WEBVTT - Introducing Look Again: Mental Illness Re-Examined 0:00:00.120 --> 0:00:02.880 Did you know one in five people in Canada experience 0:00:02.880 --> 0:00:05.790 a mental health problem or mental illness and one in 0:00:05.790 --> 0:00:09.459 100 people in our country live with schizophrenia spectrum disorder? 0:00:10.170 --> 0:00:14.010 This is not a rare illness. My name is Faydra 0:00:14.010 --> 0:00:17.850 Aldridge and I'm the host of Look Again Mental Illness Re-examined, 0:00:18.180 --> 0:00:21.720 a brand new podcast about mental illness brought to you 0:00:21.720 --> 0:00:26.310 by the B.C. Schizophrenia Society and other B.C. Partner organizations. 0:00:26.700 --> 0:00:29.760 Mental illness is all around us and how we deal 0:00:29.760 --> 0:00:34.440 with it impacts absolutely everything -- from our family life, the cost 0:00:34.440 --> 0:00:39.420 on our medical system, substance use, employment, the demand for housing. 0:00:39.659 --> 0:00:43.339 The list goes on and on. I'm going to be 0:00:43.340 --> 0:00:47.540 speaking with medical experts, families and people with lived experience 0:00:47.540 --> 0:00:50.930 of mental illness. We're going to get into it. I mean, 0:00:50.930 --> 0:00:55.880 really into it. Real conversations. Up to date, medical information 0:00:56.090 --> 0:01:00.080 and the voices of people navigating the very tricky waters 0:01:00.080 --> 0:01:02.960 of mental illness. It's time to bring this topic into 0:01:02.960 --> 0:01:06.830 light and really start talking about it. So you're probably asking, 0:01:07.040 --> 0:01:10.520 what can I do right now? Well, the answer is 0:01:10.520 --> 0:01:13.880 hit 'follow' so you can get all of the latest 0:01:13.880 --> 0:01:16.790 episodes of Look Again. And don't forget to like and 0:01:16.790 --> 0:01:20.390 review us on Apple podcasts, or wherever you listen. Talk 0:01:20.390 --> 0:01:20.929 to you soon.