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B-7-A-NAMI-CIT-Toolkit

[…] you mentioned negative coping strategies in your Crisis Phase, show how you learned to replace the negative coping strategies of your youth (perhaps the self -injury and suicide ideation) with positive coping mechanisms of today. o What successes have you been able to accomplish while living in recovery? o What h opes and dreams […]

Major-Topic-Symposia-Cutting-Through-the-Election-Noise-to-Act4MentalHealth

[…] vouchers and supports • Medicaid and Medicare • State mental health block grants • Mental health reform bills (S. 2680 and H.R. 2646) • Insurance parity • Suicide prevention • Crisis services • Integration of health and mental health care • Workforce development • Criminal justice -related mental health bills • Treatment courts • […]

A-11-Weighty-Issues-with-Psychotropic-Use-in-Adolescents-and-Young-Adults

[…] Permanente Colorado m ental HEALTH Olfson et al. J AMA Psychiatry .doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2015.1737 What are the Causes of Morbidity and Mortality in People with Serious Mental Illness? While suicide and injury account for about 30 - 40% of excess mortality , about 60% of premature deaths in persons with schizophrenia are due to " natural […]

A-6-Professionals-with-Lived-Experience-of-Mental-Illness

[…] been through hell . " Breathing Underwater , Richard Rohr 34 My Early Battle Listening to Prozac My Exercise Cure 35 Lurking Demons "The Paxil Fade" Dad’s Suicide 36 Late 2012: The Wheels Come Off… The Grey Sludge of Apathy and Despair 37 Suburban Comfort A Cell -like Room replaced by Electro -Convulsive Therapy […]

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[…] Registered for NAMIWalks; "Mary Lou’s Crew" raised over $10k Deepening Engagement through NAMIWalks- Libby Mascaro 2014: Special guest speaker at Walk Kick-Off Event; Panelist at inaugural SWPA Suicide Prevention Conference; Top Fundraising Team at Walk; Approached SWPA about hosting a Gala Deepening Engagement through NAMIWalks- Libby Mascaro 2015: Top Fundraising Team at the Walk […]

Major-Topic-Innovatons-in-Reducing-Incarceration

[…] Health Institute Site 3: Arlington County Detention Facility Consumer & Officer Perspective Basic Active Listening Techniques   Basic Active Listening Exercises   Self-Medication and Substance Abuse   Suicide Prevention and Intervention Skills for CIT Officers     Basic CIT and De-Escalation Techniques    Basic Role Play Exercises Cultural Diversity   Mental Health Legal Training […]

A-10-Honest-Open-Proud-to-Erase-the-Stigma-of-Mental-Illness_1

[…] stigmatizing images & protest them Call people out & demand change "Shame on you for thinking that way" Beware "the white bear" phenomenon "The Crazy Face" "The Suicide SQUEEZE" Psycho Donuts now has FRANCHISE OPPORTUNITIES! Contact Meet someone! "Hi, my name is Kyra and I live with mental illness" Challenges stereotypes Research has shown […]

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[…] who could be helped don’t get the care they need. Without quality, affordable mental health care, America pays a high price in: School failure Unemployment Homelessness Criminalization Suicide Politics is personal Legislators serve their constituents Legislators respond best to people they know Legislators vote on laws and budget that determine who can get… What […]

Step-2-from-Responding-to-Youth-with-Mental-Health-Needs_NAMI-5

[…] just a few of the nrecommendations SROs nmade on what neededn to be available in communinties and schools to enffectively address youth with mentanl health needs: • suicide prevention probrams; • case manabement for fanmilies; • traininb for school pernsonnel on mental illnessn; • increased and improved school-based menntal health services and supports; • […]

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Text FRIENDto 62640 Mental health starts here. NAMI Teen & Young Adult HelpLine In a Crisis? Text or call 988 to speak with the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. Help is available 24/7. Visit nami.org/talktous Talk to us for mental health information, resources and peer support. M-F 10am – 10pm ET nami.org/talktous