by ccsadmin | Mar 30, 2020 | People First Media
Bipolar disorder is a type of mood disorder. It used to be called manic depression. It was called manic depression because people with bipolar disorder go through periods of intense depression and other periods where their mood is extremely high. These...
by ccsadmin | Mar 30, 2020 | People First Media
Andrea’s inspiring recovery story, her use of the online handle “Bipolar Babe”, and a Courage to Come Back Award in 2015, have motivated her leadership at Stigma Free — and years of speaking, presenting and facilitating on topics related to mental illness...
by ccsadmin | Feb 1, 2020 | People First Media
Serious mental illnesses include diagnoses that typically involve losing touch with reality or experiencing delusion (referred to as psychosis) or diagnoses requiring high levels of care, either of which may require hospital treatment. Two of the most common severe...
by ccsadmin | Jan 28, 2020 | People First Media
The B.C. Schizophrenia Society focused on issues related to the psychiatric inpatient experience—along with the experiences of parents when their children are hospitalized—at its October 2019 annual general meeting. A panel discussion called “Inpatient Care for People...
by ccsadmin | Jan 27, 2020 | People First Media
Emerging legal developments may threaten patients’ access to the involuntary treatment that some patients need. This includes describing the challenge to the BC Mental Health Act made under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the most recent Ombudsperson’s Report that...
by ccsadmin | Jan 26, 2020 | People First Media
The psychiatric inpatient experience can be very difficult both for patients and their families. But a lack of acute psychiatric beds in British Columbia hospitals has also led to increasing concern. The word acute refers to an illness that quickly becomes very...
