Personal Stories

Karen Liberman

Photo Credit:

Photo by Barry Shainbaum.

You see, for me, hope, healing and recovery are not individual attainments or life states. Like the best meal or song or spectacular view, these are most profoundly felt when shared with others. I will forever thank MOOD DISORDERS ASSOCIATION for allowing me to share this finest of all gifts.

On Tuesday morning August 27 1997, I awoke at 10:37 am on the psychiatric ward in Sunnybrook Hospital and I was well. After fifteen years of indescribable emotional, cognitive, and physical pain, I was well. After six psychiatrists, seventeen hospital stays, twenty-seven different medications, twenty-four electro-convulsive therapy treatments, countless amounts of psycho-therapy, I was well. Having experienced spontaneous remission after one dose of a new medication (that I would continue with for the next twelve years), I was well.

Privacy and Your Mental Health Records

Submitted by Anonymous on November 8, 2011 - 12:48pm

In response to questions from consumer/survivor communities, a series of brochures have been created to inform people about their privacy and consent rights under the provincial privacy law, called the Provincial Health Information Protection Act.

The brochures were created in partnership with consumer/survivors to ensure the most common questions and concerns are clearly answered.

The series includes five separate brochures, which you can download by choosing the links at the bottom of the page: