A Publication of NAMI Tri-County Illinois NAMI Tri-County Illinois is a legal entity separate and distinct from NAMI, Inc. Find Help. Find Hope. P.O. Box 10167 Peoria, IL 61612 309 693-0541 www.namitri-countyillinois.org Helping to meet the needs of people with severe and persistent mental illness and their families in Peoria, Tazewell, and Woodford Counties in Central Illinois September—November 2017 Announcements Newsletter topic: Media with Behavioral Health as a theme. In 1990, the U.S. Congress established the first full week of October as Mental The NAMI Tri-County Illinois Family Illness Awareness Week (MIAW) in recognition of NAMI's efforts to raise Forum is a quarterly rather than a bi- mental illness awareness. Since then, mental health advocates across the coun- monthly publication. With common use try have joined with others in their communities to sponsor activities, large or of the Internet, members and friends can small, for public education about mental illness. find meeting and activity information on our web site as well as on Facebook. We October 2—7, 2017 also send out regular email blasts regard- ing our activities. Contact information: October 3, Tuesday— **Web: namitri-countyillinois.org Location & Time:: 7:00 to 8:30 p.m., ICC North, Poplar (click on Contact us at this site to be add- Hall, Room 129, ed to the email blast) Speaker: Jean (Jay) Clore, PhD, LCP **Facebook: Nami Tricounty Illinois Topic: Cognitively-based Compassion Training If you prefer to cancel your print sub- October 5, Thursday— scription of this newsletter, please con- Location & Time: 7:00 to 8:30 p.m., ICC North, Poplar Hall, tact Lila at [email protected]. Room 129 Speaker: Peter Alahi, MD The Pork Chop Fest (formerly the Hog Topic: New treatment—Transcranial Magnetic Stimu- Roast), generally held the first Saturday of lation and New and Newer Medications August, will be September 23 from 3 to 7 p.m. at Detweiller Park. Live entertain- NAMI Tri-County Illinois ment—Tom Beckman Band. Please Come! presents New NAMI Dues Structure: Pork Chop Fest Household $60 (one vote) Individual $40 Saturday, September 23, 2017, 3—7 p.m. Open Door $ 5 Joining NAMI includes National, State, and Detweiller Park, Pine & Dogwood Shelters Local organizations and all the publications and resources available from each. Tom Beckman Band Room changes at ICC North for education Food ~ 50/50 ~ Games ~ Silent Auction meetings (1st Thurs)—now Room 129—and $10—Butterfly Pork Chop Sandwich meal / $5—Kids hotdog meal for Family Support Groups (3rd Thurs)— now Room 129. Connections Support Group Fundraiser to pay for educational materials and classes remains in Room 131. September—November 2017 Family Forum Page 2 Educational Inside this issue Mental Illness Awareness Week Activities ......... 1 Opportunities Pork Chop Fest & Announcements ...................... 1 ..... 2 President’s Letter; NAMI Members Speak Out ... 3 NAMI Family to Family Class Education Meetings .............................................. 3 Please call to register for the next class FAQ—Dues .......................................................... 4 Parents, spouses, friends, or adult children of people with With Sympathy & Thank You! ............................ 4 mental illnesses are invited to participate in the next 12-week There is no charge for this NAMI signature program. New Federal Leader on Mental Health ................ 5 Participants will learn valuable information to help them un- Important Contact Information ............................ 5 derstand and support an ill relative while maintaining their Book Reviews ..................................................... 6 own wellbeing. Please call 309 693-0541 for information or to register for the next class. NAMI Board, Phone Numbers ............................ 6 Calendar ............................................................... 7 Movies with Behavioral Health as Theme ........... 8—10 NAMI Peer to Peer Class Mental Health Channel TV 11 Please call to register for the next class Membership Form ................................................ 12 The next class will be held when there are sufficient num- bers to offer it. Please call Dean at 840-0915 or Larry at 745-8359 to register. To take the 10-week class, you must be 18 or older, have a psychiatric diagnosis, and have someone with whom you can talk about any issues/problems the classes unearth. The classes teach information about the various men- tal illnesses, tell how different medications function, help you create a relapse prevention plan, and start you toward creating an advance medical directive. The class will be facilitated by Dean and Larry. There is no charge for this NAMI signature The NAMI Illinois State Conference brings together hundreds of program. family members impacted by mental illness, persons with mental illness, NAMI affiliate leadership throughout the state, and profes- sionals in the field from across Illinois. This year’s conference with the theme of “Changing Minds in NAMI Basics Education Program Challenging Times” includes four tracks: Please call to register for the next class 1. Understanding Policy & Advocacy: Topics related to mental This course is for parents and caregivers of children and ado- health advocacy at the local, state and federal level and how these levels interact to create and maintain a unified voice that lescents with mental illness. Basics is taught by parents who promotes our legislative priorities. have lived similar experiences with their own kids and have 2. Consumer & Family Engagement: How to strengthen our received training to teach the course. The class covers the biol- voice as a unified network of lived experiences, increase visibil- ogy of mental illness, treatment, school interventions, and the ity and impact, and promote mental health wellness and recov- latest research as well as the trauma of brain disorders for the ery. child and the family. If you are interested in this class, 3. Strengthening NAMI: For affiliate leaders, affiliate staff and please call Beth at 251-5830. There is no charge for this key volunteers to learn how to grow their NAMI to better serve NAMI signature program but registration is required. our communities. Also, check out www.NAMI.org "Basics" video on You Tube 4. New Research, Practices & Innovation: New and innovative for further description of the course. research, programs and practice that contribute to the develop- ment and strengthening of a comprehensive mental health sys- tem during challenging times. From Roger, our treasurer... Hey, just a reminder that if you use Amazon, you can sign up for their AmazonSmile program; they donate a small percent- age to non-profits, so you can designate NAMI Tri-County Illinois, give them the deposit account info and they will auto- matically deposit the proceeds. We just received $11.63 from this. Yes, I know, not much money, but it is free money to us. So, how about a bigger check next time thanks to your participation! September—November 2017 Family Forum Page 3 Letter from the President Education Meetings To All our NAMI Friends: First Thursday of most months, 7:00—8:30 p.m. Gifts come in many shapes. At the Location: ICC North, Poplar Hall, Room 129 end of June our NAMI affiliate gained the status of “Re-affiliated.” September 7, 2017 NAMI National implemented the re- affiliation process based on the Topic: Coping with Seasonal Affective Disorder “Standards of Excellence,” devel- Speaker: Patricia Edwards, LCSW, ACSW, The Antioch oped to help NAMI affiliates be con- Group, Peoria sistent throughout the Unites States. Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is characterized by recurrent Ours is the second in Illinois (behind episodes of depression, usually in late fall and winter, alternat- Cook County North Suburban) to ing with periods of normal or high mood the rest of the year. complete this process. This was a gift from our former president Sue Spears. During the time that October 3, 2017, Tuesday Sue was giving hours of her time each week to NAMI Illinois, she worked diligently gathering and submitting everything re- Topic: Cognitive-based Compassion Training (CBCT) quired. Thank-you Sue. Speaker: Dr. Jean Clore, Psychologist, UnityPoint Health For those of you who follow the leadership of our organization, Location: ICC North, Poplar Hall, Room 129. let me update you as to who’s on our board. With life changes CBCT is a course in meditation focused on increasing compas- and our elections in June we have lost and gained board mem- sion for the self and towards others and can decrease symptoms bers. With her responsibilities at home, Becky Dorman (COGS of burnout in physicians. This is not intended to be therapy or and Basics) stepped off. Susan O’Neal (Family to Family, End- intervention for mental health. NAMI members can learn how ing the Silence) has taken a position with Advocates for Access to better handle our own stresses in Springfield and moved there. Sue Spears (former president, support group leader) and Clark Wade (Mental Health Mile) October 5, 2017, Thursday came to the end of their terms and wouldn’t put up with any arm twisting to stay. Due in part to a mishap in Colorado earlier Topic: New treatment—Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation this summer, Dianne and Roger Geiss (former president, F2F and New and Newer Medications facilitator and board secretary) have submitted their resignation Speaker: Dr. Peter Alahi, Dept. of Psychiatry and Behav- to focus on overcoming some health problems. All of these in- ioral Medicine, UICOMP dividuals have made great contributions in the areas I men- tioned and more, and have done so reliably and enthusiastically. November 2, 2017 Our new board members as of July are Karen Rose and Deb Shaw. Each comes with her own experiences and a willingness Topic: Personality Disorders, Part 2 to jump in. Please introduce yourselves to them. Speakers: Dr. Jay Rawal and Dr. Mishu Mamin, both The computer I’ve been using in my home had become quite Resident Psychiatrists, Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral “squirrelly.” At 10 years old and a hand-me-down anyway, it Medicine, UICOMP was definitely troublesome.