Strengthening Families Together

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Strengthening Families Together

Do you have a relative or friend with a serious mental illness?

Would you like to learn more about his or her illness?

Delivered by family members who have direct experience with the psychiatric illness of a loved one, and enhanced by invited speakers with topical expertise, Strengthening Families Togetheris a Canadian-based educational program for families and friends which provides information, skill-building, and support.

You will learn about:

·        Facts about psychosis

·        Early intervention and recovery

·        Treatments and supports

·        Coping with challenges of daily living

·        Navigating the mental health system

·        The importance of taking care of yourself, too

In partnership with Cole Harbour / Eastern HRM Community Mental Health, the HRM Chapter of the Schizophrenia Society of Nova Scotia will deliver an eight-week session of Strengthening Families Together beginning at 6:30 pm on Thursday, February 3^rd, 2011.  The location isCole Harbour / Eastern HRM Community Mental Health ,Cole Harbour Place, 51 Forest Hills Parkway, Dartmouth.  Each weekly meeting lasts for two hours.

For an outline of the Strengthening Families Together program, please click here (note that the ten sessions have been condensed to eight sessions).

A flyer announcing this session is attached; please feel free to post this flyer for others to see. Mental health service providers are strongly encouraged to forward this email or to distribute the flyer to family members who might be interested.

Registration

To register for this 8-week session of Strengthening Families Together, please contact Donna Methot at (902) 462-8658 or send an email to hrmchapterssns@accesswave.ca.

Schizophrenia Society of Nova Scotia Kings County Chapter Meeting Announcement

This Month's Topic

Curing Social Isolation

A Panel Discussion

Consumers and Care Providers

Sharing Experience and Insight

Towards Better Mental Health

Date: Wednesday, February 16th.

Time: 7pm.

Place: Kentville Lions Hall

(78 River Street)

Open to the Public.  Everyone is welcome.

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From Recovery to Discovery Peer Support Group Meetings

From Recovery to Discovery Peer Support Group Meetings

Every Thursday Evening

6:30 pm to 8:30 pm

The Hub

2nd Floor, 1673 Barrington Street

Halifax, Nova Scotia

The From Recovery to Discovery Peer Support Group is open to anyone affected by mental illness, either directly or indirectly.

FREE!

This Thursday, January 13^th, 2011

An Interactive Presentation on Mindfulness by Dr. David Whitehorn

Dr. David Whitehorn has a Ph.D. in neurophysiology from the University of Washington and a Master of Science in Nursing from Yale University.  He has worked as a clinical nurse specialist at the Nova Scotia Early Psychosis Program, and presently acts as a consultant on early psychosis at Dalhousie University’s Department of Psychiatry.  He also chairs the Shambhala Working Group on Aging.  A long time Shambhala practitioner and teacher, Dr. Whitehorn sees the importance of meditation, mindfulness and awareness in healing and staying well, and in living a life that is helpful to others.  His positive outlook on healing from mental illness promises to be informative and uplifting.

The From Recovery to Discovery Peer Support Group is organized as a partnership between the Schizophrenia Society of Nova Scotia and the Healthy Minds Cooperative.

Schizophrenia Society of Nova Scotia Kings County Chapter Meeting Announcement

KINGS COUNTY SCHIZOPHENIA SOCIETY PRESENTS

CBC “Nature of Things” documentary

“Changing Your Mind”

Viewing and discussion of recent treatments

for MENTAL ILLNESS AND DISORDERS

Wednesday Jan 19th 2011, 7.00 pm

At the Kentville Lions Club Hall,

76 River Street between Community

Services and the Police Station

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC   --- Refreshments

Kings County Chapter of the Schizophrenia Society of Nova Scotia Meetings

Info Sessions 2011

The Schizophrenia Society in Kings County has arranged a set of “INFO SESSIONS” for the first four months of the year. Those sessions will be held on the evenings of the third Wednesday in the month, in the hall of the Kentville Lions Club on River Street in Kentville. Start time is 7.00 pm.

For January 19^th it will be viewing and discussing the video produced by CBC which was cablecast last September. The title is: “Changing your Mind” in the David Suzuki series, The Nature of Things. Margaret and Don Burton will lead the session. The video shows new treatments for diseases and disorders which had been thought to be incurable. This is the growing awareness of the neuroplasticity of the brain of an adult which had thought to be incapable of fundamental change.

In February the emphasis will be on cognitive training and the cognitive side to therapy for those who are mentally ill. We will have one or more providers attending and will cover some of procedures  of pyscho-social therapy. That will be on the evening of Wednesday February 16^th.

On the 16^th of March representatives of the Healthy Minds comedy group will make a presentation on the benefits of laughter and humour for mental health. That will be preparation for the April First Dessert Party “Laughter is the Best Medicine”.

In April there will be a follow up on the November session on the collaboration of police services and the court system with mental health services. The panel that evening will include representatives of the police and Mental Health Services.

Mental Illness and Human Rights

I have designed a new web site called "Mental Illness and Human Rights."  I already have three pages on the site.  I think that this new site is a very worth while project.  All over the world mental health consumer's rights are being violated even in Canada.  In some countries the violations are very severe and in some countries not so severe.  Never the less our rights are being violated.

If my readers are interested in this subject check out my new site.

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