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Family-to-Family Class Overview

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  The bewildering and often bizarre behaviors that accompany the most severe and persistent mental illnesses, along with the resulting stigma, can be devastating to families. It is estimated that about half of the mentally ill will live with family members or be at least partly dependent on them all their lives.

  The NAMI Family-to-Family Education Program is designed to help family members cope with the problems that come with mental illness. It was conceived by a psychologist who is a family member himself. The course focuses on five major psychiatric illnesses: Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder (manic depression), Major Depression, Panic Disorder and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). The curriculum discusses the treatment of these illnesses and teaches family members skills they need to support each other and to cope effectively with the mental health system by becoming knowledgeable and effective members of a team that includes the case manager, the doctor, the consumer, and the family.

  The course was compiled and written by Joyce Burland, PhD, for the National Alliance on Mental Illness. Specifically, the course curriculum is based on NAMI’s 12 Education Modules:

  • Introduction to family education.
  • Symptoms of Schizophrenia, Major depression, Bipolar Disorder; Getting through Critical Periods of Crisis.
  • Subtypes of depression and Bipolar Disorder; Panic Disorder and OCD; Telling our stories.
  • Basics about brain biology and the causes of brain disorders.
  • Problem solving workshop.
  • Medication Review.
  • Empathy; Inside Mental Illness.
  • Communication Skills Workshop.
  • Self-care.
  • Rehabilitation; Making choices for recovery.
  • Fighting Stigma; Advocacy.
  • Evaluation, Certification, and Celebration.

  The Family-to-Family course is taught by dedicated volunteer family members who have completed intensive training. Periodically, Family-to-Family classes are offered for families of Veterans through the Veterans Administration.

  Since NAMI Franklin County began offering this course in 1996, more than 800 family members have completed it.

  To learn more about the classes and to register, contact NAMI Franklin County at (614) 501-6264 or e-mail at mail@namifc.org

  
  

  Contact Us:
  mail@namifc.org | 614-501-6264
  4500 E. Broad St., Columbus, OH 43213

   

  
  

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  FamilytoFamilyClassBrochure.PDF (PDF File)
  
  

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