New National Program Guides Families Navigating Early Psychosis and Schizophrenia
September 21st, 2020 (Winnipeg, MB)
This month the Schizophrenia Society of Canada (SSC) is launching a national educational program, “Family Recovery Journey,” to assist families who have a member living with early psychosis or schizophrenia.
The program is designed to be a responsive, impartial, and flexible program for Canadians. It is written from a recovery focus
as SSC believes that it is possible for an individual to live beyond the limitations of a mental illness with a sense of hope,
purpose, meaning, and social inclusion. The program is intended to be distributed by individual facilitators (any person with
lived experience as a family member and an understanding of recovery), peer support workers and mental health
professionals.
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Family Recovery Journey
“You don’t have to struggle in silence. There is help and there is hope. That can change everything!”- Dr. Chris Summerville
Family Recovery Journey (FRJ) was designed to meet the needs of a range of families, including those with a family member who has recently received a diagnosis of psychosis or schizophrenia. The goal in developing FRJ was to create a responsive, impartial, and flexible program for Canadians. It is written from a recovery focus as we believe that it is possible for an individual to live beyond the limitations of a mental illness with a sense of hope, purpose, meaning, and social inclusion. Recovery is a discovery that it is possible to live a full and meaningful life after a diagnosis of mental illness. Families are also in recovery from the traumatic effects of mental illness upon the family.
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