Help your family member:

• Treat them as a person you love and respect, not as someone who is sick. Focus on the person not the illness.
• Be a role model when it comes to accepting the illness.
• Attempt to help them keep life as normal as possible.
• Be supportive when they face difficulties in daily life.
• Understand that daily tasks may not be easy anymore.
• Help them see that not all problems are related to the illness.
• Find ways to deal with embarrassing situations so they do not feel ashamed or at fault.

Help yourself:

• Join a local self-help, support or family education group.
• Learn all you can about the illness so you can share information and help dispel myths and misunderstandings.

Become an Ambassador:
Changing peoples attitudes and perceptions about schizophrenia is one of our greatest challenges, but you can help!

An ambassador of the Schizophrenia Society of Ontario is knowledgeable about the facts related to the illness and educates others about schizophrenia. As an ambassador of the Schizophrenia Society of Ontario, you promote a greater understanding of what schizophrenia is, and that there is help and hope for all those affected by the illness. You are an agent of change, working towards a world where people affected by schizophrenia do not face the stigma currently associated with the illness.

To become an Ambassador for the Schizophrenia Society of Ontario, email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .