While mental health is a well-covered topic, people often lump it together with mental illness. We want to challenge the idea that disorders like Schizophrenia are 'mental health' issues. Listen in to our first episode of Look Again: Mental Illness Re-Examined, where host Faydra Aldridge of BCSS along with her guest Dr. Diane McIntosh, a clinical assistant professor at the University of British Columbia, look at the difference between the two terms; why mental illness needs its own specific plan of action and more.

Resources:

• Learn more about Dr. Diane McIntosh
• This Is Depression: A Comprehensive, Compassionate Guide for Anyone Who Wants to Understand Depression
• Learn more about mental illness – Heretohelp
• Learn more about mental illness and schizophrenia – BC Schizophrenia Society

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