Look Again: Mental Illness Re-Examined

This podcast is for anyone who has been touched by mental illness.

bcss british columbia schizophrenia society look again podcast cover
Faydra Aldridge 5 10 21 2023

A BCSS Podcast

‘Look Again: Mental Illness Re-Examined’ is a groundbreaking new podcast by BCSS and supporting partners. Now in its fifth season, this podcast highlights the humanity of people living with mental illness while dispelling myths by sharing the voices of medical experts, family members, and those with lived experience.

Learn more about the podcast

Research, hope, and resilience

Host Faydra Aldridge, BCSS' CEO, speaks with medical experts, families, and people with lived experience of mental illness to dispel myths and get to the truth. Be prepared for frank conversations, up-to-date medical information, immersive sound design, and stories of hope and resilience.

In the latest season, 'Look Again' discusses everything from the connection between gut health and serious mental illness to how schizophrenia and forms of epilepsy can be misdiagnosed for one another. Guests include Stephen from Surviving Schizophrenia; author Susan Grundy; and Dr. Diane McIntosh, Chief Neuroscience Officer at TELUS and co-founder of PsychedUp CME.

This podcast aims to humanize the impacts of schizophrenia on families and highlights the importance of education and support. ‘Look Again’ is for anyone whose life has been touched by mental illness.

Listen now

Need help finding our podcast? Click here!

Our podcast pals

As a community, we want to share some other podcasts that have attempted to challenge the stigma surrounding schizophrenia and other severe and persistent mental illness. We may not endorse everything said by the following podcasts, but we did want to share some that are also helping break the stigma surrounding schizophrenia and serious mental illness.