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Homefront Course
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.
El Programa de pareo para padres
¿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
Helpline
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
Kenneth Johnson Memorial Research Library
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 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.
Parent Match Program
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.
De Familia a Familia
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.
New Year’s Eve – OFFICE & HELPLINE CLOSED
The NAMI-NYC office and the Helpline are closed.
Christmas Day — OFFICE & HELPLINE CLOSED
The NAMI-NYC office and the Helpline are closed.
Christmas Eve – OFFICE & HELPLINE CLOSED
The NAMI-NYC office and the Helpline are closed.
Media Depictions of Mania and Depression: A Community Conversation
Movies and TV shape our perceptions and expectations of both others and ourselves. Seeing ourselves reflected on screen can be powerfully validating; when our experiences are ridiculed, distorted, or simply don’t appear at all, it can be devastating. Join us for a series of conversations about media depictions of mental illness and how those depictions affect real people trying to understand their own stories. Our second conversation centers on depictions of depression and mania.
We will watch selected short video clips, hear reactions from panelists who live with the diagnoses being depicted, and hear from you about what makes a story resonate with you.
Wednesday, December 15, from 1:30 to 2:30pm ET, via Zoom