Melissa Michaud | BC Schizophrenia Society

  • Nelson BCSS: Family Support Group – 2nd Tuesdays

    Nelson BCSS: Family Support Group – 2nd Tuesdays
    Nelson Christian Community School 810-10th Street, Nelson, BC

    BEHIND THE SMILE – A SILENT SCREAM People may have worked with you for years. Neighbours say, “Hi, how are you?” Smiling, you lie, “Fine” — while inwardly — a silent scream. You may have sat beside someone in church for hundreds of Sundays, and almost no one knew of the turmoil behind your mask....

  • Interior Region (East and West Kootenay) BCSS: Strengthening Families Together

      Do you have a relative or friend with a severe and persistent mental illness in? Strengthening Families Together is a 10-session psychosocial education program for family members and friends of individuals with severe and persistent mental illnesses. It aims to provide information about mental illness -- what it is, what supports are available to individuals and families, and how to find the...

  • We acknowledge that the lands on which BCSS operates and supports families are the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the First Nations, Metis, and Inuit Peoples. We are honoured and privileged to live and work on this land we all share. We are committed to reconciliation, decolonization, learning from and with Indigenous peoples, and building relationships within our communities.