Free classes to help individuals with mental health diagnosis and a separate class for family members and caretakers will be held in Everett starting in March. These classes offer information, tools, and support from others who are dealing with the…
NAMI Affiliates from across the state trek to Olympia this coming Monday, February 18th to talk to legislators. Over 245 people have registered to attend. Including 15 from Snohomish county. On the off chance you did not register but want…
The Marysville Family Support Group scheduled for Monday, February 11th has been cancelled due to snow.
NAMI Snohomish will be at the Edmonds School District Recreation & Resource Info Fair for families impacted by special needs. The event will be on Saturday, February 2nd, 2019 from 9:30 am-12: 00 pm. The location will be Meadowdale Middle School…
Information on Government Shutdown’s Impact on Services. As the partial government shutdown looks to extend into this weekend, NAMI has put together the following overview of services that impact people with mental illness and whether these services are impacted by…
NAMI Washington’s Board has approved the 2019 Legislative agenda. The session will start on January 14th, and there is a lot of activity on the mental health front, with Govorner Inslee proposing a plan, the legislature under pressure to approve…
Surrounding suicide has been a loud, deadly silence – a conversation anxiously waiting to be had and met with fear, shame, and adversity. I learned this early in life through my own lived experiences, extending to a loss of a…
by Gretchen Saari Last month I got my first passport. My destination was Newcastle on the Tyne in England where the Addiction and Family International Network had a conference. The research group that sponsored the event believes in the need…
The National Alliance on Mental Illness Snohomish County (NAMI Snohomish) will participate for the first time in the worldwide fundraising movement known as #GivingTuesday. #GivingTuesday is a global day of giving that harnesses the collective power of individuals, communties and organizations to encourage philanthropy and to celebrate generosity worldwide.Following Thanksgiving and the widely recognized shopping events Black Friday and Cyber Monday, this year’s…
by M.R.L. My adult child, whom I will call Dawn, had been living in Europe with a friend for several years. In mid-winter, her friend contacted me and said Dawn had become aggressive and disrespectful and was having delusions,…