The Family-To-Family course covers current information about schizophrenia, major depression, bipolar disorder (manic depression), panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, borderline personality disorder, PTSD and co-occurring brain disorders and addictive disorders. Included are communication and problem-solving techniques, coping mechanisms and self-care skills needed to deal with your loved one's mental illness as well as its impact on the family.
This class will meet once a week and is structured to help caregivers understand and support individuals with serous mental illness while maintaining their own well being. The course it taught by a trained NAMI family member volunteer who knows what it's like to have a loved one struggling with a brain disorder.
Class Begins: October 1, 2013 (Tuesday)
Time: 3:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Location: VA Outpatient Clinic
8601 University East Drive, Charlotte, NC 28213
Map @ http://goo.gl/maps/fwFme
Register to: Beverly Corpening
Email Address: bevey4@gmail.com
Phone #: 704-493-8520
For Information: Michele Brown, NAMI-Charlotte
Family Educator/Coordinator704-576-9452
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NAMI–Charlotte, an affiliate of both the North Carolina State and National Alliance on Mental Illness, is a non–profit 501(c)(3) grass-roots organization, and is the only Mecklenburg County organization that focuses exclusively on people with serious and persistent mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder (manic–depression) and unipolar disorder (depression).s.
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