Schizophrenia Society of Nova Scotia

A Reason to Hope.  The Means to Cope.

2010 Annual Conference

The Schizophrenia Society of Nova Scotia’s

22nd Annual Conference

Mental Illness: Why Me?

Held on Friday, November 26th, 2010

Presentations

A distorted perception to reality: My insight into recovery

by

Ms. Ashley Smith

Founder

Embracing My Mind, Inc.

Changing how we provide health care to meet the needs of people with mental disorders

by

Dr. Stan Kutcher

Sun Life Financial Chair in Adolescent Mental Health

Department of Psychiatry, Dalhousie University

Why me? - Why not me?

Positive reflections on why I have never thought 'Why Me'

by

Ms. Aileen McGinty

Dip. Psych. (Open), M.T.A., Post-Graduate Diploma in Music Therapy, Certificate of Teaching, Dip.L.P., LL.B., M.A.

High rates of substance misuse in schizophrenia:

Why and what can we do?

by

Dr. Sherry Stewart

Killam Research Professor

Departments of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Community Health & Epidemiology, Dalhousie University

My parent has bipolar disorder; am I at risk?

Brain imaging and clinical studies of bipolar offspring

by

Dr. Tomas Hajek

Associate Professor & Dalhousie Clinical Research Scholar

Departments of Psychiatry and Anatomy & Neurobiology

Dalhousie University

A staged reading of the original play: Voices

by

Ms. Laura Burke (centre)

MA Student in Creative Arts Therapies, Drama Therapy Option

Department of Creative Arts Therapies

Concordia University

and

Margaret Smith (right)

Involvement of individuals living with mental illness on the Board of Directors of the Mental Health Commission of Canada

by

Mr. Andy Cox

Mental Health Advocate

IWK Health Centre

Member, Board of Directors

Mental Health Commission of Canada