Download - NAMI Preso
O rganization
Grassroots Mental Health
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“To improve the lives of MH consumers”
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Advocacy
Research
Support
Education
Types of [mental illness…]
DEPRESSIO
N PANIC/ANXIETY DISORDERS
OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDERS
BIPOLAR
DISORDER
(MANIC-
DEPRESSION)
SCHIZOPHRENIA
WHICH CAN CAUSE…
“Symptoms that disrupt a person’s thinking, feeling, mood, ability to relate to others, and daily functioning”
STIGMATIZE MUCH?
64% of inmates have mental health problems._______________40% of people with severe mental illness have been imprisoned at some point in their lives; _______________90% of those incarcerated with a mental illness have been incarcerated more than once.
A significant number of the homeless population has serious mental illness…
Mental & physical health problems are exacerbated by living on the streets and in shelters.
How [ NAMI can help…]
Information & Referral
Fam
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Fa
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Ed
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parents and
families of children with mental illness
Peer
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Peer
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for establishing &
maintaining wellness
Sup
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For consumers and families
To share…experiences
coping strategies
To offer…encouragementunderstanding
support
Com
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Ed
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tionWorkshops
Speaker’s Nights
Seminars
Conferences
Mult
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Outr
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System reform & Supporting diverse families
Thank you :)
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