"Look Again: Mental Illness Re-Examined” is a groundbreaking podcast brought to you by the BC Schizophrenia Society and supporting partners. Host Faydra Aldridge, CEO of BCSS, and co-host Melissa McKenna, Marketing and Communications Manager at BCSS, speak with medical experts, families, and people with lived experience of mental illness to dispel myths and get to the truth. Be prepared for frank conversations, up-to-date medical information, immersive sound design, and stories of hope and resilience. This podcast is for anyone whose life has been touched by mental illness. In other words, it’s for everyone.
https://www.bcss.org/lookagain
episode 2: Hearing Voices
In this episode, host Faydra Aldridge illuminates the reality of what it's like to experience auditory hallucinations, or “hear voices,” by speaking to people who have lived it. Faydra is joined by Dr. Randall White, the Medical Director of Community Mental Health in Vancouver and the clinical director of the BC Psychosis Program at UBC Hospital, to talk about what is psychosis, what it means, and what to do in a situation when someone is experiencing psychosis.
Resources:
- Early Psychosis Intervention Program
- BC Psychosis Program
- Psychosis – Heretohelp
- Psychosis – BC Schizophrenia Society
- Schizophrenia: Helping Someone Who is Hallucinating – HealthLink BC
- Hallucinations in Schizophrenia
- Auditory Hallucinations in Schizophrenia
- Auditory Hallucination Simulation
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