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Co Moderating Mental Health And Social Media #MHSM Chat With Vancouver Sun’s Exec Ed Valerie Casselton How To Effectively Respond To Media Stories On Mental Health

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I co moderated the Mental Health And Social Media #MHSM Twitter chat with Valerie Casselton @Valcasselton the executive editor of the Vancouver Sun newspaper last Tuesday November 23rd. The topic was how to effectively respond to media stories on mental health. I’m @petequily on Twitter The Mental Health And Social Media #MHSM chat happens every […]

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CADDRA ADHD Convention in Vancouver Nov 20-21st Tell Your Doctor

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CADDRA Canadian ADHD Resource Alliance annual ADHD conference The Many Faces of ADHD: A Window into the Future will be in Vancouver BC, November 20-21st. I previously attended CADDRA’s  2004 ADHD Vancouver conference and found it very informative and useful. Here are my two blog posts about CADDRA’s Vancouver ADHD conference The 2010 CADDRA ADHD

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Vancouver Sun Celebrates ADHD Awareness Week by Stigmatizing ADHD on Front Page and Syndicating It Nationwide

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The Vancouver Sun celebrated ADHD Awareness week by stigmatizing ADHD on it’s front page, & sharing it Canada wide via the Canwest 2.0 / PostMedia News network in a story by reporter Tracy Sherlock. Update 2: The Vancouver Sun actually ran a story on the same study nearly a month earlier, August 18th with the

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YMCA Stigmatizes ADHD Families. Acceptable To Stigmatize Children With Mental Health Conditions For Money?

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YMCA using children with ADHD as scapegoat bait for their marketing machine. Update: See follow up post to this with new information. The YMCA has done many good things for many people, they’re a large multimillion dollar organization with a big impact on many members of the community in a very wide variety of ways.

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Adult ADHD Coaching Presentation at Vancouver Adult ADD Support Group This Tuesday

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I’ll be doing an interactive presentation on Adult ADHD coaching at The Vancouver Adult ADD support group this Tuesday, February 2nd from 6.30-8.30 at Ravensong Community Healthcare Center, 2450 Ontario St, near Main & Broadway. As part of the presentation, I will also be doing a short live demonstration of Adult ADHD coaching of someone

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