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The Institute for Advancements in Mental Health, formerly known as the Schizophrenia Society of Ontario (SSO), [1] is a charitable organization located in Ontario, Canada, that exists to help those affected by mental illnesses. It was founded in 1979 under the name Ontario Friends of Schizophrenics and adopted its current name in 1995.
The NAMI In Our Own Voice (IOOV) program started as a mental health consumer education program for people living with schizophrenia in 1996, and was further developed to IOOV with grant funding from Eli Lily & Co. in 2002. [41]
From its inception in 1987 through calendar year 2022, BBRF has awarded over $440 million [3] to fund more than 6,400 grants to more than 5,300 scientists around the world. [5] The Foundation states that 100% of every dollar donated for research goes towards research.
As of March 2021, Canada had 4,961 public foundations and 6,189 private. [1] Canadian foundations collectively comprise a very large asset base for philanthropy. As of 2003, there were over 2,000 active grantmaking foundations in Canada, who had total assets of CA$12.5 billion, with total grants given that year of over $1 billion. In 2018 ...
More than 40 percent of all people with schizophrenia end up in supervised group housing, nursing homes or hospitals. Another 6 percent end up in jail, usually for misdemeanors or petty crimes, while an equal proportion end up on the streets. Among researchers, schizophrenia has long been known as the “graveyard of psychiatric research.”
The SA program is based on the twelve-step model, [10] but includes just six steps. [6] [11] The organization describes the program's purpose of helping participants to learn about schizophrenia, "restore dignity and sense of purpose," obtain "fellowship, positive support, and companionship," improve their attitudes about their lives and their illnesses, and take "positive steps towards recovery."
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She is a recipient of several grants and awards. She received an award from Finkel Foundation 2003, the Collegium Internationale Neuro-Psychopharmacologicum in 2000 and the International Congress in Schizophrenia research in 1998. [2] She has been the recipient of several major grants (see list below) in the last decade. [2]