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Supporting and Championing Families
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by Christine Cooper
Executive Director
Family Association for Mental Health Everywhere (FAME)
Toronto Ontario Canada www.fameforfamilies.com
For over 25 years the Family Association for Mental Health Everywhere (FAME) has worked at the community level, offering families empathy, support, knowledge and a compass for navigating the health care system as an advocate for a loved one living with mental illness.
We understand that families play a critical role in the wrap around process of recovery, and the stress associated with this responsibility can impact family members’ health, social and family relations, career and financial situations.
We also acknowledge that overcoming stigma to reach out for support remains one of the biggest challenges with respect to mental health. This applies equally to the one in five who suffer from mental illness and the four in five who are their families.
Families can often be overwhelmed when a loved one first is diagnosed with a mental illness. They experience a range of emotions from anger, blame, grief, fear, to shame and guilt.
There are core fundamentals that can help families to begin their journey to recovery.
The PDF “Supporting and Championing Families” is an introduction to core concepts in family recovery.
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