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Youth with bipolar invited to work together in community research

June 4th, 2015 | Posted by pfmarchive in uncategorized - (Comments Off on Youth with bipolar invited to work together in community research)

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Victoria’s poet laureate to mark mental health & substance use wellness day

May 4th, 2015 | Posted by pfmarchive in uncategorized - (Comments Off on Victoria’s poet laureate to mark mental health & substance use wellness day)

Yvonne-Blomerpfr banner workingThe City of Victoria’s poet laureate Yvonne Blomer will lead an event on May 7, 2015, sponsored by Island Health, marking the first annual Mental Health and Substance Use Awareness Day

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Dialogue promotes recovery-oriented mental health care

March 16th, 2015 | Posted by pfmarchive in uncategorized - (Comments Off on Dialogue promotes recovery-oriented mental health care)

picture 532_twitterThe World Health Organization, along with the Mental Health Commission of Canada, has endorsed the transformation of mental health care based on a recovery model that promotes consumer empowerment and involvement in service delivery

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What exactly IS “agoraphobia” and is there a “cure”?

February 1st, 2015 | Posted by pfmarchive in uncategorized - (Comments Off on What exactly IS “agoraphobia” and is there a “cure”?)

picture 608Agoraphobia is the most common phobic disorder, and is also the most disabling

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Your weight is not your worth: Love our bodies, love ourselves

January 25th, 2015 | Posted by pfmarchive in uncategorized - (Comments Off on Your weight is not your worth: Love our bodies, love ourselves)

picture 604British Columbia’s annual provincial eating disorders awareness campaign begins February 1, 2015 — on Facebook hereon Twitter here

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Bev Sellars, chief of Xat’sull First Nation in Williams Lake, and her remarkable memoir

January 19th, 2015 | Posted by pfmarchive in uncategorized - (Comments Off on Bev Sellars, chief of Xat’sull First Nation in Williams Lake, and her remarkable memoir)

bev sellarsChief Bev Sellars is winner of the 2014 George Ryga Award for Social Awareness for her book “They Called Me Number One: Secrets and Survival at an Indian Residential School”

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