NEW Family Support Program Snohomish County Jail IN COORDINATION with NAMI Snohomish County JOIN US TO LEARN ABOUT THE IMPACT OF MENTAL ILLNESS ON FAMILIES AND HOW TO STRENGTHEN RELATIONSHIPS WITH SPOUSES, CHILDREN, SIBLINGS AND EXTENDED FAMILY MEMBERS WHO STRUGGLE WITH…
NIMH is the National Institute on Mental Health it offers these downloadable pamphlets of information on Anxiety Disorders A detailed booklet that describes the symptoms, causes, and treatments of the major anxiety disorders, with information on getting help and coping…
NAMI EASTSIDE Presents 5th Annual Children’s Conference: Advocating for Struggling Students to help students achieve success in school and in life! Experts in the field of mental health and education come together to provide information and resources When:…
Twelve years ago as I was sitting in my office when I received a phone call from my daughter Tanya, who was at the time was a senior at UCLA. I was surprised by the midday phone call from my daughter.…
There is a new system that SNOPAC (the dispatch/call center for 911 calls in Snohomish County) has become part of. It is called Smart 911 and is already used in many jurisdictions across the county and already active in King County.…
NAMI members are the most effective people to educate legislators about mental illness and the need to change our current “mental illness” system to a “mental health” system. Start your planning now. Here is the preliminary schedule for NAMI Day…
NAMI Peer-to-Peer is an educational program for adults who wish to establish and maintain wellness in response to mental health challenges. The course provides critical information and strategies related to living with mental illness. What You Should Expect: Ten two-hour…
Help available for youth, families By Carolyn Hetherwick Goza, M.Ed Guest commentary / Critical mental health services published in 2012 Herald In response to the Sunday editorial, “Fathoming the Fathomless”: To The Herald’s opinion page editor, Peter Jackson, who wrote…
by DURRIE BOUSCAREN September 23, 2014 from In this image taken from video on Jan. 15, police officers Edward Sarama (from left) and Robert McGuire try to talk to officer Matt Dougherty, who is pretending to be mentally ill, during a…
New Behavioral Healthcare Center for Children, Youth, and Families to provide Continuum of Care http://www.navos.org/home We are proud to be building a new Behavioral Healthcare Center for Children, Youth & Families on our Lake Burien campus. Through this project, designed by…