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Executive Director Dodie Melvin
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Mental Health America (formerly known as the Mental Health Association) is the country’s leading nonprofit dedicated to helping ALL people live mentally healthier lives. With our more than 320 affiliates nationwide, we represent a growing movement of Americans who promote mental wellness for the health and well-being of the nation – everyday and in times of crisis.
We are Mental Health America! We are bringing wellness home.
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ONGOING EVENTS AT MENTAL HEALTH AMERICA KNOX COUNTY December 2011
Stop Bullying Now
April 2011 Walk For Better Mental Health Click here
January 2011 MHAKC approved as a NAMI Ohio Affiliate
WHAT: Depression/Bipolar Peer-Support Group WHEN: 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. 1st and 3rd Thursdays of each month WHERE: Gay Street United Methodist Church, Mount Vernon, Ohio Registration required: Call 740-397-3088 or e-mail for more information or to register. The purpose of a peer-support group is to help you help yourself – and others! After proper diagnosis and treatment, the support from others is vital to a lifetime of wellness. What does a support group do? The focus is on self-help. Most discussion in a support group is facilitated by a group participant. Often the facilitator helps to guide discussion, provides focus to the group, and helps ensure that the group’s guidelines are followed. A support group is a safe and caring place to be. Participants foster a supportive, trustworthy, respectful, non-judgmental, and nurturing atmosphere. All those attending share experiences that can help others deal successfully with depression or bipolar disorder. Participants use information they have gained from others at the meeting to make their own judgments about correct strategies for themselves. Above all is – CONFIDENTIAL! What support groups are not! They are not therapy or treatment. They are not a place to diagnose or a substitute for professional care. They are not a 12-step group, nor a "pity" party. No one participant is regarded as knowing more than another, or as the person with "all the answers." WHAT: A peer-support Divorce Recovery Group WHEN: Meets SECOND Tuesday of the month 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. WHERE: MHAKC office, lower level Station Break Senior Center 501-B S. Main Street, Mount Vernon, OH Pre-registration and some screening may be required. Call 740-397-3088 or e-mail MHAKC for more information or to register. Strict confidentiality is maintained FUND RAISING EVENTS GOOD NEWS FROM NAMI OHIO – OHIO HOUSE & SENATE BOOST THE STATE FUNDS FOR MENTAL HEALTH! Ohio House and Senate Conferees completed their work on the Ohio budget Wednesday night, June 29. The conferees added $5 million to the community mental health budget (line item 505). This means that altogether $11 million was added in each year over what was in the Governor’s original budget. This is very good news! Also, the conferees left the psychiatric exemption in the bill for which NAMI Ohio strongly advocated. Finally, a provision was added in conference to protect kids in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems from prior authorization requirements for Medicaid mental health services (another provision which NAMI Ohio strongly supported). All in all, NAMI did pretty well under the circumstances. NAMI thanks all who helped to get the word out to legislators about the importance of mental health funding. The next stop is the Governor’s desk – hopefully he will see the merit in these decisions and OK the recommendations by the House and Senate. We will keep you posted.
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