Weekly blogs explore psychosocial interventions, quality of life, stigma, and community engagement through the eyes of diverse CREST.BD network members.
(Driveway chalk work design done by and courtesy of Kerry Monaghan, Ottawa, ON) Who could have ever predicted that after having experienced a total of 33 years of successful career as a senior professional social worker within an Ontario child welfare agency and two provincial psychiatric hospitals plus being … Read more
Hello everyone! My name is Bennett Cheung, and I am one of the resident psychiatrists (i.e. psychiatrist-in-training) currently working in Vancouver. I am working with principal investigator Dr. Raymond Lam, Director of the Mood Disorders Centre, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health, CREST.BD Network Lead Dr. Erin Michalak and Dr. … Read more
Patient engagement in research doesn’t currently reflect the rich diversity of BC’s population. Last fall we introduced our project to create educational modules on UBC’s Tapestry platform to help academic and diverse patient researchers forge and maintain meaningful partnerships in patient-oriented research. Meet the Tapestry teams — the people who … Read more
In my previous blog titled “Writing Poems – One of My Mental Health Safety Valves,” I stated how I love to write poetry. I also affirmed that I usually get my inspiration from friends’ photos which are posted on Facebook. As I was preparing two separate collections of poems this … Read more