AnxietyBC offers a workshop for parents and caregivers of anxious children, from ages 6 to 12
It is normal for children to have times in their lives when they worry, especially when there has been a major change or stressor, such as moving, changing schools, the death of a loved one, or parental divorce.
AnxietyBC’s website adds that before parents decide that there is a problem, they ought to consider the stressors in their child’s life. Is he or she having a normal reaction to a difficult situation, or is their child worrying even when nothing is really wrong? (more…)
The 7-10 Club provides hot breakfasts and bagged lunches to poor and needy people in Nanaimo five days a week. The organization has weathered changes over the years and recently enhanced its services with the addition of a new kitchen.
Two of Clem Martini’s brothers have been diagnosed with schizophrenia. One is Ben, the youngest. The other is Olivier, or Liv, an artist. Olivier illustrates this graphic memoir with a subtle hand…his side in a long conversation, spanning some 30 years, with his brother Clem, a Calgary playwright.
Following its March 2nd budget, the BC government announced a number of 
Paul Beard considers himself to be a survivor of bullying. Now, 30 years later, the former Woodlands Secondary student wonders what’s changed—and asks, “Why is this still happening?” He approached CHLY and asked to speak publicly.
A ten session education program for family and friends of people with serious and persistent mental illnesses begins April 7, 2010 in Nanaimo. The course deals with five major mental health disorders: schizophrenia, clinical depression, bipolar, anxiety, and obsessive compulsive disorders.