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MORE AWARENESS NEEDED
Mental illness can’t be ignored

“MENTAL ILLNESS -hits more. Canadians an-
nually than all other diseases combined — in-
cluding -caricer,heart disease and tuberculosis,”
says a Canadian Mental Health Association in-

formation pamphlet.

*SNearly half. the’ hospital
beds in. Canada are occupied
by the’ mentally or. emo-
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frightening is the lack of
awareness, explains Debra
Mills, therapeutic work pro-
gram coordinator. at. North
Vancouver’s.Canora House,
the North Shore branch of

Canadian Mental Health
Association.

“Because of the lack of
awareness,’’ Mills - says,
“mental illness carries
‘Stigmas, people have

misconceptions.”

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Mills works with patients
who have had a history. in
‘mental illness, from depres-
sion to schizophrenia, but
who are now stable. She
believes that a majority of

the stable mentally ill can be .

rehabilitated, and work pro-
grams at the centre help the
clients get back into a
routine,

Some of the clients had
careers before they were

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While others need work in-
life skills: ° basic banking’
procedures and financing,
transportation, ‘telephone
use, cooking, grooming and
Stress management, ‘‘things
we take for granted,’’ Mills
says.

The work programs at
Canora House, which began
last September, include
woodworking and
business/clerical training.
Also the centre tries to get
job placements for the stu-
dents in the community. A’
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took two placements as vol-
unteers, while Canora House
paid each student $50. Mills

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“but we. want. -
teach basic job search skills,
We want them to be able to:
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