Where to Get Help When You Can't Afford to See a Doctor
Bipolar disorder affects not only your health and well being – it can also negatively affect your personal finances. In the U.S. right now, job loss typically equates with the eventual loss of...
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Social Security and Disability Resource Center
One of our readers recommended that we include a link to the Social Security and Disability Resource Center. We checked it out, and it seems to contain some valuable content. Here’s a description of...
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NAMI’s Family-to-Family Training
This past weekend, I participated in NAMI’s Family-to-Family training program to become a facilitator (presenter) for the course. My goal is to work with others to start a NAMI (National Alliance on...
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Bipolar Disorder Q&A: How Should Parents Help Child with Serious Problems and...
Cathi asks… My friend’s 9 year old has had severe behavioral problems and several alternating diagnoses. The Dr. has prescribed Focalin, Trileptal, Lamictal, and Seroquel. She has no concentration,...
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Be Prepared
When you’re experiencing a major mood episode, having key information available is essential to ensure that everyone on your treatment team is brought into the loop and the doctor on call has detailed...
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What To Do in a Psychiatric Crisis
NAMI Indiana has some very valuable information about what to do in a psychiatric crisis in Indiana. It actually publishes a small book called What To Do in a Psychiatric Crisis in Indiana. Along with...
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NAMI Support Group in Crawfordsville, Indiana
Date: 2nd Thursday of every month starting May 10, 2012 Time: 6:30 – 8:00 pm Place: Crawfordsville First United Methodist Church, 212 East Wabash Avenue, Crawfordsville, Indiana Group type: For people...
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Who Pays Your Bills?
Several years ago, when my wife was recovering from a major manic episode, she turned over the task of paying our bills and managing the checkbook to me. We were just looking for ways I could help, and...
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Bipolar Disorder Emergency: Send Police and an Ambulance
The other day, I was looking through a very helpful publication entitled “What To Do in a Psychiatric Crisis in Indiana,” published by NAMI Indiana. I read it before and mentioned it in a previous post...
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Do You Hesitate to Call the Police?
Yesterday, I served on a panel of family members who have loved ones with mental illness, where we talked to a room full of police officers (approximately 30 of them) as part of their crisis...
View ArticleNAMI Family-to-Family Course in Crawfordsville, IN
Approximately a year ago, my wife, Cecie, and I along with a friend and neighbor Kitty Haffner, started a NAMI support group in Crawfordsville, IN. This Wednesday, Kitty and will start teaching the...
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Bipolar Disorder Q&A: How to Get Help for a 24-Year Old with Bipolar
Kim Asks… My nephew is 24 years old. He tried to kill himself. This has been going on since he was 17. Just Saturday he took 80-85 pills of antidepressant, very close call to his death but he made it....
View ArticleOpening Doors to Recovery Program in Georgia
At our previous National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) meeting in Crawfordsville, IN, a couple participants mentioned that the state of Georgia provides a good model for how mental illness should...
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CIT Not Just a Law Enforcement Program
I recently attended the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Indiana’s Criminal Justice Summit in Indianapolis, IN. The morning’s keynote speaker was Major Sam Cochran (ret.), who is nationally...
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