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2,100 members in 20 groups, focus on schizophrenia.

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Founded in 1985 , the Fellowship works to improve the quality of life with schizophrenia by:

• Initiating and undertaking programs that support consumers, carers and clinicians
• Raising community awareness of the implications of schizophrenia in order to reduce stigma
• Lobbying government departments to promote the well being of people living with schizophrenia
• Supporting research into schizophrenia

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The Schizophrenia International Research Society [SIRS], founded in 2006, is a worldwide organization that aims to bring together researchers in schizophrenia and related disorders.

Objectives:

• Exchange the latest advances in research and facilitate the application of these findings to clinical practice
• Facilitate international communication and collaboration in research
• Promote educational programs to effectively disseminate new research findings related to schizophrenia, both in the scientific community and the lay public
• Encourage the publication of research
• Increase the public understanding of the personal, familial and societal impact of schizophrenia
• Support increased research funding for schizophrenia research around the world
• Promote the highest scientific and ethical standards in research and its application in clinical psychiatric practice

The official publication of SIRS is Schizophrenia Research.

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Schizophrenia Ireland is the national organisation concerned with the interests of people with schizophrenia and their caring relatives. It was founded in 1975.

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Schizophrenia Research Foundation of India [SCARF], a voluntary non-profit non-governmental organization founded in 1984, is the first institution in India devoted solely to schizophrenia.

The main activities of SCARF are:

• Care and rehabilitation of mentally ill and disabled
• Research
• Training
• Improving awareness about mental illness

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The non-profit Schizophrenia Society of Canada has 3,500 members distributed among 100 groups across Canada.

Objectives:

• Provide help for individuals and families affected by schizophrenia
• Encourage and support research in schizophrenia
• Initiate public education programs which raise the level of public awareness about schizophrenia
• Influence mental health care facilities to provide the proper in-hospital care, as well as continuing care in the community for people dealing with schizophrenia; and
• Stimulate public support for adequate community residential, employment and recreational activities

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Schizophrenics Anonymous [SA] is a self-help support group for persons with schizophrenia or related disorders. It is organized and managed by persons with the illness.

Purposes are to:

• Help restore dignity and sense of purpose for persons who are working for recovery from schizophrenia or related disorders
• Offer fellowship, positive support, and companionship in order to achieve good mental health
• Improve our own attitudes about our lives and our illness
• Provide members with the latest information regarding schizophrenia
• Encourage members to take positive steps towards recovery from the illness

Joanne Verbanic started the first US Schizophrenics Anonymous group in Michigan in 1985. There are now over seventy such groups spread across North and South America offering fellowship, support and information. Focus is on recovery, using a 6-step program. The groups have weekly meetings, guest speakers, phone networks, and often a newsletter.

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The School Psychologists' Association of Western Australia [SPA] provide professional support and training to all school psychologists in this state. The Association represents the professional interests of the membership to the employing bodies and actively works to protect and enhance the professional status of the members.

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Objectives:

• Strengthen the profession of school social work by maintaining and increasing the number of school social workers employed by local education agencies across the nation
• Offer opportunities for ongoing professional development
• Open nationwide channels of communication and information sharing
• Respond in a timely and efficient manner to the changing needs of school social workers
• Influence public policy and educational issues
• Demonstrate school social workers' effectiveness through evaluation and research
• Assist school social workers in creating linkages among home, school and community on behalf of students and their families
• Mentor persons providing school social work services to achieve the highest professional standards

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The Schweizerische Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Sport-Psychologie [SASP] is a professional association of psychologists concerned with research, consultation, training and application of psychology in sports.

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The Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für psychosomatische Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe [SGPGG] was merged into the Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Psychosomatische und Psychosoziale Medizin [SGPPM].

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1. 7-th Jahreskongress (Annual Congress) November 6-7, 2008: Bern, Bern, Switzerland

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The Sciacca Comprehensive Service Development for Mental Illness, Drug Addiction, and Alcoholism [SCSD] provides information and resources for service providers, consumers, and family members who are seeking assistance and/or education in this field.

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Routinely, clinicians misdiagnose dissociative disorders and their patients languish for decades with inappropriate treatment. The SCID-D is the only diagnostic tool for dissociation with NIMH funding following extensive peer review. It enables a clinician to diagnose dissociative symptoms and disorders reliably within two therapy sessions.

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The Scottish Association of Psychoanalytical Psychotherapists was established in 1972.

The Scottish Institute of Human Relations was established in 1970 as a training institution for psychoanalytic psychotherapists and child psychotherapists.

The Scottish Society for Autistic Children is the leading provider of services for autism in Scotland. It seeks to ensure the provision of the best possible education, care, support and opportunities for people of all ages with autism in Scotland. The Society also seeks to support families, to improve understanding of autism and to develop best practice amongst carers, professionals and society at large.

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Scripps College seeks to educate women to develop their intellect and talents through active participation in a community of scholars, so that as graduates they may contribute to society through public and private lives of leadership, service, integrity, and creativity.

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Founded in 1972, La Scuola Superiore Guglielmo Reiss Romoli [SSGRR] is a Telecom Italia Group company providing specialist training and development for middle and senior managers, both for Telecom Italia and for other clients in the Information & Communication Technology [ICT] field.

SSGRR focuses its activity on a blend of technical, telecommunication economics and managerial topics and enables its client companies to cope with the fast-growing evolution of the ICT scenario providing them with knowledge and professional skills.