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NAMI Homefront is a free, 6-session class for families, caregivers and friends of military service members and veterans with mental health conditions. It focuses on the unique needs of military and veteran communities, such as post-deployment and post-discharge transitions.

The course is designed to help family members understand and support their loved one while maintaining their own well-being. The trained teachers of this course are also family members who have experience with military culture and know what it is like to have a loved one living with mental illness. Class topics include:

• Basics about the brain and mental illness.
• Understanding trauma.
• Treatment systems and services including an overview of the D.O.D. military Health System, the VA, and civilian mental healthcare systems.
• Problem-solving and communication skills.
• Self-care and advocacy.

“You realize that he will never be the same having been through war. I learned how to treat him more as an adult than as a hurt child.”

For information about the next Homefront course, please call the Helpline at 212-684-3264.

¿Tiene Ud. Un hijo o una hija de corta edad o adolescente con problemas de conducta o de salud mental? ¿Se siente solo/a o agobiado/a?

EL PROGRAMA DE PAREO PARA PADRES DE NAMI-NYC METRO PUEDE AYUDARLO/A

Somos muchos los que ya hemos pasado por ese infortunio y estamos aquí para darle apoyo emocional SIN NINGÚN COSTO. Ni siquiera hace falta que Ud. deje su hogar para recibir este apoyo. Nosotros nos comunicaremos con Ud. Por teléfono — AYUDA ENTRE PADRES Y MADRES

El Programa de Colaboración entre Padres de NAMI-NYC le pondrá en contacto con un padre o una madre que tiene un hijo o una hija con un diagnóstico parecido a su hijo o hija o que haya tenido que pasar por los mismos problemas que le agobian.

Ese Padre o esa Madre:

• Le ofrecerá apoyo emocional
• Escuchará su historia
• Compartirá con Ud. sus experiencias
• Le dará ideas de cómo protegerse a sí mismo/a
• Le dará ideas de cómo proteger a su hijo/a y obtener los mejores servicios sociales disponibles

LLAMEN HOY A LA LÍNEA DE AYUDA DE NAMI-NYC: 212-684-3264 Y PIDA QUE LE COMUNIQUEN CON UN PADRE O UNA MADRE QUE PUEDA AYUDARLE

The NAMI-NYC Helpline provides support, information, referrals to community resources, and to NAMI-NYC’s own services, for individuals with mental health issues, and for their families. The Helpline is staffed by trained volunteers who have personal experience with the mental health system. Information about NAMI-NYC’s supports and services, mental illnesses, medication, treatment, and community resources is mailed upon request.

212-684-3264
helpline@naminyc.org
Monday – Friday: 11am – 6pm
Please note: Memorial Day to Labor Day Friday schedule is 10am – 2pm

De Familia a Familia es el curso de NAMI, reconocido y cientificamente probado, ofrecido por 12 semanas para familiares de individuos con severas enfermedades mentales. El curso se presenta por familiares entrenados. Toda la instrucción y los materiales del curso son gratis para los participantes.

Las investigaciones academicas sobre este curso dan prueba de que al tomar este curso, los graduados obtienen un mayor entendimiento de la enfermedad mental, son mejor capacitados para enfrentar la vida, se preocupan menos, y se sienten nuevamente apoderados para abogar por una mejora en los tratamientos y servicios para su familiar querido. Los temas que toca el curso inclyen:

• Esquizofrenia, depresión mayor, mania, desorden esquizoafectivo, desordenes del temperamento, desorden de la personalidad al margen, desordenes de la ansiedad, el sindroma de estres pos-traumatico, y la doble diagnosis.
• Datos basicos sobre el cerebro y la enfermedad mental.
• Una revisión de los medicamentos.
• Talleres para desarrollar las destrezas en como resolver problemas y comunicar.
• El cuidado propio y la abogacia propia.

Para saber cuando empieza la proxima sesión de Familia a Familia, llame la Linea Telefónica de Ayuda. 212-684-3264.

Dedicated in the memory of Patricia Warburg Cliff’s son, Kenneth, the Kenneth Johnson Memorial Research Library (KJM Library) serves the research needs and reading pleasure of consumers and their families, professionals in the field, and the general public. Located in the NAMI-NYC Metro office, the library is home to over 1,000 reference materials, self-help books, autobiographies, educational videos and four computers equipped with Internet access.

Mondays – Fridays, 10:00 am — 5:30 pm

Note: Library hours are subject to change. Please call the Helpline prior to visiting.

The library is open to the public. However, only NAMI-NYC Metro members have borrowing privileges. To join, please click here.

This resource list provides information on national and local organizations dealing with mental illness, research, supports, education, campus affiliates, as well as legislative action. Click to view the NAMI-NYC Transition Age Resource List.

Parenting a child, adolescent, or young adult with a mental health or behavioral health issue can be isolating and overwhelming. NAMI-NYC’s Parent Match Program provides free, one-on-one emotional support from one parent to another by telephone. The program will match you with the parent of a child, adolescent, or young adult (up to age 28) with a similar diagnosis or challenges – someone who has “been there.” Parent mentors will:

• Provide emotional support.
• Listen to your story.
• Share experiences.
• Share ideas for taking care of yourself.
• Share ideas for advocating for your child across systems.

To get started, contact the Helpline at 212-684-3264 or via email at helpline@naminyc.org, and ask for a parent match.

Ending the Silence for Families is a 1-hour presentation from NAMI for parents, guardians, and other family members of middle or high school aged youth that includes warning signs, facts and statistics, how to talk with your child, and how to work with school staff.

Tuesday January 19, 4pm to 5pm ET.

Click here to register for this free event.

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BEDLAM: A Documentary Screening and Panel Discussion

Join us for a screening of “Bedlam”, a feature-length documentary that immerses us in the national crisis surrounding care of people with severe mental illness, followed by a panel discussion featuring speakers with both personal and professional expertise.

Please note: this film contains some disturbing content, including depictions of non-suicidal self-injury and the use of restraints, and discussions of suicide. We are committed to supporting whatever feelings come up for members of our community during the screening.

• Michael Andersson, NAMI-NYC In Our Own Voice Presenter, and Peer-to-Peer facilitator
• Daniel H. Gillison Jr., CEO, NAMI National
• Dr. Kenneth Paul Rosenberg, Director and Producer, BEDLAM
• Sammy Davis Santana, Program Manager at Brooklyn Self Help, and Peer Specialist at the Brooklyn Peer Advocacy Center

Screening begins at 5pm ET, panel at 6:30pm

Click here to RSVP and get the link to join.

See this event in our Events Calendar