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October 27, 2015 Advocacy

Mental Health Advocates Call on ABC-TV to Drop Halloween Episode

Link to press release: Mental Health Advocates Call on ABC-TV to Drop Stigmatizing Halloween Episode Mental Health Advocates Call on ABC-TV to Drop Halloween Episode Modern Family's Episode Stigmatizes Mental...

October 16, 2015 Advocacy

Tell Congress To Focus On Early Intervention

Tell Congress To Focus On Early Intervention Email, call and tweet your Congressional Members today and ask them to attend a critically important briefing on the effectiveness of early intervention...

June 27, 2015 Good News

New Mental Health Television PSAs: NAMI Launches

New Mental Health Television PSAs: NAMI Launches "Hope Starts with You" Campaign SAN FRANCISCO, July 8, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) has launched "Hope Starts with...

May 6, 2015 Advocacy

HuffPost What’s Working Honor Roll: Some States Are Giving Mentally Ill Offenders An Alternative To Prison, With Promising Results

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/09/whats-working-prisoners-mentally-ill-mental-health-courts_n_7032574.html The Huffington Post | By Catherine Taibi Posted: 04/09/2015 12:30 pm EDT Updated: 04/10/2015 8:59 am EDT As journalists, we dutifully report on what's going wrong, from scandals and corruption to natural disasters and social problems. But far too often the media fails to show the whole picture, neglecting to tell the stories of what is working. From scientific breakthroughs to successful crime-reduction initiatives, the What’s Working Honor Roll highlights some of the best reporting and analysis, from a range of media outlets, on all the ways people are working toward solutions to some of our greatest challenges. ...

May 5, 2015 NAMI Class

WRAP Class is Coming to Crystal Lake – Wellness Recovery Action Plan

WRAP – Wellness Recovery Action Plan – In Crystal Lake, starting June 13 or June 15 Create your personalized self-management tool for wellness and recovery Free 8-week WRAP Class offered by NAMI-McHenry...

April 21, 2015 Education Meeting

2016 NAMI CCNS Mental Health Reform Illinois April 25

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April 12, 2015 Education Meeting

Special Needs Financial Planning: Opportunities and Pitfalls

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April 11, 2015 NAMI Class

Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) class Sept 1 – Oct 20

*Click for a downloadable PDF version* WRAP is an 8 week recovery education course that teaches an individual in recovery how to develop a self-directed plan to use as a...

November 21, 2014 Advocacy

NAMI Walk Glenview Raises $100,000+

The Glenview Lantern wrote a nice paragraph about the NAMI CCNS 2014 Walks - check it out! http://www.glenviewlantern.com/nami-walk-glenview-raises-100000-plus

June 4, 2014 Tragedy

NAMI Statement: The Santa Barbara Tragedy

What Can Communities and Families Do? ARLINGTON, Va., May 27, 2014 – Mary Giliberti, Executive Director of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) has issued the following statement about the May 23 tragedy in Santa Barbara: "NAMI shares the sadness of other Americans over the Santa Barbara tragedy and extends our sympathy to the families of all who were killed or wounded. NAMI is an organization of individual and families affected by mental illness and we also recognize the pain experienced by the family of Elliot Rodger, who was responsible for the tragedy. Clear facts in tragedies often emerge slowly. It is...

June 4, 2014 Advocacy

Fields Auto Group & NAMI Cook County North Suburban

Fields Auto Group--Recommend-A-Charity Fields Auto Group is giving away $50,000 in the 3rd installment of their "Recommend-A-Charity" Promotion. The goal is to recognize charities, both large and small, that are making a positive impact in our communities.We recommend everyone fill this out especially those who don't't have a Facebook profile www.fieldsauto.com/charity.htm. If you do have a Facebook or Google+ page simply "like" them on one of the Fields' Facebook Pages listed here (http://www.fieldsauto.com/connect-with-fields-on-facebook.htm) and write a brief post about how your favorite charity has touched your life or the life of someone you know, and explain why this organization deserves a donation. Posts will...

May 8, 2014 Celebrity Mental Health

Amanda Seyfried opens up about OCD and anxiety issues!

Amanda is beautiful, talented and funny. But the actress recently opened up to Elle UK about mental health issues that plagued her for years. “I feel terrible for the younger...

NAMI CCNS is a grass roots organization and an affiliate of the NAMI National organization. Our affiliate was started in the early 1990’s by a group of family members who were all dealing with the challenges of loved ones with mental illness. They offered a Family to Family class and that was the beginning of our affiliate, which now serves over 17 communities in our catchment area.

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