May 16, 2017
As part of Mental Health Month, NAMI Tri-Cities, in conjunction with Lourdes, is sponsoring an art show with the theme of mental health awareness on Friday, May 19th.
InVisible: An Art Show about Mental Health
Opening Reception
6:00 – 9:00 PM
DrewBoy Creative
285 Williams Blvd., Richland
https://www.facebook.com/events/411895765839947/
The goals of the art show are:
To unravel the negative stereotypes associated with mental illness.
To allow people to openly share Read More
Improving Services to Inmates with Mental Illness
MAY IS MENTAL HEALTH MONTH
#Into Mental Health: Inspired, Informed, Involved
NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS (NAMI)
TRI-CITIES
Tuesday, May 9th 7-8:30 pm
at
Lourdes Counseling Center
Conference Room
1175 Carondelet Drive
Richland, WA 99352
presents
“Improving Services to Inmates with Mental Illness”
by
Jerry Hatcher
Interim Sheriff, Benton County
Questions: email namitricities@gmail.com
phone: 509-396-7003
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NAMI Tri-Cities donates $5,500 to Benton County Mental Health Court
May is mental health month. The National Alliance of Mental Illness Tri-Cities kicked off the month by celebrating the major impact advocate Norm Miller had on the community.
Miller, a former NAMI board member, worked hard to bring better opportunities for those with mental illness.
Today in his memory, NAMI Tri-Cities donated $5,500 to the Benton County Mental Health Court.
“We just really appreciate Norm Miller, his widow, the whole community, the commissioners and everyone getting behind this and moving it forward for Read More
Your Story: A Powerful Advocacy Tool
Legislators who make important decisions receive much of their information about mental illness the same way the general public does: through the media. While members of Congress also have staffers to study the issues, they rely on constituents for information. That means you. The best way to inform the legislators and give them an accurate picture of the reality of mental illness is to share with them the stories of those whom have had personal experiences with mental illness.
Why is it Read More
‘Bleak Picture’ for Mentally Ill: 80% Are Jobless
Eighty percent of people with mental illness are unemployed, a statistic that says more about the lack of support for this group of people than it does about the economy, according to a new study.
As in so many other areas of mental health, solutions to this problem exist, but simply aren’t utilized, says Mary Giliberti, executive director of NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness.
“These statistics paint a pretty bleak picture,” she says. “We think we can do a lot Read More
New Funds Jump-start Mental Illness Research
What will happen in the field of serious mental illness when human need, scientific progress and a major influx of funding converge? Scientists on Tuesday predicted that the world could see the same kind of progress in understanding schizophrenia and bipolar disorder that’s been seen in the last decade in the fight against cancer.
That, in turn, could lead to better treatments, earlier diagnosis and more opportunities to head off the emergence of full-blown psychological illness in those at greatest risk.
Such Read More