Useful links

Ideas

http://www.icb.ufmg.br/far/jenp/325_Neuron_Schizo.pdf
Natural History and Neurobiology

http://www.amazon.com/Brain-That-Changes-Itself-Frontiers/dp/0143113100
The Brain that changes itself

Myths

http://www.mss.mb.ca/stigma.htm
Seven Myths about Schizophrenia

Cognitive Therapy

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15259826
Cognitive therapy for acute schizophrenia spectrum disorders

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15056575?ordinalpos=3&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.
Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.
Pubmed_DefaultReportPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum
Cognitive therapy for command hallucinations: randomised controlled trial.

http://www.brainprofiling.com/services/schizophrenia.jsp
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Approaches.

http://www.iop.kcl.ac.uk/departments/?locator=400
What is cognitive therapy?

http://www.iop.kcl.ac.uk/departments/?locator=400
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Psychosis

Recovery Concepts

http://www.schizophreniabulletin.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/31/3/723
Do people with schizophrenia show periods of recovery

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BP_EW9u_TTw
Building hope in a culture of recovery

Peer Support

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17502806
The effectiveness of peer support groups

Medication

http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/854099#article
The right to refuse wellness (Toronto Star editorial)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tzPrEpS7h4
Medication choices for treatment of psychosis

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16490410
How antipsychotics work - from receptor to reality

http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1413955
The delayed onset of antipschotic action- an idea whose time has come and gone

http://meds.queensu.ca/~clpsych/orientation/Antipsychotics%20Comparison%20Chart.pdf
Comparing medications and side effects

http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/abstract/162/5/939
Evidence for onset of antipsychotic effects within the first 24 hours of treatment.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/24/business/24drug.html
Daring to think differently about schizophrenia

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXmNEEpBXcs&feature=related
The importance of medication in recovery

http://www.mentalhealth.com/mag1/p5m-sc03.html
A low dose of antipsychotics may be more effective.

http://ww1.cpa-apc.org:8080/Publications/Archives/CJP/2002/february/inReviewSeemanPhilip.asp
Atypical antipsychotics-mechanisms of action

Research Sites

http://www.cochrane.org/
Cochrane reviews evidence based healthcare databases

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/ pubmed
A service of the US national library of medicine and the national institutes of health

Videos

http://www.mindyourmind.ca
A website developed by and for youths

http://www.mss.mb.ca/
Manitoba Schizophrenia Society

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUtrDkE6Zd0&feature=related
Video about the stigma of schizophrenia

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIZ9FmD0o9k&feature=related
Mental illness stygma

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOAEgIGrsr8&feature=related
Schizophrenia explored through virtual reality

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrBWGfBNGNc
Video about mental illness in general

For Families

The Family Council
Support for families dealing with members who have mental illness or addiction

http://www.schizophrenia.ca
Schizophrenia Society of Canada

http://www.schizophrenia.on.ca/
Schizophrenia Society of Ontario