Tag: National Alliance on Mental Illness
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NAMI NJ webinar series offers information on crisis planning, dealing with law enforcement
The NAMI NJ (National Alliance on Mental Illness) webinar series continues with Crisis Planning for Families from 1-2 p.m. on May 20. The webinar will provide family members and caregivers with tools to help their loved one during a mental health crisis. There will be a panel with a family member and a Crisis Intervention…
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NAMI NJ offers webinar in English and Spanish about benefits programs
NAMI NJ (National Alliance on Mental Illness) will offer a webinar from 11 a.m. to noon on May 13 about the federal and state benefits program changes during the COVID-19 emergency. Learn about changes to various programs including Medicare and Medicaid due to the pandemic from speaker Phillip Lubitz. A webinar in Spanish will be…
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NAMI NJ offers virtual support groups
NAMI NJ (National Alliance on Mental Illness) will hold a virtual support group through NAMI Family & Friends from 7-8:30 p.m. on May 12 to inform people who have loved ones with a mental health condition how to best support them. It is also an opportunity to meet other people in similar situations and…
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NAMI NJ to present webinar on emotional wellness during COVID-19
NAMI NJ (National Alliance on Mental Illness) will hold a webinar series about emotional wellness during COVID-19 at noon on May 8 featuring Cara Maksimov, LCSW. Maksimov will discuss therapeutic tools from mindfulness-based cognitive behavioral therapy, neuroscience and positive psychology to help maintain emotional health in a challenging time. For more information, visit www.naminj.org.
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Vote for top poems in NAMI NJ Mental Health Poetry Contest
The top 10 poems have been selected for the 2020 NAMI NJ Dara Axelrod Expressive Arts Mental Health Poetry Contest based on the theme of “battling our challenges with superpowers.” NAMI NJ (National Alliance on Mental Illness) members and friends can vote online for the top three poems through May 31. All poems entered into…
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Learn how to ‘grieve the loss of normalcy’ during a NAMI NJ presentation on April 29
NAMI NJ (National Alliance on Mental Illness) will present a webinar with Jennifer Ellis Walters, LCSW, on grieving the loss of normalcy at 11 a.m. on April 29. The webinar will help participants label their emotions and experiences, as well as provide practical, applicable steps to better cope with the current COVID-19 situation. Register at…
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African American community experiences physical, mental effects from COVID-19
As the COVID-19 crisis continues, being in public increases the risk of contracting the virus, but then staying at home in quarantine causes issues such as stress, anxiety, depression and feelings of isolation to arise. African Americans, like many minority communities, are likely to experience socioeconomic disparities such as exclusion from health, educational, social and…
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Learn about schizophrenia during virtual workshop on April 16
Dr. Nichelle Jones, a psychiatric nurse practitioner, will lead a virtual workshop on The Faces of Schizophrenia from 7-9 p.m. April 16, sponsored by NAMI-NJ (National Alliance on Mental Illness) and AACT-NOW (African American Community Together NOW). Register for the free workshop by emailing [email protected] or [email protected]. For more information, visit www.naminj.org/programs/multicultural/aactnow/
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Resources available to help citizens cope with stress, anxiety caused by coronavirus
With new concepts such as social distancing, quarantine and shelter in place, citizens are at risk for anxiety, depression and extreme levels of stress as the number of positive COVID-19 cases and potential associated deaths rise. “This is a normal response to a public health crisis like this. Although there are common stressors to us…
