Did you know one in five people in Canada experience a mental health problem or mental illness and one in 100 people in our country live with schizophrenia spectrum disorder? This is not a rare illness. My name is Faydra Aldridge and I'm the host of Look Again Mental Illness Re-examined, a brand new podcast about mental illness brought to you by the B.C. Schizophrenia Society and other B.C. Partner organizations.
Mental illness is all around us and how we deal with it impacts absolutely everything -- from our family life, the cost on our medical system, substance use, employment, the demand for housing. The list goes on and on. I'm going to be speaking with medical experts, families and people with lived experience of mental illness. We're going to get into it. I mean, really into it. Real conversations. Up to date, medical information and the voices of people navigating the very tricky waters
of mental illness. It's time to bring this topic into light and really start talking about it. So you're probably asking, what can I do right now? Well, the answer is hit 'follow' so you can get all of the latest episodes of Look Again. And don't forget to like and review us on Apple podcasts, or wherever you listen. Talk to you soon.