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July 12 saw the first community forum of the Bipolar Youth Action Project, a collaboration of CREST.BD and the Bipolar Disorder Society of British Columbia. Held at the Victoria Event Centre, the forum welcomed 21 youth all with a diagnosis of bipolar disorder (BD), to discuss coping and wellness strategies…
BComm Peer Researcher BComm, Royal Roads University Certificate in Mental Health & Addictions, Camosun College Don (he/him) is currently a Policy Analyst with the BC Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions (MMHA) on the Indigenous Partnerships and Wellness team. Don recently relocated back to Victoria, BC after spending the last…
…the wonderful collaboration that we experienced on it with youth and our partner organizations, the Bipolar Disorder Society of BC in Victoria BC, and mindyourmind in London, Ontario. It was rewarding to hear MDAO Forum attendees found our Bipolar Youth Action Project to be an exciting, motivating, and inspiring example…
Back in September, the Journal of Participatory Medicine released our paper about youth engagement on The Bipolar Youth Action Project (the BYAP). The BYAP ran from 2014-2015 in Victoria, BC, where we partnered with youth co-researchers with bipolar disorder. It was a Community-Based Participatory Research project that sought to find…
…FOLLOWING LITHIUM VERSUS QUETIAPINE DURING ONE YEAR TREATMENT IN EARLY BIPOLAR DISORDER S-086 M. Berk1 1School of Medicine, Deakin University and Barwon Health, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.Melbourne, Australia 11:30 – 13:30 POS18-42 – INCLUSIVITY, SUPPORT, MUTUAL RESPECT AND CO-BUILDING IN BIPOLAR RESEARCH: A CANADIAN PERSPECTIVE 42 S. Lapsley1…
…or near Victoria B.C. is to attend a Movie Monday screening. This weekly series has featured a couple of the films in this list, and delved into deep discussion on them. Founder/programmer Bruce Saunders has also written in depth discussion-based reviews for other movies touching on mental health illness in…