Submitted. Fraser Health’s Speak Up program has kicked off an eight-week social media campaign to mental health equates to mental illness. 15 Seconds 4 Change’s theme, “This is Mental Health,” invites…
By James Breckenridge. Given the current, and future, state of Fraser Mental Health and it’s funding it is vital that pains be taken to ensure that the reporting of the…
By James Breckenridge. You are NOT paranoid … if the Universe, Deity, Fate or Whatever is Out to Get You; and it certainly seems I am at the top of…
From Open Mind BC. Sometimes it can be hard to know whether the feelings you are having are a normal part of growing up, or whether there is something more…
From Lifeline Anxiety Disorder Newsletter. A post that went viral led to the creation of a youth-oriented only support group. Emily Aubé, a Ryerson journalism student and mental health activist…
Editor’s Note: We first published this article back in November, 2013, in the hopes that scientific research, facts and knowledge could replace the inerudite, anti-intellectual flailings of the uneducated, ill-informed…
It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so. Mark Twain I have a friend with schizophrenia who…
Submitted. Paul Federici knows all too well the depths to which one can sink when dealing with mental health issues. A Master’s level social worker, Federici pursued a career in…
Submitted. Yesterday afternoon the Abbotsford Police Department received a call from a man reporting that he needed assistance getting to hospital. Police attended his residence and spoke with the man…
Submitted. Today, the Province and Fraser Health officially celebrated the opening of the Mission Community Health Centre – the first of its kind in Fraser Health. The new centre will…