Aboriginal People Edition

This month's featured resource is the Aboriginal edition of Visions Journal, which is another publication of BC Partners for Mental Health and Addictions Information. The following is the introduction and table and contents from this edition. If you click on the links you can read the articles that interest you.

Vol. 5, No. 1 (Summer 2008) | 32 pages | table of contents | pdf (1.9 Mb)

This issue of Visions stirs new ground like no other issue has. If you identify yourself as Aboriginal, First Nation, Inuit or Metis, you will likely find much that resonates with you. If you don't indentify yourself that way, you will still learn a lot from this issue about the role of identity, culture, empowerment and community. Our amazing contributors have weaved mental well-being and wellness into a complex tapestry with spiritual, phsycial and social well-being, as well as the historical unjustices and current realities faced by many Aboriginal people including family violence and abuse, child neglect, trauma, discrimination, poverty, and homelessness.

Background

Editor's Message (Sarah Hamid-Balma)
Cultural Pathways for Decolonization [guest editorial] (Bill Mussell)
Aboriginal Mental Health — The Statistical Reality (Saman Khan)
Charting the Future of Native Mental Health in Canada (Terry Adler)
Research Summary: Aboriginal Peoples' Experiences of Mental Health and Addictions Care (Victoria Smye)
Spirit Beads, Resilience and Residential School (Madeleine Dion Stout)

Experiences and Perspectives

Everything is Related— Unemployment, mental health and addictions (Andy Sibbald)
Earl Joe's Story (Donna Panitow)
"Cowboy Dave"— Just one story from the Cariboo streets (Wayne Lucier)
Banishing the Shame From My Life (Ron Nunn)
Once Upon a Time in the Big City (Kristine Sinclair)

Alternatives and Approaches

Harm Reuction and Abstinence— More Alike Than Different? (Colleen Dell)
Aboriginal Ethics Guide Ethical Research (Marlene Castellano)
Seeking Health Care at Emergency Departments—Access issues affecting Aboriginal people (Annette Browne)
Canada's Indian Residential School System— Historical Trauma and the Aboriginal Healing Foundation (Wayne Spear)

Regional Programs

Unprecedented Collaboration— Four nations in Northern BC (Sandra Olson)
Surviving the Fall— DVD (Marie Nightingale)
Toward Blending the Best of Two Worlds— The Fraser Region Aboriginal Child and Youth Mental Health Teams (Janit Doyle and Virge Silveria)

Resources

Resources

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2008-10-14T14:50:05Z

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More aboriginal family specific resources are available at www.aboriginal.bcss.org and http://www.heretohelp.bc.ca/search/node/aboriginal

The Reaching Families Project is funded by BC Mental Health and Addictions Services as part of the BC Partners for Mental Health and Addictions Information.

Fraser Health launches new Aboriginal Mental Health DVD
9/15/2008

Fraser Health: “It should have been the happiest time of my life,” a young woman shares of the early days with her new baby. “But I cried all the time – even when I did the laundry. I always felt alone even when I was in a room full of my family – people who loved me.”

This personal story is among those courageously shared by six young Aboriginal women from the Stó:lô Territory and their families for a new DVD, ‘Aboriginal Journeys in Mental Health – Surviving the Fall’. The DVD was produced by Fraser Health’s Health Promotion and Prevention and Mental Health and Addiction Services, Stó:lô Nation Health Services and Bear Image Productions as an educational and awareness building tool to benefit Aboriginal women, their families and health care providers.

Their stories speak to the grief and loss of miscarriage and stillbirth and of the loneliness and isolation experienced with Perinatal (Post-Partum) Depression. They speak to the mental and emotional struggles, the pain, the frustrations, the sadness, and as well, to the recovery and hope gained from reaching out for help.

And in the telling, their emotional and heartfelt words continue an ancient tradition of the Aboriginal people – to share learning and wisdom through stories passed on through the generations.

“I’m very pleased to see Fraser Health develop a tool that is culturally sensitive and relevant to our Aboriginal population,” said Mary Polak, Minister of Healthy Living and Sport. “This DVD brings hope. It will serve as a powerful vehicle to encourage Aboriginal women struggling with perinatal depression to reach out for help and ultimately improve their quality of life and that of their babies and families.”

“In the Aboriginal culture, learning is relational,” said Brian Muth, Fraser Health’s Aboriginal Community Engagement Coordinator and a DVD project lead (former Mental Health Liaison for the Stó:lô Nation Health Services). “It comes from connections with others, from listening to stories and attending gatherings. This has been the way of the Aboriginal people since earliest times.”

The women’s compelling stories are bolstered by commentaries by a number of health professionals from public health, mental health and Aboriginal health, including Dr. Shaila Misri, Director of Reproductive Mental Health at BC Women’s Hospital and a provincial expert in this field. The DVD also speaks to the importance of weaving mainstream medicine and practices with traditional Aboriginal healing.

Depression is the leading cause of disability for women in their childbearing years. As many as one in five women in B.C. may experience depression related to pregnancy and childbirth. And research indicates that perinatal depression can significantly affect the health of both mother and child, and if left untreated can lead to chronic depression.

Leslie Schroeder, Project Director for Fraser Health’s Aboriginal Health Services believes the DVD is extremely valuable. “It will help people in many ways by building greater understanding of mental health challenges associated with pregnancy and childbirth, promoting early identification of symptoms, and encouraging women to be pro-active about their health and wellness,” she said.

The public can order copies of ‘Aboriginal Journeys in Mental Health – Surviving the Fall’ by calling 604-851-3087.

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First Nations / Aboriginal - Resources

First Nations / Aboriginal - Resources Message

Aboriginal Family Mental Health Resources

In this newsletter:

Featured Resources

Healthy Aboriginals Network

Ongoing Family Resources & Referral Information

Aboriginal Family Mental Health Resources E-News

Aboriginal Mental Health Resources

Ongoing BC-Wide Family Resources

Featured Resources

Other Aboriginal Health Links with Mental Health Information

First Nations / Aboriginal - Resources Message

Event Notice:

Event Details:

First Nations / Aboriginal - Resources Message

Visions Journal Aboriginal People Edition

Aboriginal Family Resources E-News

Fraser Health launches new Aboriginal Mental Health DVD 9/15/2008

Fraser Health launches new Aboriginal Mental Health DVD
9/15/2008