New U de S mental health resource

Over 3,000 recorded residents in Estrie live with schizophrenia, a chronic mental disorder that affects how a person thinks, feels, and behaves. Symptoms include psychosis, loss of contact with reality, hallucinations, and many more. Marie-claude Jacques, research professor at the University of Sherbrooke Nursing School and at the Institut universitaire de première ligne en santé et services sociaux (IUPLSSS), has created a guide to help people affected by this illness, entitled “Accompagner la personne vivant avec la schizophrénie” (Accompanying a person living with schizophrenia).

Jacques has been working in the field of mental health for many years and wanted to make the experiential knowledge of her clients affected by schizophrenia accessible, and to promote further reflection on the best ways to accompany those people.

The guide was created following a study that observed the adaptation process for people affected by schizophrenia, in order to help better understand the consequences of the illness

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The City of Sherbrooke plans to begin more than a dozen projects on its territory this week, including work on King Ouest and Bertrandfabi, bringing the number of projects underway to almost 50.

Tomorrow (Wednesday), work will be done on the median strip of King Street West between Comtois and Bertrandfabi streets. The work is intended to add

a left turn lane to Bertrand-fabi Street. They are expected to close a King Street West lane, at least until the end of the week.

The loss of lane will vary as the work progresses. The speed limit will be lowered and the Sherbrooke Police Service will ensure an increased police presence in this area.

Bertrand-fabi Street will be completely closed between King Street West and Varennes Street to allow the reconstruction of underground infrastructure and pavement. This closure should begin Monday, May 27 and will last a few weeks.

Motorists will have to make a detour via Vétérans, Mi-vallon and Bourque boulevards or the streets of Presidentkennedy and Henri-labonne, then Renélévesque Boulevard.

During this phase of work, businesses located north of Varennes Street

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