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What is NAMI?
NAMI (the National Alliance on Mental
Illness)
is the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to
improving the lives of persons living with serious mental illness and their
families. Founded in 1979, NAMI has become the nation’s voice on mental
illness, a national organization including NAMI organizations in every state and
in over 1100 local communities across the country who join together to meet the
NAMI mission through advocacy, research, support, and education.
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We are the NAMI Central Mississippi Affiliate
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Our Mission
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NAMI Central
Mississippi is dedicated to
the eradication of mental illnesses and to the improvement of the quality
of life of all whose lives are affected by these diseases.
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NAMI Central Mississippi
is an
affiliate of the state chapter, NAMI Mississippi. Our mission, stated above
extends to the 5 county area around Jackson, Mississippi. To accomplish our
mission, our affiliate supports, educates and advocates for people and
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Support:
Support groups are available for family members and for individuals with an
illness. Support helps people realize they are not alone–that there are
families in their own communities who understand and want to help them meet the
challenges they face.
Education:
Free education classes are available so that people can learn about the disease
affecting them or a family member and about the resources available for
treatment, housing and financial aid. Education and outreach help to inform the
general public about severe and persistent brain disorders to help reduce the
stigma associated with mental illness and to build understanding
Advocacy: As
people experience firsthand the difficulties of living with serious and
persistent brain disorders, they need opportunities to advocate for change such
as improved services, greater access to treatment, housing, employment,
insurance parity, etc. As an advocacy organization, NAMI tracks and keeps
members informed about important political and social issues affecting people
with mental illnesses and their families.
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Education, Training & Peer Support
PROGRAMS |
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Find
Information. Gain Insight. Get Support. |
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For
Consumers
 | Peer-to-Peer
a free course for consumers containing individual
relapse prevention planning, a debriefing/storytelling week, and an
advance directive for psychiatric care.
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Connection Recovery Support Group
a 90-minute weekly support group run by persons
who live with mental illness for other persons with any diagnosis
who also live with mental illness.
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Our Own Voice
a one-and-a-half hour interactive, multimedia presentation by consumers that offers hope and provides
insight into
the recovery now possible for people with mental illness. |
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Family-to-Family
a free 12-week course for family caregivers of
individuals with severe mental illnesses that discusses the
clinical treatment of these illnesses and teaches the knowledge and
skills that family members need to cope more effectively.
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For the General Public
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In
Our Own Voice
a one-and-a-half hour
interactive, multimedia presentation by consumers that offers hope
and provides insight into the recovery now possible for people with mental illness. |
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For Providers
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Provider Education
an education program for mental health service
providers co-taught by consumers, professionals, and family members. |
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Contact Information
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(601) 899-9058 /
(800) 357-0388
Fax: (601) 956-63080
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411 Briarwood Dr.,
Ste 401
Jackson, MS 39206-3058
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info@namicentralms.com |
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