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Take It From Us: Challenging Schizophrenia Myths | 11 March 2014

This week on Take It From Us the crew is promoting Schizophrenia Awareness Week (9-15 March 2014). Schizophrenia is potentially the mental illness diagnosis that holds the most stigma. The goal of Schizophrenia Awareness Week is to raise awareness, and to challenge the outdated myths around this condition. Join Take It From Us with guests Claire Cox of Supporting Families in Mental Illness and Philippa Coyle, Mind & Body Consultants on Tuesday the 11th of March 2014.

Listen live on 104.6FM at 12.30pm or online www.planetaudio.org.nz

OR if you missed the broadcast, listen for the next seven days @: www.planetaudio.org.nz/takeitfromus

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Shine A Light: New online resource

Shine A Light On Depression – marie claire magazine Australia

To help end the stigma surrounding depression and mental illness, marie claire brings you Shine A Light, an online forum where we can come together to show our support for sufferers of depression everywhere.

When you visit the site you’ll find a bunch of lights circling your screen: click on one and you’ll be able to read someone’s message of hope, happiness, freedom or love. If you’ve got a bit to share around yourself, you can add your own message to the mix for others to read later.

A great initiative to get women talking about their experiences and feeling okay about asking for help!

A Note to Visitors

IF YOU NEED SUPPORT RIGHT NOW:

Call or text 1737 for 24/7 phone counsellors
LifeLine: 0800 543 354
Tautoko Suicide Helpline 0508 TAUTOKO
Youthline: 0800376633 | Free text: 234

Your local crisis team is available 24 hours a day and their number is listed at the front of your phone book and in The Community Resources Directory here on the Engage Aotearoa website. In Auckland phone 0800 800 717 in the ADHB and WDHB regions or 0800 775 222 in the CMDHB area.

CALL 111 IN AN EMERGENCY.

Visit the Coping Kete to find self-help tips for Surviving a Crisis.

Please keep in mind the Engage Aotearoa website is a voluntary initiative and an information service only. The views on this website represent perspectives of recovery based on personal, lived experience of accessing services, and supporting loved ones combined with evidence from the field of psychology.

The information shared on this website should not replace advice from a clinician who is informed of your particular set of circumstances.

I aim to share evidence-based perspectives that are respectful of the many different approaches to recovery and to keep the information shared here up to date. I welcome feedback to help me do this. If you find yourself confused, distressed or excluded by anything on this website, please contact me to share your feedback and seek support. Keep in mind that it may take several days for me to respond to your email. If you need immediate support please reach out to family, friends, or one of the support lines above.

Tag Archives: Stigma

Take It From Us: Challenging Schizophrenia Myths | 11 March 2014

Shine A Light: New online resource

A Note to Visitors