Hi Christina, I've got to see that film!         Those people you spoke about are courageous and are at "the front lines" of schizophrenia treatment and care today.

As for my face, well I can stand up and be counted.    I am a member of the BCSS, the Columbia Centre Society and the Canadian Mental Health Assoc.

    Recently, I was interviewed on a local community radio station regarding my work with the BCSS (Partners in Education) and as a testimony to the positive effects of psychiatric drugs     The interview was at my request.     You see, for the last few months prior, the show was full of anti-psychiatry - anti-medication hate  material, coming particularly from a group out east based in Montreal.       So I called up the host and he invited me on - air for a rebuttal.        I think I did OK.

This is just an example of a host of challenges that face the individual with schizophrenia.         First we have to find a doctor that fits with us.      Then many of of us (me for sure) have to try many different meds and combinations of meds before we fin d the right regime.         Getting well is as difficult as the illness, it seems.

I was encouraged by your statistics on recovery.   Just seeing them has given me hope for myself and so many others that I know.

You have brightened my day!

Have a happy day yourself, Chris

Don