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NAMI Contra Costa
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Contra Costa’s
Voice on Mental Illness
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August 21st
General Meeting
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Join NAMI-CC
Today
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Contra Costa County
Behavioral Health Court:
Successes and Updates
Martha P. Wilson, Ph.D., Forensics Community
Liaison, Lt. Mitch LeMay, Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Dept.
and others will be giving an update on the Behavioral Health
Court. The Behavioral Health Court helps the mentally ill in
the criminal justice system “get out of the revolving doors”.
E-mail your questions to:
xnamicc@aol.com
You will be assured of an answer
when the meeting starts.
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If your family has a problem
with mental illness,
JOIN NAMI-CC TODAY!
You will get information,
education and support
…Now!
NAMI-CC is effective and immediate.
Download the application form,
send it by e-mail or snail-mail,
and you will have put
a process in motion that will
change the life
of you and your loved one
...forever!
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Two Family to Family
Classes Starting Soon
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First Tuesday
Support Group
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Lafayette Class Starts September 8th
Richmond Class Starts September 4th
Have you taken the free 12 week Family-to-Family
course? This course covers the symptoms and treatment of major
mental illnesses, as well as skills to help family members communicate
with and advocate for their loved one(s) more effectively.
If you have a loved one with a severe and persistent mental
health issue, the the 12 free classes are for you? This is not
a support group but a one night a week, 2.5 hour long, 12 week
course!
For the Richmond Class:
Call Dr. Sumchai at 510.237.9277
Email: family2familyrichmond.nami@gmail.com
Class normally enrolls 20 family members so reserve your spot
soon.
For the Lafayette Class:
Call Thomas Cloney at 510.705.2608
Email: famtofamcc@gmail.com
Class normally enrolls 20 family members so reserve your spot
soon.
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The First Tuesday Support Group is now in
its 10th year of helping people. It is a very effective resource
that can organize you and send you in the direction you need
to help your loved one.
E-mail your questions to:
xnamicc@aol.com
You will be assured of an answer
when the group meets.
Location:
Hillcrest Congregational Church
404 Gregory Lane, Pleasant Hill
Time: 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm
For more information please contact:
Dave Kahler at
xnamicc@aol.com or 925-676-5771
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What You Need to Know About
California AB 1424
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On October 4, 2001 Assembly Bill 1424 (Thomson-Yolo
D) was signed by the Governor and chaptered into law. The law
became effective Jan. 1, 2002. AB 1424 modifies the LPS Act
(Lanterman-Petris-Short Act), which governs involuntary treatment
for people with mental illness in California. The legislative
intent of the bill is quoted as follows:
"The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: Many
families of persons with serious mental illness find the Lanterman-Petris-Short
Act system difficult to access and not supportive of family
information regarding history and symptoms. Persons with mental
illness are best served in a system of care that supports and
acknowledges the role of the family, including parents, children,
spouses, significant others, and consumer-identified natural
resource systems. It is the intent of the Legislature that the
Lanterman-Petris-Short Act system procedures be clarified to
ensure that families are a part of the system response, subject
to the rules of evidence and court procedures."
More specifically, AB 1424 requires:
- That the historical course of the person's
mental illness be considered when it has a direct bearing
on the determination of whether the person is a danger to
self/others or gravely disabled.
- That relevant evidence in available
medical records or presented by family members, treatment
providers or anyone designated by the patient be considered
by the court in determining the historical course.
- That facilities make every reasonable
effort to make information provided by the family available
to the court.
- That the person (a law enforcement officer
or designated mental health professional) authorized to
place a person in emergency custody (a "5150") consider
information provided by the family or a treating pro¬fessional
regarding historical course when deciding whether there
is probable cause for hospitalization.
Upon the signing of AB 1424, several W&I
Codes were amended to permit relevant information about the
historical course of a person's mental disorder from any source
to be considered at all stages of the involuntary hospitalization
process. For example, W&I Code 5150.05 was added to 5150. It
says:
When determining if probable cause exists to take a person into
custody, or cause a person to be taken into custody, pursuant
to Section 5150, any person who is authorized to take that person,
or cause that person to be taken, into custody pursuant to that
section
shall consider available relevant information about the historical
course of the person's mental disorder if the authorized person
determines that the information has a reasonable bearing on
the determination as to whether the person is a danger to others,
or to himself or herself, or is gravely disabled as a result
of the mental disorder.
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Next General Meeting: August 21st, 2008,
7:00 pm
Meetings are held at the John Muir Medical
Center-Concord Campus.
(Formerly Mt. Diablo Medical Center)
2540 East St., Concord 925-682-8200
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