NOVEMBER 2019 BY MARK CREEKMORE More peers than ever are being used in health and mental health services. Mental health peers are people who have experienced mental health conditions and want to use their experience to help others. Peers are used most to help with complex, chronic conditions, like serious mental illness, substance use disorders,Continue reading From the Board
OCTOBER 2018 BY MARK CREEKMORE Our bylaws place a 6-year limit on the board presidency, and my term is completed this fall. We welcome Tyrone Kelsey as the new president. I plan to continue as a board member working with NAMI (on advocacy primarily). I am pleased that NAMI has made such great progress inContinue reading From the Board
July 2018 By Sara Wesser Like many involved with NAMI, I first learned about the organization by taking one of several signature education programs after a family member was diagnosed with a mental illness. I found that the Family-to-Family class offered a perfect setting in which to learn, along with others who were having similarContinue reading From the Board
April 2018 By Bob Nassauer Every Saturday afternoon at Chelsea Hospital In-Patient Unit and every third Monday afternoon at Michigan Medicine In-Patient Unit (9C), something very meaningful occurs: Volunteers from our affiliate—a representative who lives with mental illness and a representative who lives in support of a family member with mental illness—present the NAMI WashtenawContinue reading From the Board
March 2018 By Lois Maharg At NAMI Washtenaw County, volunteers and staff are rarely content with the status quo. We’re always thinking about how to improve what we do and do it more economically. This month, with assistance from volunteer Cathy Hearn, we’re launching an online newsletter, which in the future will be supplemented byContinue reading From the Board
