Demystifying Concurrent Disorders Webinar Series
A virtual education series created by patients and families, for patients and families, to help us understand concurrent disorders better.
This quarterly education series helps patients and families better understand topics relating to mental health and substance use issues, or concurrent disorders. Participants learn about various topics, including:
- trauma-informed practice
- the Mental Health Act
- the forensics system
- medications
The webinar series is free and open to anyone interested in learning about these topics. Each session is led by an expert in mental health and substance use and includes a live Q&A facilitated by the webinar series host. The host is a person with lived/living experience.
The Health Literacy Working Group developed the Demystifying Concurrent Disorders Webinar Series. The group is led by patients and families working to advance health literacy across BC Mental Health and Substance Use Services and beyond.
Previous webinars
Demystifying information sharing and privacy (April 12, 2024)
- Speakers: Becky Hynes (director, interprofessional practice, AMHSUS), Anita David (lived experience strategic advisor), Margo Dent (family partner)
Demystifying recovery (October 18, 2023)
- Speakers: Rick Johal (senior lead of provincial education, BCMHSUS), Chris Lamoureux (leader of patient experience and community engagement, BCMHSUS), Dr. Heather Fulton (registered psychologist)
Adjusting our response to drug poisonings (April 28, 2023)
- Speakers: Cherlyn Cortes-Manderson (clinical nurse educator, BC Centre for Disease Control), Corey Ranger (president, Harm Reduction Nurses Association and project lead, SAFER Knowledge Translation & Exchange project)
Demystifying psychosis (part 2): Supporting yourself and your loved one (February 10, 2023)
- Speakers: Tracy Windsor and Abigail Schultz (lived experience experts)
Demystifying psychosis (part 1): Understanding psychosis (February 3, 2023)
- Speakers: Dr. Randall White (medical director, Vancouver Community Mental Health Services and clinical director, BC Psychosis Program), Dr. Matthew Johnston (sociologist)
Demystifying prescribed medications for treating psychosis and substance use (September 9, 2022)
- Speakers: Reza Rafizadeh (clinical pharmacy specialist, BCMHSUS), Dr. Christian Schutz (psychiatrist and clinical researcher, Red Fish Healing Centre, BCMHSUS)
Forensic journey and beyond: Where healthcare and legal systems intersect (June 10, 2022)
- Speakers: Peter Parnell (director of access, transitions and forensic clinical risk, Forensic Psychiatric Hospital), Midhath Mahir (deputy supervising lawyer, CLAS)
Demystifying the Mental Health Act (February 22, 2022)
- Speakers: Dr. Vijay Seethapathy (MD and fellow of The Royal College of Physicians of Canada and chief medical officer, BCMHSUS), Kendra Milne (executive director of health justice, Canadian Mental Health Association)
Demystifying trauma-informed health care (November 26, 2021)
- Speaker: Dr. Linda Uyeda, MD, CCFP
- Related resources: Trauma-informed practice tips (PDF)
Privacy and confidentiality
BC Mental Health and Substance Use Services is committed to safeguarding your privacy and confidentiality.
As an attendee in a Zoom for Webinars event, your name will be hidden throughout the presentation, and you may choose to ask your questions anonymously in the Q&A chat box. Participants’ audio and video will be disabled. Questions will be monitored and selected by a facilitator, based on relevance and appropriateness. Please note that the speaker will not be able to address specific individual case questions. Sessions will be recorded and shared on our website, making them available to the public.
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Contact us
To learn more about the Concurrent Disorder Webinar Series, contact engage_BCMHSUS@phsa.ca.