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Family & Friends 90-minute seminar

May 24, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

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One event on May 24, 2021 at 7:00 pm

NAMI Family & Friends is a free 90-minute seminar that informs people who have loved ones with a mental health condition how to best support them. It’s also an opportunity to meet other people in similar situations and gain community support. Open to the public.

What You’ll Learn

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

What People Are Saying

“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.”

“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.”

A NAMI Family & Friends companion eBook is available here that provides important supplemental information about mental health conditions including: conditions and diagnoses, treatment and recovery, crisis planning, resources and more. The companion eBook is not for use during the seminar, it is an added resource. It is also available in several languages other than English.

Recording of the meeting is prohibited.

Click here to register for this seminar.

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Details

Date:
May 24, 2021
Time:
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Event Category:
Meetings

Venue

Online

Organizers

NAMI Buffalo & Erie County
Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center

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