NAMI
FAMILY-TO-FAMILY EDUCATION PROGRAM
For Family Members of Close Relatives with
Major Depression
Bipolar Disorder
*
Schizophrenia and Schizoaffective Disorder
Panic Disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and
Borderline Personality Disorder
* Also
called Manic Depression
A series of 12 weekly classes structured to help
family members understand and support their ill relative while maintaining their
own well being. The course is
taught by a team of trained volunteer family members who know what it's like to
have a loved one with a serious mental illness in the family.
There is no cost to participate in the NAMI Family-to-Family Education
program. Over 50,000 family members
in the U.S. and Canada have completed this course.
We think you will be pleased by how much assistance the program offers.
We invite you to call for more information.
REGISTRATION REQUIRED - Space Limited - For Family
Members Only
Call: Kathleen
Campbell - 215.794.5856
NEW EDUCATION PROGRAM
TEACHERS!
NAMI Bucks County is proud to announce we have seven new
NAMI Family-to-Family Education Program teachers! They were trained at Cranaleigh Retreat Center, April 5-7, by
Violet Cornish and Isabel Godwin.
Three cheers and red balloons to all of them -- generous,
gifted, brave souls who spent hours and hours mastering complex course materials
and acquiring new skills. As Joyce
Burl, the brilliant family member who developed the program, would say,
"Congratulations to our dear and wonderful new teachers!"
We are in their debt. They
deserve our thanks. You will
probably recognize their names:
Carol Walsh
Sharon Wasserman
Claire Wilson
Judy Hurvitz
Pat Ohler
Jeffrey and Jane Drebes (Our first husband and wife team!)
They will teach the NAMI-Family-to-Family Education
Program, free of charge, an
intensive 12 week-course for families and friends of those who have severe brain
disorders (mental illness). Topics
include clinical treatment, brain biology, medication review, problem-solving,
communication and coping skills, self-help techniques and strategies for
interacting with the social services system, the criminal justice system and
psychiatrists who prescribe treatment.
Watch upcoming Newsletters for information about when and
where the next classes will be scheduled. If
you wish to be notified or placed on a waiting list,
please call:
Kathleen
Campbell - 215.794.5856
of Bucks County
Pennsylvania
