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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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Annual Eating Disorders Awareness campaigns launch February 1st

January 30th, 2018 | Posted by pfmarchive in uncategorized - (Comments Off on Annual Eating Disorders Awareness campaigns launch February 1st)

picture 788bpeople first media mixcloudAnnual Eating Disorders Awareness campaigns are launched across Canada during the first week of February. British Columbia’s campaign will focus on orthorexia — an unhealthy obsession with healthy eating

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Is it time to winter-proof your mental health?

January 15th, 2018 | Posted by pfmarchive in uncategorized - (Comments Off on Is it time to winter-proof your mental health?)

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banner pfrSome people say mid-winter is the most depressing time of year—when cold and dark days, holiday bills, and already-lapsed new year’s resolutions catch up with us

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Anxiety, depression and the mental health continuum

December 14th, 2017 | Posted by pfmarchive in uncategorized - (Comments Off on Anxiety, depression and the mental health continuum)

picture 777people first media mixcloudVIMHS acting executive director Taryn O’Flanagan presents a talk titled The Mental Health Continuum, Depression and Anxiety: Effective ways of coping and supporting one another

Image: Taryn O’Flanagan speaking at Brentwood College School on November 29, 2017

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Brentwood College students spend a day focused on mental health and wellness

December 13th, 2017 | Posted by pfmarchive in uncategorized - (Comments Off on Brentwood College students spend a day focused on mental health and wellness)

picture 779bpeople first media mixcloudBrentwood College student leaders and counseling staff hold an annual mental health and wellness day to help decrease stigma, increase awareness and promote resiliency

image: Vancouver Island Mental Health Society acting executive director Taryn O’Flanagan with Brentwood College School student Morgan Woodbridge

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Survey of Alberta’s trans youth finds safety, violence, discrimination are major issues

October 16th, 2017 | Posted by pfmarchive in uncategorized - (Comments Off on Survey of Alberta’s trans youth finds safety, violence, discrimination are major issues)

people first media mixcloudTrans youth report significant stress and mental health challenges, a profound lack of safety in navigating their daily lives, barriers to supportive health care, and worrying rates of poverty. Yet, there is immense hope.

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