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…surround mental illness. Mental health in the workplace is the theme of #WorldMentalHealthDay 2017. On work life and bipolar disorder, our team has put together a 3-part video series “Work & Bipolar” – led by award-winning actress and CREST.BD member Victoria Maxwell, who is also one of North America’s most…
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…
…us: psychologists, psychiatrists, educators, people with lived experience – with overlap between these groups! Here’s a quick list of everyone involved. Dr. Erin Michalak, CREST.BD founder and Professor of Psychiatry Dr. Steven Barnes, co-director of CREST.BD, Professor in Psychology and Artist Victoria Maxwell, Mental Health Educator and Performing Artist Prof….
…13th to learn about the relationship between psychosis and bipolar disorder. This event will feature Professor Manuel Sanchez de Carmona, professor of clinical psychiatry at Anahuac University Mexico City, Victoria Maxwell, mental health educator and performing artist, and Dr. Emma Morton, CIHR Banting Postdoctoral Fellow at UBC Psychiatry. Click here…
…happy to share both professional and lived-experience perspectives — really glad to be here! Natasha Reaney 🇨🇦 Counsellor emotivealchemy.ca Lives with bipolar disorder I am a Registered Clinical Counsellor working in Victoria, BC, Canada and I live well with my bipolar. Dr. Nigila Ravichandran 🇸🇬 🇨🇦 Psychiatrist talkbd.live/nigila crestbd.ca/nigila Dr….