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About NAMI

NAMI ( the National Alliance on Mental Illness) is the nation's largest grassroots mental

health organization dedicated to improving the lives of persons living with serious mental

illness and their families. Founded in 1979, NAMI has become the nation's voice on

mental illness, a national organization including NAMI affiliates in every state and

in over 1200 local communities across the country who join together to meet the NAMI

mission through advocacy, research, support and education.

About NAMI Greater Cleveland (NAMI GC)

NAMI GC is a local  affliate of NAMI  with approximately 800 consumer, family,

professional and organizational members. We provide services to those with serious

mental illness, such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, clinical depression and anxiety

disorders and their family members through a variety of support and education programs,

including information and referral, support groups, and family and consumer education

courses. Volunteer consumers and family members provide almost all of the services

at NAMI GC.

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