See the complete calendar of NAMI Dallas activities for MIAW at http://www.nami.org/MSTemplate.cfm?Section=NAMI_Dallas_Newsletters&Site=NAMI_Dallas_Inc_&Template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=127566

Thursday, August 11, 2011  7:00 pm   NAMI Southern Sector Dallas Monthly Meeting:  Speaker Sr. Cpl. Herbert Cotner City of Dallas Police Force with Video Used in Crisis Intervention Training.  Monthly Meeting Location: Charlton Methodist Hospital Conference Room 6C – Third (3rd) Floor 3500 Wheatland Rd., Dallas, TX    Meeting Dates: Second (2nd) Thursday of each month, unless otherwise notified. 

Saturday, August 13, 2011 – 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Methodist Health Systems Back to School Health Fair Church of the Disciple, 220 S. Cockrell Hill Rd., DeSoto, Tx 75115 You can get glucose checked, cholesterol, and a mammogram. For the mammogram, make a reservation at 214 947-0026. Blood work that normally would cost $250 is free at the Fair per Ms. Deborah Sharp.   For further information, call Anne Leggett-Walker, 214 629-5662

Family to Family Support Group Meeting Location: Mount Olive Lutheran Church 3100 Martin Luther King, Bl. Dallas, TX 75215 Meeting Dates: First (1st) Saturday of each month, unless otherwise notified. The Family-to-Family Support Group Meeting is a valuable resource for consumers and family members to share and learn from each others’ experiences. Call Helen Sorrells for further information 214-4214076

Thursday, June 23 NAMI Connection & NAMI Family/Friends Support Groups will meet from 6:30pm-8:00pm at Hunters Glen Baptist Church, 4001 Custer Rd, Plano 75023 (south of Spring Creek). Enter the church building on the South side (near portable classroom trailers).

Hunters Glen Baptist Church also participates in Angel Food Ministries. See their website for details www.huntersglen.org.  For general information on Angel Food Ministries, visit www.angelfoodministries.com

(Custer Road United Methodist is unavailable Jun 23 due to vacation Bible school. We will resume meeting at Custer Rd UMC on Jun 30)

NTSPP note:  Please see www.nami.org for other locations including www.namidallas.org for Dallas County NAMI meetings.

Find out more and register at http://www.namitexas.org/  APA Distinguished Life Fellow  Joel Feiner MD is a luncheon keynote speaker!  APA Distinguished Life Fellow Ken Altshuler MD and Ruth Collins Sharp Altshuler will receive the NAMI Life Achievement Award at the Gala on Friday evening, October 22.

From NAMI Collin County:

There will be a Town Hall Meeting for the North Texas Behavioral Health Authority (NTBHA) to gather information and input on the Public Sector Behavioral Health program (NorthSTAR) on Tuesday, March 9, from 6 to 8 PM at Custer Road Methodist Church.  The church is located on the west side of Custer Road north of Spring Creek and south of Legacy. 

We hope to see you all there!

Sharon DeBlanc
President NAMI of Collin County

NAMI  (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill) Dallas provides an orientation class for family members of people experiencing a severe mental illness.  This class, called Family to Family focuses on the family member.  Participants gain the information, skills and emotional support they will need to care for their loved one over the life of the chronic illness.  Good candidates for this course are
-          Family members with a newly diagnosed loved one
-          Family members who have limited or no information about mental illness
-          Family members willing to accept that mental illnesses have a biological component
-          Family members who are not informed about the local mental health system

Family members who graduate from the class report it is “life changing”.  The 12-week course is structured to teach caregivers about brain biology, medications, communication, and self care.    The course is taught by trained family member volunteers who have a loved one struggling with a mental illness.

Classes begin in January and are now enrolling. To refer patients or families, simply have them call NAMI Dallas at 214-341-7133 or visit www.namidallas.org.  NAMI  staff and volunteers will connect the family member to the most appropriate class.

PSYCHIATRISTS

You Are Invited: Thursday Evening , October 30, 2008

NAMI Dallas Fall Benefit

An evening of dinner and entertainment

Featuring LaDonna Gatlin ~ a gifted singer, author and sister of the legendary Gatlin brothers

Location: Dallas Doubletree Hotel

4099 Valley View

Dallas, TX 75244

Time: Seating available at 6:30 PM Dinner begins at 7:00 PM

Tickets: $75 for individuals ($45 is tax deductible), $1000 to sponsor a table of eight.

Donations to NAMI Dallas help fund education and support programs for consumers and their families here in Dallas. Membership dues and non-event donations are tax deductible to the extent of their value.

For tickets and more information, please contact NAMI Dallas at 214-341-7133 or mrodgers@nami.org

We would love for psychiatrists to attend our Thursday October 30 fundraiser for NAMI Dallas. Proceeds from our fall event will help support NAMI Dallas. Tickets are $75.00 each, of that $45.00 is deductible. Donations to NAMI Dallas help fund education and support programs for consumers and their families here in Dallas. Membership dues and non-event donations are tax deductable to the extent of their value. More information is at www.namidallas.org.

Thanks,

Matt Roberts, Executive Director, NAMI Dallas

National Alliance on Mental Illness

6510 Abrams Rd, Ste. 568

Dallas, TX 75231

214-341-7133

214-341-7144 (f)

www.namidallas.org

NAMI Southern Sector Dallas
Town Hall Meeting during Mental Illness Awareness Week 2008

Thursday October 9, 2008               2:00 P.M. – 3:30 P.M  
Southern Bible Institute                  7200 South Hampton Road*   Dallas, TX 75232
 

NAMI Southern Sector Dallas has scheduled this Town Hall Meeting to hear from you. Come prepared to discuss concerns you and your family have regarding the disparity of mental health and substance abuse service in the southern sector of Dallas (south of the Trinity River & Interstate I20). Please join staff representatives from the offices of  State Sen. Bob Deuell and State Sen. Royce West  and other elected officials and let your voice be heard. Contact NAMI Southern Sector Dallas President Effie Clewis at 972-401-3834 for further information.

*The cross street is Camp Wisdom Road.

The Tuesday night October 7 Candlelight Interfaith Service of NAMI (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill) will be held at 7 pm at Holy Trinity Catholic Church on Oaklawn at Blackburn, just north of Lemmon Avenue.  The service features prayers and peoples from different faith traditions in an atmosphere of compassion and hope.  Renowned psychiatrist, substance abuse expert, and patient advocate Ed Nace MD is the key speaker and a reception follows  in Trinity Hall at 8 pm.  Past speakers have included psychiatrists Tim Wolff MD and Joel Feiner MD. 

Dr. Nace is in private practice, serves as medical director of Turtle Creek Manor ( a substance abuse rehabilitation program), chairs a Project Transform committee working to use faith-based initiatives to assist the public mental health system, is Past President and Current Vice President of the North Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians, testifies as a forensic expert witness,  and teaches seminary students at SMU. 

Ellis County Task Team on Mental Health & Substance Resources NAMI Ellis County

September 17, 2008 ( Third Wednesday of the Month) 12 Noon

Counseling Center of Ellis County , 6350 North I-35, Waxahachie, (972-617-6222)

12 Noon

decur@sbcglobal.net

 What to Bring:  Sack Lunch, Your Business Cards, Writing Paper, and Pen

 A big welcome to the counselors and nurses of Ennis, Midlothian, and Waxahachie Independent School Districts who are getting our e-mails on the Ellis County Task Team on Mental Health & Substance Abuse  This should be a great meeting for each of you to attend.

 We will be working on solutions to help parents, teachers, etc. in Ellis County that have children and adolescents with mental illness.  Even if you work with adults only we need you at this important meeting to help us come up with solutions that will help parents and teachers.

 Annie Walley, LMSW, will speak to us.  Ms. Walley is the Study Coordinator for the Pediatric Psychiatry Research Program at the UT Southwestern Medical Center and Children’s Medical Center Dallas.  She is responsible for management of the Pediatric Bipolar Clinic at Children’s Medical Center .  In this role, she is responsible for conducting group therapy sessions with bipolar youth and handling patient/family issues. Ms. Walley has a Masters of Social Work in Clinical Practice with Children and Families from the University of California , Berkeley . 

Shara Lattimore will  announce the members of her committee ( Ellis County Jail Team ) that will work with the Ellis County Sheriffs Department.  It is important that the plan would be accepted and supported by the Ellis County Sheriffs Department and Ellis County .

 The Ellis County Task Team is made up of individuals, organizations, law enforcement, school officials, Judges, hospitals, ministers, Ellis County elected officials, attorneys, Ellis County DA staff, service providers, Constables, and any one else that comes in contact with individuals with mental illness.  Its goal is to help each other find solutions to better serve those with mental illness and their loved ones.  If you have an interest feel free to come to any of our task team meetings.

Lionel “Waldo” DeCuir Jr.
NAMI Ellis County
972-523-6679
www.namielliscounty.org