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Support for you as a parent
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Some recent releases that have been reviewed on the Amazon website.
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The Here to Help website is hosted for a group of seven leading provincial mental health and addictions nonprofit agencies working together as the BC Partners for Mental Health and Addictions Information. This is module 4 from a complete handbook available on the Here to Help site.
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Here is how to find any of the 11 Nar-Anon groups who meet in various British Columbia communities: from Victoria to Courtenay on Vancouver Island and from Surrey to Powell River on the mainland.
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Here are the topics and dates of the education sessions happening at Pacific Spirit Health Centre between June 18 and November 26, 2010. There are three flights of six:
Jun. 18 - Jul. 23
Sep. 10 - Oct. 15
Oct. 22 - Nov. 26
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Essential advice for family members from the Chair of the Vancouver Mental Health Advisory Committee.
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The Mood Disorders Association has offered this manual as a source of information and help to any family member affected by the mental illness or drug disorder of a loved one, however good the promise of recovery in that person's life.
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The Parents Forever co-ordinator, Frances Kenny, describes the resources and alliances needed for establishing a group.
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"Focus on what you can do, and let go of what you can't. Nobody can force an addict to be well." In this two-page excerpt from The Coping Kit, parents reveal what they have learned about the value of self-care by the family members of addicted teens.
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From On Our Way: Recovery News, edited by Renea Mohammed
Susan Inman of the British Columbia Schizophrenia Society provides a thoughtful commentary about the word "recovery" as it is applied to the family of a person with a mental disorder. Her compassionate perspective throws light on the situation of families in which one member or more is suffering from an addiction.
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Do you know other people whose families have struggled with addiction issues, or does it feel as if yours is the only one? Our members find that talking confidentially with peers can help a parent be and feel stronger, both by accepting support and giving it.
From Grief to Action as an organization does not lead its own support groups. Its original members have benefited from the skills and tools of the Parents Forever program. The program co-ordinator at the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Vancouver, developers and managers of the program, describes here how it works.
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Two new resources are now available to assist women with addictions and community groups that serve them in making decisions about participating in research. The guides summarize findings from a CIHR-funded study led by Dr. Amy Salmon that examined how to better support the active and meaningful participation of women with substance use problems in health research.
The guide addressed to individuals and their families is called Your Rights in Research: A Guide for Women.
A further guide answers the questions organizations may have: When Researchers Come Calling: A Guide for Organisations that Work with Women.
Often seen as a "vulnerable population" in research and clinical settings, substance-using women also have rights to be included in respectful research that reflects their interests and priorities. These two guides address both concerns, highlighting issues regarding informed consent, participant recruitment and retention strategies, the provision of honoraria or incentives, confidentiality, and reporting of research results.
The guides were prepared by researchers from the Women's Health Research Institute's Mental Health and Addictions Unit, the BC Centre of Excellence for Women's Health, UBC, and the University of Victoria,
For more information about these guides or this study, please contact: Dr. Amy Salmon at: asalmon@cw.bc.ca or (604)875-2424 ext. 4880.
Video and audio resources - posters, etc.
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Order your kit about the Registered Disability Savings Plan program from BC Coalition for Persons with Disabilities by facsimile with this form.
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This poster provides information for potential applicants to the treatment fee bursary now offered by LDR Holistic Treatment Services.
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The October 15-16 conference mounted by Living Systems Counselling (209-1500 Marine Drive, North Vancouver, BC, V7P 1T7).
