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…intervention “That’s Just Crazy Talk’ consists of a 55 minute theatrical performance developed by network member Victoria Maxwell, an established playwright and actress who lives with bipolar disorder targeting self and social stigma. In the performance, dramatic narrative conveys decades of personal and familial mental illness, translating the narrator’s experiences…
…psychotherapy approaches for mood disorders. Victoria Maxwell Mental Health Educator, Performing Artist, Lived Experience crestbd.ca/victoria / victoriamaxwell.com / @victoria_BPP I’m an award-winning keynote speaker and performing artist who lives well with BD. By telling my story of mental illness and recovery, I’ve worked to create lasting changes in individuals and…
…Department of Psychiatry at University of British Columbia. My research and clinical interests are in cognitive functioning, virtual reality cognitive retraining, bipolar disorder, and psychotherapy approaches for mood disorders. Victoria Maxwell Mental Health Educator, Performing Artist, Lived Experience crestbd.ca/victoria / victoriamaxwell.com / @victoria_BPP I’m an award-winning keynote speaker and performing…
…cover a different topic and bring on a person with lived experience (usually Victoria Maxwell!) and a new guest. We’ve covered a range of topics now, including anxiety, finances, cognition, sleep, and relationships. We’ve wound down for 2020, but all of the past webinars are available to view at talkbd.live!…
…research do so for diverse reasons and can have different understandings of parameters for success. Explore what attracted the person to the research early on, and revisit the topic periodically. As one example of this, when I first started working with Victoria Maxwell, one of our founding peer-researchers, I remember…
…Spark. Spring, 2016. Retrieved from: https://www.msfhr.org/spark/04/ 3. CREST.BD. “Our Strategic Directions 2014 to 2019”. https://www.crestbd.ca/research/our-strategic-directions/ 4. CREST.BD Bipolar Blog. “Two Tips for Engaging People with Mental Illness in Research”. Last updated June 8th, 2016. https://www.crestbd.ca/2016/06/08/two-tips-engagement-mental-illness-research/ 5. Michalak EE, Hole R, Maxwell V, Livingston J, Murray G, Parikh S, Lapsley S,…