In the interest of disseminating the plain facts about schizophrenia, Dr. Randall White, the medical director of the BC Psychosis Program at UBC Hospital and medical director of Vancouver Mental Health and Substance Use Services for Vancouver Coastal Health, shared his insights on a national podcast at the end of June. Targeted to a general […]

Visions Journal is seeking a personal story about COVID, income loss and relapse CMHA BC Division coordinates the quarterly publication Visions: BC’s Mental Health and Substance Use Journal on behalf of a group of non-profits called the BC Partners for Mental Health and Substance Use Information. BCSS is one of the members of BC Partners. One of the upcoming issue […]

The Teens in Control program provides education and support for youth ages 12 to 18 who have a family member with mental illness. It’s normal to have a lot of confusing feelings when a family member has a mental illness. By learning and talking about their family member’s mental illness, youth can find support and […]

If you haven’t heard, Steve Heimburger of Team Heimburger has embarked on a journey of many thousand steps. He’s walking an epic journey of 650 km from Castlegar to Hope, raising awareness and funds for BC Schizophrenia Society. We checked in with Steve on his journey, why he’s decided to take on this endeavour, and […]

Between World Schizophrenia and Psychosis Awareness Day (May 24) and July 7, folks from across BC helped us to bust common myths about schizophrenia through social media posts. Using photos and videos, these submissions challenged misbeliefs like: Schizophrenia is rare. People with schizophrenia are dangerous. People with schizophrenia have split personalities. These harmful stereotypes are […]