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NAMI Family & Friends

A free 90-minute or four-hour seminar that informs people who have loved ones with a mental health condition how to best support them.

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What will you learn in NAMI Family & Friends?

The seminar is led by trained people with lived experience of supporting a family member with a mental health condition. They will walk you through the following topics:

Understanding diagnoses, treatment and recovery
Effective communication strategies
The importance of self-care
Crisis preparation strategies
NAMI and community resources

Additional Resources

The NAMI Family & Friends companion eBook provides important information about mental health conditions including:

  • Conditions and diagnoses
  • Treatment and recovery
  • Crisis planning
  • Resources and more

You can download it for free in multiple languages below:

NAMI Family & Friends companion eBook

English
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Arabic
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Farsi
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Korean
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Spanish
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Vietnamese
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Mandarin
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What people are saying
Hearing personal experiences was very helpful.

“Hearing personal experiences and how relatable my experiences are to them was very helpful. Hearing specific strategies to communicate and specific traits that people with mental illness have. Know that the illness is what can cause “cruelty” and poor decisions rather than the person.”

Anonymous
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I have a better understanding.

“I have a better understanding of how mental illness impacts the person affected…it was nice to hear the stories of the instructors and their paths. The handbook (eBook) given has a lot of helpful information which I did not know about.”

Anonymous
Participant
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Request a Presentation

If you are interested in scheduling this presentation, please click below and complete the interest form.

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