Today, Friday August 15th, is the FINAL Day You Can Register Online.

You Will be Able to "Skip the Lines and Save Money"!


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Have a Question You Always Wanted to Ask a Doctor?  
You Can at Our Conference!

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medi-cal "Ask the Doctors Live" at Our Conference!

 

 

Depression & Anxiety Q & A:   Doctor Announced Today!

Huma Qureshi, MD

Adult Outpatient Psychiatrist

County of Riverside

 

Other Sessions: 

 

Bipolar

Dr. Keerthy Sunder, Principal Investigator and Board Certified Psychiatrist

Mind & Body Treatment Institute

 

Schizophrenia

Luis Sandoval, MD, MPH, Psychiatrist

Southern California Permanente Medical Group

 

Un Diálogo Con el Doctor
Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola, MD, PhD, President, NAMI California Board of Directors,  Director & Professor of  Clinical Internal Medicine, UC Davis Center for Reducing Health  Disparities 

 

Children and Adolescents

Richard Lee, MD, Associate Medical Director, Countywide Children's Programs,

Riverside County Department of Mental Health, Health Sciences Assistant, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, UC Riverside, School of Medicine

and Dr. Dan Tzuang

American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN) Double Board Certified psychiatrist

 

 

Last Day to Register Online is This Friday! 

After That, You Can Register Onsite, However You Lose Your Discount! Click Here.

 

See Our 6 Tracks Below 
Choose From 6 Conference Tracks 
Friday August 21st & Saturday 22nd 

 

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Criminal Justice
We are excited to bring Crisis Intervention Team expert, Major (ret.) Sam Cochran to our conference. Learn about how CIT is changing Law Enforcement and its relationship to Mental Illness.
 Families and Consumers
Share and learn from Families and Individuals living with Mental Illness. As well as research being done on the family at the national and international level with
Dr. Beardslee.

Strengthening NAMI
NAMI Affiliates across the state serve their communities in a variety of ways. Learn from our most successful affiliates about what they've done!


 

Multicultural Engagement
California is a huge and diverse state.  Share in the discussion and learn about how to make sure disparities in service are eliminated!
 Youth and Mental Illness
Learn about the great ways Youth are being engaged in the discussion around Mental Illness and how they are taking action!
 Advocacy
Learn more about your rights and how to advocate at the state, local, and national levels.



Weekly NAMI California Programs News


Trainings for NAMI Programs Family to Family, Peer to Peer and their Spanish versions, Family Support and Connection will soon be offered again beginning in September.  The schedule will be announced in mid-August in this Weekly Report, the NAMI California newsletter and the www.namica.org   website.
 

Basics Training Announcement:
There will be a Basics training on November 6th- 8th in Sacramento.  Interested candidates please contact your local NAMI.  The application form has been emailed to all NAMI CA affiliates.
 
Save the date!  A Family to Family and a Peer to Peer training is planned in early October in Sacramento county.  Details to be announced soon*
 
NAMI support group trainings are for NAMI members to become facilitators of a support group.  The education program trainings are for members desiring to become teachers of an education program.  Upon graduation, the affiliate makes arrangements with the graduate to teach the class.
 
Qualifications for training: Interested parties should be NAMI members in good standing and ideally have graduated from the same education program they intend to teach.  A participant also needs to be recommended by their local NAMI chapter.  Additional qualifications will apply. Please ask your NAMI affiliate to contact Family and Peer Programs Supervisor, Lynn Cathy, [email protected]   or Erik Villalobos, Family and Peer Program Coordinator [email protected] to receive an application via email.  Prospective teachers/facilitators should return their applications quickly as these classes fill up fast.
 
There are also education program trainings offered by the LACC (NAMI Los Angeles County) for NAMI members residing in Los Angeles County.  Please contact Brittney Weissman for further details. [email protected].
 
Send inquiries to:
NAMI California Office:  916-567-0163 
JulyMeet Your New NAMI CA Board Candidates!

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You have the opportunity to vote for our new Board Members.   Please visit this page to see their statements and backgrounds for serving on the Board:  Click Here to Learn More!  

 

Get familiar with them so you can help shape our work for NAMI California's future and make your vote count.  Voting will begin soon.

 
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