BCSS Victoria Branch » Schizophrenia In the News https://bcssvictoria.ca A reason to hope. The means to cope. Tue, 07 Jun 2016 19:00:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.8 BC Schizophrenia Society (BCSS) Hosts “Lunch and Learn” for Provincial MLAs http://www.bcss.org/aboutbcss/e-newsletters/2014/12/bc-schizophrenia-society-bcss-hosts-lunch-and-learn-for-provincial-mlas/ http://www.bcss.org/aboutbcss/e-newsletters/2014/12/bc-schizophrenia-society-bcss-hosts-lunch-and-learn-for-provincial-mlas/#comments Fri, 12 Dec 2014 03:09:39 +0000 http://www.bcss.org/?p=3888 BC Schizophrenia Society representatives and supporters hosted an exciting “Lunch and Learn” event October 9th, 2014 for BC MLAs.

Recently retired police chief Jamie Graham, prominent psychiatrist Dr. Bill McEwan, and parents and educators Bill Magee and Eve McBride addressed MLAs and staff at the packed-out session, which was held in the Members’ Lounge of the Legislature. Minister of Health Terry Lake welcomed participants and provided opening remarks.

Many other distinguished guests attended the enjoyable and interesting “Lunch and Learn” session, including Minister of Education Peter Fassbender, Chair of the Select Standing Committee on Children and Youth Jane Thornthwaite, and Opposition Mental Health Critic Sue Hammell.

Following the event, BC Schizophrenia Society members and guests were invited to attend the parliamentary question period, and were officially introduced and welcomed to the House by Minister Lake.

We look forward to continuing relations with all members of Parliament who are committed to helping people with mental illness and their families.]]>
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The Fortunate Mother: Caring for a son with schizophrenia – USA TODAY http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNHjVLM0ioAdUuztUDg-kWyFhuCApw&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778657625779&ei=ZwOKVJCSFOniwQGrwYGIDg&url=http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/11/16/schizophrenia-mental-illness-treatment/18647395/ http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNHjVLM0ioAdUuztUDg-kWyFhuCApw&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778657625779&ei=ZwOKVJCSFOniwQGrwYGIDg&url=http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/11/16/schizophrenia-mental-illness-treatment/18647395/#comments Mon, 17 Nov 2014 14:45:01 +0000 https://bcssvictoria.ca/?guid=37f99040fc0c86b32ffc69074eff8aac
USA TODAY

The Fortunate Mother: Caring for a son with schizophrenia
USA TODAY
Laura Pogliano calls herself lucky even though Zac, her dear boy, has lived all his young adult life with schizophrenia. Her gratitude makes sense only when you consider the state of America's system of mental health care. In a series of stories this ...

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Living With Schizophrenia: The Importance of Routine – New York Times (blog) http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNETXOYTki94yl7o-T6rXZ5CvBOfSg&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778601722673&ei=xKYIVOjjC8qewQHejIH4Aw&url=http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/09/04/living-with-schizophrenia-the-importance-of-routine/ http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNETXOYTki94yl7o-T6rXZ5CvBOfSg&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778601722673&ei=xKYIVOjjC8qewQHejIH4Aw&url=http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/09/04/living-with-schizophrenia-the-importance-of-routine/#comments Thu, 04 Sep 2014 17:23:30 +0000 https://bcssvictoria.ca/?guid=38ebb57b4bd41ad138f5aa75e92fa345
New York Times (blog)

Living With Schizophrenia: The Importance of Routine
New York Times (blog)
I can remember the early days of having schizophrenia. I was so afraid of the implications of subtle body language, like a lingering millisecond of eye contact, the way my feet hit the ground when I walked or the way I held my hands to my side. It was ...

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Trumpeter with paranoid schizophrenia leads rousing set at Detroit Jazz Festival – New Baltimore Voice Newspapers http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNEvMCOnKB8z8Z1hjeW9jz9qflAY7g&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&ei=xKYIVOjjC8qewQHejIH4Aw&url=http://www.voicenews.com/articles/2014/09/04/life/doc54089439df253009104974.txt http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNEvMCOnKB8z8Z1hjeW9jz9qflAY7g&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&ei=xKYIVOjjC8qewQHejIH4Aw&url=http://www.voicenews.com/articles/2014/09/04/life/doc54089439df253009104974.txt#comments Thu, 04 Sep 2014 16:47:53 +0000 https://bcssvictoria.ca/?guid=32d35327347bd346db382514efe0b0a4
Trumpeter with paranoid schizophrenia leads rousing set at Detroit Jazz Festival
New Baltimore Voice Newspapers
Schizophrenia is probably the most frightening and potentially crippling of mental illnesses. It affects less than 1 percent of the U.S. population and generally strikes people between the ages of 18 and 28. The disease took hold of Harrell in 1967 ...

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A switchboard in the brain could unlock treatments for autism and schizophrenia – Washington Post http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNGzzQC57IFSErTA39InkpIT5oCwJQ&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778584447670&ei=j23yU_jdJ-6owQHk-IHgAg&url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2014/08/14/a-switchboard-in-the-brain-could-unlock-treatments-for-autism-and-schizophrenia/ http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNGzzQC57IFSErTA39InkpIT5oCwJQ&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778584447670&ei=j23yU_jdJ-6owQHk-IHgAg&url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2014/08/14/a-switchboard-in-the-brain-could-unlock-treatments-for-autism-and-schizophrenia/#comments Thu, 14 Aug 2014 16:01:30 +0000 https://bcssvictoria.ca/?guid=e59590d9c2233e4d306996c7fec61606
Science Codex

A switchboard in the brain could unlock treatments for autism and schizophrenia
Washington Post
In some disorders, particularly autism and schizophrenia, this ability is disrupted. The brain has difficulty keeping internal and external input straight. In a new study published Thursday in Cell, researchers observe the switching method in action ...
Researchers ID 'Switchboard' Important in Attention, SleepLaboratory Equipment
Researchers identify a brain 'switchboard' important in attention and sleepMedical Xpress
Scientists use lasers to control mouse brain switchboardNational Institutes of Health (press release)

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Perpetuating Schizophrenia’s Stigma – New York Times http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNFwhKeI1xnbFpay7V4-BvwZOrTLSQ&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&ei=j23yU_jdJ-6owQHk-IHgAg&url=http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/13/opinion/the-schizophrenia-penalty-.html http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNFwhKeI1xnbFpay7V4-BvwZOrTLSQ&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&ei=j23yU_jdJ-6owQHk-IHgAg&url=http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/13/opinion/the-schizophrenia-penalty-.html#comments Tue, 12 Aug 2014 23:29:18 +0000 https://bcssvictoria.ca/?guid=afff416ab0200b78b666cc8ffa0c667d
Perpetuating Schizophrenia's Stigma
New York Times
Schizophrenia, which affects 1 percent of the population and emerges in the late teens to early 20s, is deeply misunderstood. People who suffer from it are often suspected of being dangerous, but this is not usually the case, and antipsychotic drugs ...

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2014 Moving Lives Forward Award Results http://www.bcss.org/aboutbcss/e-newsletters/2014/07/moving-lives-forward-award-results-2014/ http://www.bcss.org/aboutbcss/e-newsletters/2014/07/moving-lives-forward-award-results-2014/#comments Tue, 15 Jul 2014 00:18:16 +0000 http://www.bcss.org/?p=3665 http://www.bcss.org/aboutbcss/e-newsletters/2014/07/moving-lives-forward-award-results-2014/feed/ 0 Student seeks understanding of schizophrenia – Washington Post http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNFRcNcjOElRvGbtPleWsgJKbjKc1Q&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778556273163&ei=bw3IU_D9OYiDgwfQkYHgBw&url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/student-seeks-understanding-of-schizophrenia/2014/07/12/1969e256-09c8-11e4-85e4-3143dddacfe9_story.html http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNFRcNcjOElRvGbtPleWsgJKbjKc1Q&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778556273163&ei=bw3IU_D9OYiDgwfQkYHgBw&url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/student-seeks-understanding-of-schizophrenia/2014/07/12/1969e256-09c8-11e4-85e4-3143dddacfe9_story.html#comments Sun, 06 Jul 2014 12:00:00 +0000 https://bcssvictoria.ca/?guid=c47964a70f89f3dbee166f5b581e340e
Student seeks understanding of schizophrenia
Washington Post
WASHINGTON — Dreonna Richardson is 18 years old. She's just graduated from Ballou Senior High school in Southeast Washington. She's gentle and quiet but she notices a lot. She hasn't had an easy life. “My mom had her nine kids, she was a single ...

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Psychiatry department lecture to feature schizophrenia expert – MSUToday http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNFuwOhqyoAZvWzkYZLsBAIB7qG9DA&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&ei=fidhU4i-Isn2ggfSCg&url=http://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2014/psychiatry-department-lecture-to-feature-schizophrenia-expert/ http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNFuwOhqyoAZvWzkYZLsBAIB7qG9DA&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&ei=fidhU4i-Isn2ggfSCg&url=http://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2014/psychiatry-department-lecture-to-feature-schizophrenia-expert/#comments Wed, 30 Apr 2014 12:03:49 +0000 https://bcssvictoria.ca/?guid=6da9d1e734e8ccfdfcbe19164f26bdba MSUToday
Psychiatry department lecture to feature schizophrenia expert MSUToday He has written several books on schizophrenia and related topics in psychiatry. He has also published more than 350 original articles, book chapters, and abstracts and is a senior author of a post-graduate textbook of psychiatry. As the former chair of ...
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Researchers find a genetic overlap between schizophrenia and autism – Medical News Today http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNGzY6fgNZvkvf0LI4UvIZr---Wd1w&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778490027267&ei=fidhU4i-Isn2ggfSCg&url=http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/276081.php http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNGzY6fgNZvkvf0LI4UvIZr---Wd1w&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778490027267&ei=fidhU4i-Isn2ggfSCg&url=http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/276081.php#comments Wed, 30 Apr 2014 07:13:42 +0000 https://bcssvictoria.ca/?guid=e014deafc60397e09d39b714363e25db Medical Daily
Researchers find a genetic overlap between schizophrenia and autism Medical News Today Researchers have identified mutations in genes that control epigenetic regulation, which may contribute to both schizophrenia and autism. Schizophrenia affects about 1% of the adult population. Currently, schizophrenia can only be diagnosed by ... Research Sees Overlap In Genes Altered In Schizophrenia, Autism, Intellectual ...RedOrbit A Single Genetic Variation Is Shared By People With Schizophrenia, Autism, And ...Medical Daily all 15 news articles »
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