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Nanaimo Brain Injury Society helps answer the question, “Now what?”

March 21st, 2018 | Posted by pfmarchive in uncategorized - (Comments Off on Nanaimo Brain Injury Society helps answer the question, “Now what?”)

People with acquired brain injuries face significant transitions, from hospital to home or from who they were to who they are now. These transitions have a huge impact on the everyday lives of survivors, as well as their as well as their family and friends

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Expressing the individual’s right to die: Bill C-14 and Taylor’s “modern moral order”

June 21st, 2017 | Posted by pfmarchive in uncategorized - (Comments Off on Expressing the individual’s right to die: Bill C-14 and Taylor’s “modern moral order”)

pfr-banner-post-1The importance of the rights and obligations individuals have to one another is now accompanied by an emphasis on the right of individuals to live authentically

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Study asks people using drugs to shape their primary care

June 6th, 2017 | Posted by pfmarchive in uncategorized - (Comments Off on Study asks people using drugs to shape their primary care)

pfr-banner-post-1Primary health care delivered with understanding and compassion for people who use drugs is the focus of a new Greater Victoria patient-oriented research study funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research

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#MyBipolarFuelsMyPassion4 is the theme for this year’s bipolar awareness day

March 28th, 2017 | Posted by pfmarchive in uncategorized - (Comments Off on #MyBipolarFuelsMyPassion4 is the theme for this year’s bipolar awareness day)

picture 744bpfr-banner-post-1The vision of World Bipolar Day is to bring awareness to bipolar conditions and to eliminate social stigma. This year’s theme is having #bipolar gives me strength to follow my passions

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World Bipolar Day – Making connections with others who have experienced bipolar

March 27th, 2017 | Posted by pfmarchive in uncategorized - (Comments Off on World Bipolar Day – Making connections with others who have experienced bipolar)

pfr-banner-post-1Steven Barnes on World Bipolar Day: “Making those connections with other people who have had lived experience with mental illness has been very important for my recovery”

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World Bipolar Day – Finding support from others with similar experiences

March 27th, 2017 | Posted by pfmarchive in uncategorized - (Comments Off on World Bipolar Day – Finding support from others with similar experiences)

pfr-banner-post-1Amir on World Bipolar Day: “I think finding support from people with similar experiences is the best thing for somebody who is newly diagnosed with bipolar disorder”

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