Families Coping With Mental Illness
Mental Health - Adult & Senior and Mental Health - Child & Youth
Provided by Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) - Vernon Branch
A learning series providing support and information for family members supporting loved ones with mental illness.
The learning series consists of 6 modules:
- Self-Care: Caring for the Caregiver
- Major Mental Illness: Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder, Anxiety, OCD
- Addictions and Concurrent Disorders
- Navigating the Mental Health Resources – Vernon
- Mental Health – Risk Management
- Mental Illness and Substance Use: Communication, Stigma and Advocacy
And offers:
Support: Families have an opportunity to discuss the daily challenges they face and learn how to connect with others through membership in their local provincial society and chapter/branch.
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.
All modules include handouts, a Powerpoint presentation, community speakers, videos and interactive exercises.
Support: Families have an opportunity to discuss the daily challenges they face and learn how to connect with others through membership in their local provincial society and chapter/branch.
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.
All modules include handouts, a Powerpoint presentation, community speakers, videos and interactive exercises.
250-260-3233
Public email: jenn.millan@cmhavernon.ca
Website: https://cmhavernon.ca/family-support...
300 - 3402 27th Avenue, Vernon, British Columbia, V1T 1S1
Service is available in English.
Cost: No cost
Associated Programs/Services
Also offered by Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) - Vernon Branch:
Availability
Service area: Vernon + show cities
Service Types Provided
Mental Health - Adult & Senior
Mental Health - Child & Youth
Ways to Access
- Provided at a single location
- Provided in a group in-person
- Provided online: email / video / on-line
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