Faydra Aldridge: Did you know one in five people in Canada experience
Faydra Aldridge: a mental health problem or mental illness and one in
Faydra Aldridge: 100 people in our country live with schizophrenia spectrum disorder?
Faydra Aldridge: This is not a rare illness. My name is Faydra
Faydra Aldridge: Aldridge and I'm the host of Look Again Mental Illness Re-examined,
Faydra Aldridge: a brand new podcast about mental illness brought to you
Faydra Aldridge: by the B.C. Schizophrenia Society and other B.C. Partner organizations.
Faydra Aldridge: Mental illness is all around us and how we deal
Faydra Aldridge: with it impacts absolutely everything -- from our family life, the cost
Faydra Aldridge: on our medical system, substance use, employment, the demand for housing.
Faydra Aldridge: The list goes on and on. I'm going to be
Faydra Aldridge: speaking with medical experts, families and people with lived experience
Faydra Aldridge: of mental illness. We're going to get into it. I mean,
Faydra Aldridge: really into it. Real conversations. Up to date, medical information
Faydra Aldridge: and the voices of people navigating the very tricky waters
Faydra Aldridge: of mental illness. It's time to bring this topic into
Faydra Aldridge: light and really start talking about it. So you're probably asking,
Faydra Aldridge: what can I do right now? Well, the answer is
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