NAMI Michigan

Hello Membership! Can you believe it's August already?!  We are busy planning our main event and fundraiser of the year, the 2010 5K NAMI Walk.  Don't forget, this year it's at Oakland Community College - Orchard Ridge Campus, Saturday, September 25th at 11am, rain or shine.  Registration begins at 9am.  Please register your team at www.nami.org/namiwalks/MI.  We...

You are invited to a FREE Social Security training session totally focused on how you can help your clients work with Social Security more efficiently! If you help individuals file for Social Security and Supplemental Security Income disability benefits, this session is for you. Social Security and the Disability Determination Service will present information that is sure to enhance your services...

See PDFs below for more detailed information How health care reform helps people who live with mental illness Health Care and Mental Illness Today, recovery is the expectation for people who experience mental illness.  We know that treatment works--if you can get it.  However, there is an average delay of eight to ten years between onset of mental illness and when people typically get...

By Mani Sanford of NAMI Michigan Psychosocial clubhouses: What are they? Who is welcome? How can they help you?   Where do you go to find one? Wayne E. Baker, a professor at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business, once wrote: “The need to belong is a potent human force that finds expression in personal relationships, work relationships, community...