Help for Families
When a loved one has a mental illness it causes stress. You
need to look after your mental health for your own sake and
for the sake of your loved one. At the beginning, especially,
you will need information and support to be able to care for
and give help to your affected family member.
NAMI Family-to-Family
Education Program
CMHA Toronto sponsors this free course of twelve classes
co-taught by family members. The course is designed for family
members of people who have been diagnosed with schizophrenia,
major depression, bipolar illness (manic depression), panic
disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, borderline personality
disorder, or who exhibit behaviours that strongly suggest
one of these diagnoses.
The course is run in the fall at our Lawrence Avenue West
site.
Contact 416-789-7957 x 270.
Strengthening
Families Together
The Toronto Chapter of the Schizophrenia Society of Ontario
offers this ten-week family education course co-taught by
family members.
Contact 416-449-6830
Family
Mental Health Recovery Series
The Family Outreach and Response Program, located at the
Queen Street site of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
offers this free eight-week family education series.
Contact 416-535-8501 x 2011 or karyn_baker@familymentalhealthrecovery.org
Family Education Group
North York General
Hospital and F.A.M.E.
(Family Association for Mental Health Everywhere) are offering
a seven week series starting Sept. 14, 2006 from 7:30 - 9:00
p.m. at the North York General Hospital - Branson Division,
555 Finch Ave. West.
Contact Mary at 416-207-5032 x 29 or Rose-Marie 416-633-9420
x 6386
Links to organizations Helpful to Families
F.A.M.E. (Family Association for Mental Health Everywhere)
www.fameforfamilies.com
The Schizophrenia Society of Ontario
www.schizophrenia.on.ca
See their Family to Family Brochures
The Schizophrenia Society of Canada
www.schizophrenia.ca
The Mood Disorders Association of Ontario
www.mooddisorders.on.ca
Helpful Documents Online
Rays of Hope: A reference manual for Families &
Caregivers
http://www.schizophrenia.ca/Rays_of_Hope.pdf
Here to Help BC: Family Toolkit
http://www.heretohelp.bc.ca/toolkits/family_toolkit/
Early Psychosis Intervention Program: Coping When
Someone in your Family has Psychosis
http://www.psychosissucks.ca/epi/pdf/epi_familycoping.pdf
Caring Together: Families as Partners in the Mental Health
and Addiction System.
http://www.ontario.cmha.ca/admin_ver2/maps/caring_together_200611.pdf
Working together towards recovery: A Toolkit for Consumers,
Families and Caregivers.
http://www.ccmhi.ca/en/products/toolkits/documents/
EN_Workingtogethertowardsrecovery.pdf
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