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Family to Family:   This course provides insights into, and resolution of, the profound concerns experienced by families, close relatives, and any caregivers as they strive to cope with the realities of serious mental illness.  These caregivers not only learn a wide range of information about serious mental illness, they also learn to understand how living with these conditions affects their loved one.

Each Family to Family course is:

• Offered FREE of charge
• Meets weekly for 12 weeks
• Taught by trained NAMI family members who have relatives with mental illness
• Follows a structured format covering issues frequently faced by families dealing with mental illness

Knowledge and skills gained through Family to Family:

• Gain insight into how mental illness affects your relative
• Take an eye-opening look inside some of today's current brain research related to mental illness
• Learn how families can become advocates for better treatment for their relatives
• Learn about medication issues involved in mental illness and the latest treatment options

More classes are forming, so call now to reserve a slot.  The classes will fill quickly!  Contact Joyce at 314.962.4670, 636.940.7440 or jjohnston@namistl.org

Here is the latest information about the upcoming classes in 2013:

1. Trinity Lutheran Church, 1307 Boone St., Troy, MO 63379 starting Sept. 5, 2013 from 6:30-9:00 p.m.
2. Grace United Church of Christ, 8326 Mexico Rd., St. Peters, MO 63376 starting Sept. 5, 2013 from 7:00-9:30 p.m.
   
   

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