At no cost to participants, we educate the community about serious mental health conditions, including treatments and management strategies, and how to navigate the health care system to access professional services.
As a reminder, our support groups and classes are confidential. Therefore, we do not allow students to observe for their studies. Please respect our need to ensure our attendees comfort and wellbeing.
Whether you’ve lived with a mental health condition for years or have a recent diagnosis, you may be looking for more information about your situation and how to manage it. Regardless of your diagnosis, Peer-to-Peer will help you better understand your condition and journey toward recovery.
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If someone in your family has a mental health condition, you and other family members may be at a loss about what to do and where to turn for assistance. NAMI’s Family-to-Family class was created to help you and your family understand and support your loved one while also caring for yourselves.
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Serious mental health conditions often first appear when people are in their teens and early twenties. If left untreated, these brain disorders may result in great harm. Ending the Silence (ETS) is a 50-90-minute presentation NAMI volunteers make to educate students, parents, and teachers about the early signs of a mental health condition, how to get help, and tools that can be used to help safeguard mental health and well-being. In-person and on-line ETS presentations now available.
NAMI WC’s Hospital Outreach Program works in partnership with St. Joseph Mercy Chelsea Hospital and Michigan Medicine to provide information on NAMI WC’s free classes, support groups, and local resources. Our peer volunteers visit in-patient and outpatient/partial programs to provide support and understanding from someone who has been through the experience. It can truly make a difference for patients and their families to hear that they are not alone!
Our Hospital Outreach schedule is currently:
1st and 3rd Monday: UM Partial 2:15-3:00 P.M.
1st and 3rd Monday: UM In-Patient Unit (9C) at Michigan Medicine – 3:30-4:15
St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor (Trinity Health): Thursdays 2:15-3:00 pm
Presentations are conducted through Zoom but will be returning to in-person sessions soon.
If you are interested in volunteering for this program please fill out a volunteer application and our Volunteer Coordinator will reach out to you soon.
If you have any questions about the program please contact Ashley Xu at ashleyxu@namiwc.org.
