Schizophrenia Awareness Week
Thursday, May 19, 2011 at 8:59PM Schizophrenia Awareness Week runs from the 16th to the 22nd of May 2011. Schizophrenia is an illness affecting normal functioning of the brain, interfering with a persons ability to think, feel and act. Symptoms include; confused thinking, delusions and hallucinations (www.sane.org).
As part of Schizophrenia Awareness Week there is a State and National Panel Webinar event "Unlocking the Door to Health and Wellbeing: Where Do We Find the Key?" on Saturday 21st May 2011. This is being presented by the Mental Illness Fellowship of WA. There is a local event being held at ECU in Mount Lawley (http://www.mifwa.org.au) or you can log on from home (http://www.meetview.com/healthwellbeing20110521).
In Sydney there will be discussions from consumers and carers, academic experts and MC Julie McCrossin - journalist and broadcaster.
After the national broadcast there will be a state panel discussion officially opened by the Honourable Helen Morton - Minister for Mental Health; Disability Services, and the panel will consist of experts from UWA, the Mental Health Commission, and our local MC Tony Serve - talkback host, news producer and presenter at radio 6PR.
This is a wonderful opportunity to hear experts discussing some of the issues surrounding schizophrenia from a national and a local perspective.
Blooming Minds provides group training and individual consultancy services to assist organisations to understand the impact of mental health problems in the workplace and to minimise the human and economic impacts of employee stress, anxiety, depression and other mental illnesses. We are based in Perth, Western Australia and deliver services throughout Australia and internationally.
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