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MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH 2016
NAMI Walks Season and the Ribbon Awareness Campaign are Upon Us
The first week of Mental Health Awareness month has been a busy one. We are proud to share with you the work our affiliates are conducting around the state to provide help, hope and awareness in their communities as well as the two events NAMI-NYS produced this week. Together we are creating a more mentally healthy New York. There are still many ways for you to get involved especially this weekend where NAMI Walks will be taking place in New York City, Long Island and Rochester. Visit the NAMI Walks section below for more information. You can also still participate in the NAMI-NYS Ribbon Campaign.
We want to know how you are raising awareness in your community. Please email [email protected] with details and pictures about your work. This way we can feature it in the E-News and the upcoming Spring Newsletter. Showcasing your work will allow others to learn from you and that's the best way we can grow together as an organization. Together, we can create a more mentally healthy New York State but remember...
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2016 What's Great in Our State
A Celebration of Children's Mental Health Awareness
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n May 3rd, NAMI-NYS collaborated with the New York State Office of Mental Health and other state agencies and non-profit organizations to produce What's Great in Our State-A Celebration of Children's Mental Health Awareness. The event honored people and programs contributing to addressing mental health issues that impact children and adolescents.
Two NAMI-NYS initiatives were honored as part of the event. The first inititative was NAMI@Emma, the first NAMI club at a New York high school. The club is located at the Emma Willard school in Troy. Katherine Wallace, the founder and president of the group, accepted the award and spoke about the importance of incorporating mental health awareness in high schools. The Dutchess County Children's Mental Health Awareness Week partnership, which NAMI Mid-Hudson plays a leading role in, was also recognized. NAMI Mid-Hudson's Tina Lee and Linda Monkman from Dutchess County Behavioral Health accepted the award and spoke.
Click here to read an Albany Times Union article on NAMI@Emma.
Click here to learn more about the Dutchess County Children's Mental Health Week Initiative.
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Communities Across New York State Engage in
NAMI-NYS Ribbon Awareness Campaign
NAMI-NYS and many of our affiliates are participating in the statewide Ribbon Awareness campaign. The campaign is designed to raise awareness of mental illness and mental health issues as well as demonstrate how NAMI is a resource for support and education and a place for people to find help and find hope.
It has been encouraging to see different ways communities across the state are getting involved. Some highlights during the first week of the campaign include
Staten Island District Attorney Michael E. McMahon's office and Assistant District Attorney Melissa Lynch, who runs the Staten Island Mental Health Court have hung the ribbons throughout the Richmond County Court Building, the pillars of Auburn's City Hall are adorned with the ribbons and the campaign has allowed our affiliates to partner with new organizations including the Croton on Hudson Boy Scout Troop,
who, with the help of NAMI Westchester, hung ribbons throughout their town.
NAMI-NYS is tremendously grateful to all our affiliates who are working on the campaign and all the businesses, schools, medical offices, libraries and government agencies who have committed themselves to raising mental health awareness in their community. We will be highlighting the campaign
throughout
the month so keep those pictures coming. You can email all pictures to [email protected].
There is also still time to get involved in the campaign - you can email Alicia at the address above for more information.
You can
click here
to view pictures from the first week of the campaign.
2016
NAMI-NYS A Brighter Day Event
NAMI-NYS kicked-off Mental Health Awareness Month with our annual A Brighter Day event at Glennpeter Jewelers Diamond Centre in Albany.
The event was a big success and a great time was had by all. Attendees were inspired to hear from
Elizabeth Tiglao-Glass, the founder of
Link of Hearts
, who told her remarkable story of recovery from depression and anxiety and how she overcame the stigma her family and their culture had about mental illness. Her journey led her to start her business Link of Hearts which designs
jewelry
with inspiring messages. For every piece sold Elizabeth donates one of the same pieces to someone living with a mental illness.
A new element to this year's event was music provided by
the Grassroots Rebels.
NAMI-NYS wishes to thank Bob and Evelyn Keplinger for once again sponsoring the event,
Glennpeter Jewelers Diamond Centre for hosting, all the businesses that donated to the raffle and everyone who attended the event. We look forward to A Brighter Day 2017.
You can click here to view pictures from the event.
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City of Yonkers and Rockland County
Raise NAMI Flags
Pictured are board members Jennifer Jacquet-Murray, Eva Hale Leighton, Michaele Rizzuto and Genna Wood as well as Program Director Sharon McCarthy, and City of Yonkers Deputy Mayor Steven Levy.
Along with the NAMI-NYS Mental Health Awareness Ribbons appearing in communities to commemorate Mental Health Awareness Month, the City of Yonkers and Rockland County are also marking the month by raising NAMI flags in front of City Hall and the County Office building.
Click here to watch video of the Rockland County flag raising.
You can also
click here to learn of the plethora of activities NAMI Westchester is engaging in during Mental Health Awareness Month.
NAMI Cayuga Has Guest Column in Local Paper on How to Help Raise Awareness of Mental Illness
NAMI Cayuga co-presidents Bart and Terri Wasilenko had a guest column in their local paper,
The Citizen, to explain how the community can come together to raise awareness of mental illness. As we have previously mentioned, utilizing your local newspapers through letters to the editor, op-ed pieces and possibly guest columns is a great way to enhance the identity of your affiliate and the work you do in your community.
Jeremy Ojalehto 5K Memorial Run supports
NAMI Finger Lakes
On April 17, Cornell University's Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity sponsored a 5K run in memory of their deceased member, Jeremy Ojalehto. The fraternity raised approximately eight thousand dollars to support the activities of NAMI Finger Lakes.
Jeremy studied three years at Cornell. In 2013, he suffered a Traumatic Brain Injury, initiating a long-term battle with mental illness. Jeremy died in January, 2016 as a result of his mental illness. His selfless courage fueled his struggle, making possible the immeasurable gift to his family and friends of the last two and a half years of his life.
Jeremy's mother Laura and his aunt Sandra, both long-time runners, traveled to Ithaca to participate in the run. Laura is an active member of her local NAMI affiliate in Seattle, Washington. NAMI Finger Lakes is grateful to the men of Sigma Phi Epsilon for their hard work on our behalf and for their efforts to fight the stigma of mental illness and suicide.
NAMI Rensselaer Graduates a Twenty-Person
Family-to-Family Class
This week NAMI Rensselaer completed one of their largest Family-to-Family classes with 20 participants (including NAMI-NYS Executive Director, Wendy Burch). The class was held at Samaritan Hospital in Troy and was taught by Pam Slotsky and Bonnie Nasca.
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NAMI Mental Health Awareness Month Resources
During the month of May, NAMI and participants across the country are bringing awareness to mental health. Each year we fight stigma, provide support, educate the public and advocate for equal care. Each year, the movement grows stronger.
We believe that these issues are important to address all year round, but highlighting these issues during May provides a time for people to come together and display the passion and strength of those working to improve the lives of all Americans whose lives are affected by mental health conditions.
Click here
to view the plethora of resources NAMI has to help you get active during the month of May.
A Report from the Frontlines of Crisis Mental Health
Dr. Mark Nathanson, the attending psychiatrist on the Mobile Crisis Unit at NYC Health and Hospitals/Mt. Sinai at Elmhurst Hospital in Queens contributed an article to NAMI detailing the struggles faced by both crisis teams and family members who desperately want to get their loved ones into services to advance their recovery. Dr. Nathanson also offers advice for what family members can do to encourage their loved one to get treatment.
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Empire State Building Once Again Lit Green for Mental Health Awareness
NAMI Participates in Lighting Ceremony
This week the iconic Empire State Building was lit green for Mental Health Awareness. NAMI Executive Director Mary Giliberti participated in the lighting ceremony. Mary was joined by Torrey DeVitto from NBC's Chicago Med. Ms. DeVitto told of her own struggles with anxiety and depression. She said "We all know what it feels like to be alone. Some of us know what it feels like to feel lonely and depressed, to wake up in the morning gasping for air, wondering why your heart won't stop pounding and you can't sleep. Some of us know that feeling when the sun starts to set and with it goes the feeling of safety."
NAMI was also presented with a check for $75,000 to be used for awareness initiatives. Click here to watch a video from the ceremony.
New York State Office of Mental Health Releases Their Mental Health Awareness Month Message
The New York State Office of Mental Health released a message from Commissioner Ann Marie Sullivan. Dr. Sullivan states, "Across New York State, integrated physical and mental health care is becoming a reality, supported by numerous state initiatives to educate and finance screening and treatment for mental health problems in a primary care physician's office."
Dr. Sullivan also focused on several key initiatives such as
Healthy Steps, which helps pediatric practices screen children from birth to age five for behavioral concerns and assists families in finding the help they need;
Project TEACH, which links child psychiatrists with primary care doctors throughout the state to provide real time consultation services and videoconference, enabling families to work with their pediatricians on issues of mental health for their children; and the expansion of
OnTrackNY throughout the state, more than quadrupling the capacity of New York's nationally recognized program that helps young adults.
New York State to Receive $42M in HUD
Continuum of Care Awards
The federal department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has announced the remainder of its Continuum of Care awards, Tier 2, totaling $355 million nationally. New York State received over $42 million, 12% of the total. In all, 85 programs across the state were funded in this Tier 2 round, of which 22 are new programs. The new programs are either newly funded bonus projects or reallocated from existing CoC resources. New projects include permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless people, rapid rehousing, CoC planning and coordinated entry programs.
New York City experienced an increase of 16% over last year's award, totaling $122 million. That success alone spurred a 9% growth rate for the entire state from $192 million to $209 million. Funding for the rest of New York State remained flat at last year's levels.
To fund the new bonus programs, HUD imposed cuts to many Tier 2 programs, including defunding a number of permanent supportive housing projects with hundreds of units. Transitional housing programs fared far worse: dozens of programs were eliminated
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New York Jets Star Brandon Marshall Testifies Before
Senate Finance Committee Mental Health Hearing
IMD Exclusion Not Addressed at Hearing
On April 28th Brandon Marshall, a wide receiver for the New York Jets, testified before a Senate Finance Committee hearing on mental health. He said that stigma kept him from getting treatment earlier and addressed. "The impact of stigma in the mental health community, and the critical need to make it easier for people to get assessed and treated and be able to lead a normal, fulfilled life."
Last week, prior to the hearing we sent out an
action alert urging to reform the IMD exclusion, which prohibits the use of federal Medicaid financing for care provided to most patients in mental health and substance use disorder residential treatment facilities larger than 16 beds. The exclusion is one of the very few examples of Medicaid law prohibiting the use of federal financial participation (FFP) for medically necessary care furnished by licensed medical professionals to enrollees based on the health care setting providing the services. NAMI-NYS was disappointed to learn that IMD reform was not discussed during the hearing.
Click here to read more and if you have yet to make your voice heard on the IMD issue please click on the link above to view our action alert on this issue.
NBC Sitcom "The
Carmichael Show"
Aims To Shed Light on Mental Illness
The NBC sitcom "The Carmichael Show" is one of the few shows focused on an African-American family. As we have mentioned in the past NAMI is dedicated to addressing many of the misconceptions about mental health that exist in the African-American community. We are glad to see that "The Carmichael Show" is including these topics on the show. Mental Health needs to be discussed more in everyday conversations and in the mass media.
Click here to watch a clip of show stars Jerrod Carmichael, Lorretta Devine and David Alan Grier discussing some of the issues that lead to only 25% of African-Americans seeking mental health care compared to 40% of the Caucasian population and how the show aims to reverse this trend.
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NIMH UPDATE
Click here to read the latest Update from NIMH. This issue containts new infomation on Disruptive mood dysregulation disorder, the Outreach Partner Activity Map and the latest issue of Outreach Connection.
NIMH Launches New Child & Adolescent Mental Health Web Portal
It's National Children's Mental Health Awareness Week. Research has shown that most mental disorders follow a developmental course that typically starts early in life. Children and teens can develop the same mental health disorders and conditions as adults, but their symptoms may be different or hard to identify. Click here to learn more about child and adolescent mental health by visiting NIMH's new web portal.
Ketamine Lifts Depression via a Byproduct of its Metabolism: NIH-funded Team Finds Rapid-Acting, Non-Addicting Agent in Mouse Study
A chemical byproduct, or metabolite, created as the body breaks down ketamine likely holds the secret to its rapid antidepressant action, National Institutes of Health (NIH) scientists and grantees have discovered. This metabolite singularly reversed depression-like behaviors in mice without triggering any of the anesthetic, dissociative, or addictive side effects associated with ketamine.
Secrets to Our Smarts Hidden in the Folds
of
Our Cortex
NIMH researchers find that the more folding in the thinking parts of our brain, the smarter we are - to a degree. Increasing gyrification in a network of regions in the human brain's outer mantle is significantly associated with general cognitive ability, a finding replicated in 440 healthy adults and in an independent sample of 662 healthy children who underwent structural MRI scans and extensive neuropsychological testing.
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May 7-The Rensselaer County affiliate of NAMI will be featured at the Troy Farmers Market. They will be promoting Mental Health Awareness Month. The market runs from 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. and they will be outside on River Street.
May 7- The American Foundation For Suicide Prevention presents Hike For Hope at 11am, FDR Park in Yorktown.
May 10&11- The Association for Community Living will host its 2016 Annual Management Symposium - Critical Information and Strategies for a Changing World (Open to All) on Tuesday, May 10th - Wednesday May 11th at the Saratoga Hilton, Saratoga Springs, NY. Visit http://aclnys.org/aclnys_events/acl-management-symposium-2/ for more information.
May 11-NAMI Westchester Speaker Series: This month will feature two In Our Own Voice facilitators who will share their inspiring stories of recovery. The event will begin at 7:30 at St. Vincent's Hospital, 275 North Street, Harrison, NY
May 12th-
Every Thursday in May NAMI of Montgomery, Fulton and Hamilton Counties will be holding a "Family Wellness Series. All events will be at 2390 Riverfront Center in Amsterdam. You can click here for all the information on the series.
May 16-Jacobi Medical Center presents "Preventing Teen Suicide" The panel will take place at the JMC Conference Center, Building 4, 2nd Floor from 6-8:30. Light dinner will be served. To RSVP call 718-918-3906.
May 18
-Senator Jesse Hamilton is sponsoring a Mental Health Awareness Month event at Kings County Hospital from 5-7pm at the D Lobby/Main Entrance. The event will be a celebration of art and culture and Senator Hamilton will use this opportunity to shine light on barriers, negative attitudes and discrimination that prevent Brooklyn residents from seeking treatment and isolating them from their communities. The art show reception will be an uplifting evening, acknowledging artists in the Behavioral Health Service in the presence of their families, loved ones and friends.
The keynote speaker will be Terrie M. Williams, President of the Stay Strong Foundation and author, "Black Pain: It Just looks Like We're Not Hurting."
May 18-NAMI Queens/Nassau will be sponsoring another FaithNet event this year topic will be: Clergy's Role in Psychiatric Hospitals. Some of the questions that will be answered by them are: How did you come to be a chaplain of an inpatient psychiatric hospital? What do you feel is your most successful approach when dealing with patients that have a mental illness and their families? Can you share a story about a particularly meaningful relationship or impact you had on a psychiatric inpatient? The event will take place at Zucker Hillside Hospital's Sloman Auditorium beginning at 7:30
May 18th-NAMI Rockland presents their Mental Health Awareness Month Film Series with a showing of Infinitely Polar Bear at the New City Library beginning at 1:30pm. Click here for more information .
May 19
-Capital District Psychiatric Center Family Services Presents, "Overview of Addiction Issues with Prescribed Medication" by Daniel Woodcock, CDPC Pharmacy Manager. The presentation will take place from 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm in the CDPC Family Resource Center at 75 New Scotland Ave, Albany. For more information or to register contact: Frank Greco, Director of Family Services (518) 549-6816.
May 25
-NAMI Rockland presents their Mental Health Awareness Month Film Series with a showing of Frankie & Alice at the Finkelstein Memorial Library in Spring Valley beginning at 1:00 PM. Click here for more information.
May 31-NAMI of Sullivan County will end Mental Health Awareness Month with a bang by having Mike Veny, Founder of TransformingStigma.com and a sought-after mental health stigma expert, keynote speaker and high-energy interactive drumming facilitator. Mike will give a presentation on Transforming Stigma into Strength and Drumming Up Your Feelings. The event will take place at SUNY Sullivan's Seelig Theatre located at 112 College Road, Loch Sheldrake, NY, beginning at 6:30pm. Click here for more information
June 5- Team Daniel Running for Recovery from Mental Illness invites you to join them for: Byram Hills Running for Hope. Registration: 8 am-9 am Activity starts at 9 AM. Run the 5 K Cross Country trail with marathon great Bill Rodgers Hear from mental health advocate Hakeem Rahim, State Senator David Carlucci and Stephanie Marquesano the founder of the Harris Project. The event will also feature Rachel Laitman singing Hallelujah, music by The Lagond School of Music Band and stand-up comedy Daniel Laitman.
During the entire event the TeamDaniel, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, Mental Health of America, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Brain and Behavior Research Foundation, and the Harris will have information tables.
June 8- Join NAMI Mid-Hudson for their Annual Fundraising Gala 2016. At The Grandview, 176 Rinaldi Blvd, Poughkeepsie. 5pm to 9pm. To Honor: Andrew O'Grady, Executive Director, Mental Health America Dutchess County and Michael P Hein, Ulster County Executive. With Special Guest Dr. Xavier Amador author of: "I'm Not Sick. I Don't Need Help!" Click here for more information, please visit:
June 8
-NAMI Rockland Theater Party!!! NEXT TO NORMAL The show will be at Elmwood Playhouse in Nyack. The show begins at 7:30 pm. Tickets are $35 which includes Wine and hors d'oeuvres at intermission. There will also be a Raffle! About Next to Normal-This is a profoundly moving, shape-shifting, pop-rock musical for audiences who want to feel everything in one theatrical ride. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and three TONY Awards including Best Musical Score. Click here for more information.
October 7
-NAMI Rensselaer County will hold their 3rd Annual Recognition Dinner & Consumer Art Show. This year's honoree is Philip C. Nasca, PhD, Dean of SUNY School of Public Health. The event will take place from 6:30-9:00pm at Moscatiello's Italian Family Restaurant, 99 N. Greenbush Road (Rt. 4), Troy, NY
October 15- The American Foundation For Suicide Prevention presents Out Of The Darkness Walk 10am, FDR Park in Yorktown. Harbor Island Park in Mamaroneck. They need volunteers or for more information contact Maria Idoni (914) 610-9156 or [email protected].
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May 3 - June 7
- NAMI Basics by NAMI of Central Suffolk. 10am to 12:30pm, Tuesdays at the Sagamore Childen's Center in Dix Hills. For more information or to register please contact Beth (631) 697-6097 or [email protected].
May 9-July 18
- NAMI Peer-to-Peer, 6:30 to 8:30pm. At the Patterson room in Samaritan Hospital, Troy, NY. To register call Christine Rickeman at (518) 462-2000 or (518) 506-6484, email [email protected]. Or Gregory Hitchcock (518) 921-4146, email [email protected].
May 14&15
- NAMI Family Support Group training to become a Facilitator. NAMI-NYS. Contact your local affiliate.
May 16
- NAMI Family-to-Family classes by NAMI Greene. Twice a week for 6 weeks on Monday & Thursday nights. Windham Hensonville United Methodist Church, Windham, NY. 6pm to 8pm. To Register: call Jackie at (518) 734-4383.
June 2- NAMI Family-to-Family classes by NAMI Greene. Twice a week for 6 weeks on Monday & Thursday nights. Windham Hensonville United Methodist Church, Windham, NY. 6pm to 8pm. To Register: call Jackie at (518) 734-4383.
June 25&26
- NAMI Family Support Group training to become a Facilitator. NAMI-NYS. Contact your local affiliate.
July 16&17
- In Our Own Voice Training to become a Presenter. NAMI-NYS. Contact your local affiliate.
July 22-24
- NAMI Family-to-Family Training to become a Teacher. NAMI-NYS. Contact your local affiliate.
August 27
- NAMI Ending the Silence training to become a Presenter. St. Vincent's in Westchester.
August 28
- NAMI Parent & Teachers as Allies training to become a Presenter. St. Vincent's in Westchester.
August 30
- Family-to-Family by NAMI AMICO. Tuesdays from 6;30 to 9pm, for 12 continuous weeks. At First Presbyterian Church, 33 Park Place, Goshen, NY 10924. Contact Catha Weiben (845) 551-1777.
October 7-9- NAMI Family-to-Family training to become a Teacher. NAMI-NYS. Contact your local affiliate.
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