"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 1: It Could Be Me...
Mental illness touches everyone's lives, whether we want to admit it or not. And yet, mental illnesses like schizophrenia are rarely discussed publicly. That lack of conversation is what our guest is hoping to change. Meet Michelle Hammer, a mental health advocate, entrepreneur and graphic designer. She challenges the idea that schizophrenia should be hidden and hush-hush with bold eye-catching designs. Michelle shares her personal journey around mental illness, what it looks like to let everyone know you have schizophrenia and how she started her Schizophrenic.NYC to start conversations about mental illnesses. No topic is off-limits for this native New Yorker.
Schizophrenic.NYC: https://www.schizophrenic.nyc
Instagram: @schizophrenic.nyc
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCR5_ez7c5rhC6mIpcs6tAWg
Twitter: @SchizophrenicNY
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MORE on the important distinction between identity-first vs. person-first language
Language Matters: Mental Health Commission of Canada (2020)
https://www.mentalhealthcommission.ca/wp-content/uploads/drupal/2020-08/language_matters_cheat_sheet_eng.pdf
Saying ‘person with schizophrenia,’ not ‘schizophrenic,’ can affect clinician beliefs, study finds
https://www.statnews.com/2021/09/22/person-first-language-schizophrenia-study/
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