Tuesday, May 29th, 7:00 pm!
Stellarton
Do you have a relative or friend living with a serious mental illness?
Would you like to learn more about his/her illness?
Strengthening Families Together, a ten-week program for families and friends, provides information, skill building, and support.
Delivered by family members who have direct experience with the psychiatric illness of a loved one, and enhanced by invited speakers with topical expertise, Strengthening Families Together is a Canadian-based educational program focusing on:
- Facts about psychosis, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and depression
- Early intervention & recovery
- Treatments & supports
- Coping with the challenges of daily life
- Navigating the mental health system
There is no cost to participate in the Strengthening Families Together program. Each Strengthening Families Together session runs for 10 consecutive weeks (not including statutory holidays), and two hours are allotted on a single day each week (with a break half way through).
The Pictou County Family Support Group
is currently hosting a 10-week session
is currently hosting a 10-week session
Tuesdays
March 27th to May 29th, 2012
7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
NSCC Pictou Campus
Room A-204 (please use the back entrance)
Stellarton, Nova Scotia
Feel free to attend any week's session, or all of them!
The topic and speaker for this week's meeting is:
Tuesday, May 29th, 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm:
Topic and speaker to be announced.Please check the community happenings section of your local paper in Pictou County for details regarding the topics and speakers for the later sessions.
Free!
For further information, please call the Schizophrenia Society of Nova Scotia at (902) 465-2601 or 1-800-465-2601 (toll free in Nova Scotia).
For further information on the Strengthening Families Together program, please click here.
Also see:
Strengthening Families Together delivered in Pictou County
