How to Learn About Schizophrenia
Susan Inman
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Posted 07.24.2012
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Canada Living
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Treatment Advocacy Center,
BC Mental Health Act,
Sandra Yuen Mackay,
Human Rights,
BC Schizophrenia Society,
National Institute of Mental Health,
Schizophrenia,
Involuntary Treatment,
Psychotic Disorders,
Schizophrenia Awareness Day,
Erin Hawkes,
Canada Living News
Even though Schizophrenia Awareness Day is limited to May 24th, Canadians are exposed to education about schizophrenia all year long. Every time they read a gruesome news article about it, or have a difficult encounter with someone with an untreated psychosis, they receive confusing knowledge. It creates the kind of image of severe mental illnesses that crusaders against stigma would like them to forget.