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Topic Tuesday // Let's talk about Schizophrenia // Tues 25th May, 7:00-8:30PM AEST

DaisydreamerSenior Contributor

Topic Tuesday // Let's talk about Schizophrenia // Tues 25th May, 7:00-8:30PM AEST

Hi there Forums Community,

Next week from the 23rd to the 29th of May, we will be celebrating Schizophrenia Awareness Week in a collaboration with One Door. One of the events we will be hosting is this Topic Tuesday on the 25th of May from 7:00-8:30pm (AEST). Join us here and let's talk about Schizophrenia.

This fortnight we are joined by two special guests; one of SANE's amazing Peer Ambassadors, and a member of the One Door Mental Health Team.

Schizophrenia Awareness Week

Schizophrenia Awareness Week aims to bring visibility to the lived experiences of those living with Schizophrenia, and encourage action to overcome the stigma and discrimination that many people living with Schizophrenia still face.

This year we will be celebrating the theme of Schizophrenia Awareness Week, 'Discover Better Mental Health', with a Topic Tuesday that will talk about the experience of living with Schizophrenia, person centred approaches to wellbeing and recovery, and where you can seek support.

Please join us here on Tuesday the 25th of May 2021 from 7:00pm-8:30pm AEST to follow this conversation.

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MellymeadContributor

Re: Topic Tuesday // Let's talk about Schizophrenia // Tues 25th May, 7:00-8:30PM AEST

Webster packs are helpful the chemist prepares them that way you can tell at a glance if you have had today’s medication
I can only comment on my personal experience and I would say staying on your medication is always the safest situation

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Jordan94Contributor

Re: Topic Tuesday // Let's talk about Schizophrenia // Tues 25th May, 7:00-8:30PM AEST

Q7: @Jordan94 what support is available for people living with Schizophrenia?

Support is provided by various community managed organisations, such as One Door, and involve services such as our National Psychosocial Support Program (e.g., social recreation or transitioning to NDIS), family and carer programs that support carers of people with mental health issues, hospital-2-home services, NDIS-based services such as centre-based services, allied health, and our Billingual support services. We have a link here: https://www.onedoor.org.au/

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DaisydreamerSenior Contributor

Re: Topic Tuesday // Let's talk about Schizophrenia // Tues 25th May, 7:00-8:30PM AEST

So many 'supports' @StuF 🙂

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DaisydreamerSenior Contributor

Re: Topic Tuesday // Let's talk about Schizophrenia // Tues 25th May, 7:00-8:30PM AEST

@Eden1919 wrote:

yes creativity is a great thing i find singing and doing art very soothing and healing.

💙💙 Singing and art are powerful healers and so grounding. It's sounds like creativity is something you and Sandy both share 🙂

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DaisydreamerSenior Contributor

Re: Topic Tuesday // Let's talk about Schizophrenia // Tues 25th May, 7:00-8:30PM AEST

@Jordan94 One Door are doing a lot in to social support space, which is great. True recognition that mental health encompasses services from all areas including houses, social support, employment, etc 🙂

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Eden1919Senior Contributor

Re: Topic Tuesday // Let's talk about Schizophrenia // Tues 25th May, 7:00-8:30PM AEST

What kind of crisis services are avaliable because i find lifeline and such dont really know how to deal with psychosis stuff very well?

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StuFSenior Contributor

Re: Topic Tuesday // Let's talk about Schizophrenia // Tues 25th May, 7:00-8:30PM AEST

@Daisydreamer @Jordan94

Not to bag, but I found recently that my local One Door only provides support for people on the NDIS (or transitioning to it). I'm on the DSP and it works for me, so I don't wish to change.

I'd just like it as an option for a social space where I can hang out with other people with lived experience.

Not totally bummed. I'm sure there's more demand than supply, but yeah

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Shaz51Senior Contributor

Re: Topic Tuesday // Let's talk about Schizophrenia // Tues 25th May, 7:00-8:30PM AEST

Hello @StuF , @Daisydreamer , my husband loves music treapy nice and loud xx

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StuFSenior Contributor

Re: Topic Tuesday // Let's talk about Schizophrenia // Tues 25th May, 7:00-8:30PM AEST

@Shaz51

Music..is there anything it Can't do?? 🙂

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Sandy1Senior Contributor

Re: Topic Tuesday // Let's talk about Schizophrenia // Tues 25th May, 7:00-8:30PM AEST

In repsonse to music, is there anything it can't do?

no, no, no.

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