Upcoming Class

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

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

Strengthening Families Together, a FREE 10-session group for families and friends can help.  Learn the facts about mental illness, new medications and treatments, and discover how others support their loved ones.

Bulkley Valley BC Schizophrenia Society

Next session starts Tuesday, September 11, 2007 7:00—8:30 pm

FREE Registration

Call today:   (250) 847-9779

Strengthening Families Together grew out of the strong belief that Canadian families have a right to reliable educational information on serious mental illnesses, regardless of where they reside. 

This 10-session national education program is directed to family members and friends of individuals with serious and persistent mental illnesses and aims to increase accessibility to information on topics associated with living daily with a mental illness, by providing:

Support:  Families have an opportunity to discuss the daily challenges they face and learn how to connect with others locally. 

Awareness:  Families get reliable and consistent information  about mental illness, treatment options, causes, research and available mental health services in the hopes of diminishing the stigma attached to diagnosis.

Tools: Families are equipped with problem solving, coping and advocacy and communication skills, and the know-how to develop their own local support group.

Source: Strengthening Families Together Participant Manual