Resources

Family to Family newsletter - A national newsletter for First-Episode Psychosis families. Contact: Editor Sharon Scott (slsm@rainyday.ca) to be added to the distribution list. Issues 1-12 of Family to Family is available (English and French) to download on Canadian Mental Health Association’s national website. See www.cmha.ca/bins/content_page.asp?cid=7-13-790-807

Family Booklets (pdf)- Coping When Someone in your Family Has Psychosis  www.psychosissucks.ca/epi/pdf/epi_familycoping.pdf

A Map of the Mind Fields: Managing Adolescent Psychosis (2004). Three young people under age 20 share personal their personal stories. Cost: $49.95 ID 113C9197116.  Contact: National Film Board of Canada www.nfb.ca

Reaching Out (2003). Dramatic storyline which emphasizes the importance of getting help early for someone showing signs of early psychosis symptoms. This video (22 min.) is included in ‘Reaching Out’ high school curriculum resource kit developed by B.C. Schizophrenia Society in conjunction with British Columbia Department of Psychiatry. Cost: free.  Contact: info@schizophrenia.ca

A Siblings Guide to Psychosis:  http://www.marketingisland.com/CMHA/pages/product.asp?id=3083

Early Psychosis: What families and Friends Need to Know:  http://www.bcss.org/a_documents/pdf/EPIbookletweb.pdf

Fran Hanovers Presentaion at the Early Intervention in Psychosis Conference 2007:  http://www.beatpsychosis.ca/Fran_Hanover.mp3