BC Schizophrenia Society is proud to announce that one of our very own regional managers, Kim Dixon, won the BC Patient Safety and Quality Council‘s Doug Cochrane Leadership in Quality Award. Kim began her journey to mental health leadership in 1998, when she started working at BCSS and became aware of mental illness within her […]

Timely access to psychiatric beds in acute care hospitals is an essential and critical service for people suffering from serious mental illness—sometimes with a concurrent substance use disorder —who cannot safely or appropriately be treated as outpatients. The British Columbia Schizophrenia Society (BCSS) and the British Columbia Psychiatric Association (BCPA) often hear serious complaints about these […]

Families still get the support and education they need. My family and I have been touched by schizophrenia through my dear brother, Dave.  You can read our story at http://www.bcssfoundation.org/the-story-of-Dave-Sandy.  Our heartbreaking journey inspired me to get involved in the BC Schizophrenia Society Foundation. And that is where I met Catherine. Catherine describes her journey […]

Last week, I was lucky enough to attend part of a four-day Strengthening Families Together – First Nations (SFT-FN) Facilitator Training in Kamloops, B.C. These training sessions provide skills and knowledge to local community members so that they can host SFT-FN sessions in their own communities. They also encourage future facilitators to work together to […]

KIDS IN CONTROL OF EXPRESSING THEIR FEELINGS “This program was very valuable. My daughter came out of her shell and talked about things. This was a unique program like no other. She said she was in a safe place and could be herself.”  – Parent of Kids in Control participant So how does Kids in Control or Teens in Control […]