British Columbia Schizophrenia Society

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Name :

British Columbia Schizophrenia Society

Address  :

#201 – 6011 Westminster Hwy

Town  :

Richmond

State  :

British Columbia

Country  :

CANADA

Post Code:

V7C 4V4

Phone  :

604 270 7841

Fax  :

604 270 9861

Web URL  :

Available

Email  :

bcssprovincial@bcss.org
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About Us
The British Columbia Schizophrenia Society is a nonprofit organization founded in 1982 by families and friends of people with schizophrenia Since then BCSS has grown into a provincewide family support system with 30 Branches 11 Regional Coordinators 3 Program Coordinators and over 1600 members

We are dedicated to supporting each other educating the public raising funds for research and advocating for better services for people with schizophrenia and other serious and persistent mental illnesses
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