Events

CREST.BD News

Stigma Experiences in the Context of Living with Bipolar Disorder

Dr. Melinda Suto, CREST.BD researcher, discusses findings from our team's community-based participatory research study on experiences of stigma in individuals who live with bipolar disorder. In this multi-media slide show, Melinda explores concepts such as structural stigma and self-stigma. MORE »

Posted February 7, 2012

Quality of Life and Recovery in People with Bipolar Disorder

On November 10th, 2011 CREST.BD team lead, Erin Michalak, visited The Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences in Whitby, Ontario. Erin discussed the development and application of the Quality of Life Scale in Bipolar Disorder (QoL.BD), a disorder-specific scale that assesses physical health, mood, sleep, cognition, leisure, social, spirituality, finances, household, self-esteem, independence, identity, work and study. She explores how it can be used as a clinical tool for collaborative goal-setting between people living with bipolar disorder and their healthcare providers. MORE »

Posted February 7, 2012

Upcoming Events

Event Update! That’s Just Crazy Talk heads to Vancouver Island

Due to overwhelming interest, we are nearing theater capacity for the Saturday evening live performance on January 28th, 2012. We are pleased to announce the addition of a special Sunday evening (January 29th, 2012) screening of the DVD version of Victoria Maxwell’s THAT’S JUST CRAZY TALK play. Please see posting for further details. MORE »

That’s Just Crazy Talk returns to Toronto November 12th, 2011

7:00pm - 9:00pm

Victoria Maxwell will be performing her one woman stage play, ‘That’s Just Crazy Talk’ in Toronto on Saturday, November 12th, following the ABCT conference sessions. We invite healthcare professionals, people living with bipolar disorder, family members and the general public to join us. MORE »