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Free Bowling Night
Monday, August 23rd
We are hosting a free bowling night on Monday, August 23rd at Diablo Bowl (1500 Monument Blvd., Concord.)
Included are 2 lines of bowling, shoe rental, pizza and a drink. There will also be in-house prizes for the 2 best bowling scores. There is no cost to this but you must sign up by e-mailing Steve Gallion at sgallion@dnix.net or call him at (925) 691-5673 to get on the list.
The bowling spots will be limited according to the dollars we raised at the July fundraisers at Johnny Rockets and Red Robin Restaurants at the Sun Valley Mall. Therefore, please reserve your spot early!
No drop-ins please.
Want to Volunteer?
There are various ways you can help NAMI Contra Costa.
Please download our
Volunteering page.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is NAMI Contra Costa?
NAMI Contra Costa is the local chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). NAMI-CC provides educational resources, supportive groups and information to help people with mental illnesses and their loved ones get the support and help they need.
What services do you have?
NAMI-CC has a variety of support and educational
groups available. In addition, there are other support groups
available not affiliated with NAMI-CC. For a listing of groups
available, please visit our Support Groups and Calendar pages for more information.
Some groups/services have their own pages; please visit the In Our Own Voice, New Hope Bi-Polar
Groups and Family-to-Family for
more information.
I would like to research the mental illness and medications. What resources are available to me?
This website includes information to help
people understand mental illnesses and therapeutic medications.
Our Mental Illness page is
brief overview of what a mental illness entails and general
facts about them. For specific mental illnesses, please visit NAMI National's webpage on mental illnesses.
Our Unbiased Medication Information page has many links to websites were you can research medications
and download information. Each link on the Unbiased Medication
Information page is followed by a brief summary of what to find
on that website, to help you expedite your research.
How can I get involved in my loved one's treatment and help them get the most of the mental health system?
NAMI's Family-to-Family is the most comprehensive
class around to help empower you to help your loved one. Family-to-Family is a 12 week course
which takes place 4 times a year. (The starting class information
is always posted in the left column.) Classes take place in both Central and West County.
In addition, please download our Survival Guide.
This 8 step guide will help you be your loved one's best and
most powerful advocate.
You can also download our AB1424 Cover Letter and Form to help document your loved one's history and Release of Confidentiality Form so you can get information concerning your loved.
Please click on each header for more information.
Family to Family
New Family to Family Classes starting in September.
Family 2 Family downloads:
F2F Calendar
F2F in Lafayette
F2F for Veterans
F2F Class in Spanish
Contact Thomas Cloney at 510.705.2608 or Famtofamcc@gmail. com
Tuesday Support Group
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
Join NAMI-CC Today
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!
New Hope Support Group
The New
Hope Support Group meets on the second Monday of the month at 7pm.
New Hope is a support group for parents of children diagnosed with neurobehavioral problems (mental health diagnoses including depression, anxiety, bipolar, OCD and more). We provide ongoing education and support at monthly meetings held at the Lafayette Orinda Presbyterian Church at 49 Knox Drive in Lafayette from 7-9pm.
For more information, contact
Joani deVries 925-962-9952
or Annette Seelig 510-733-0577.
Membership in the support group is free and open to the community.
Dual Recovery Anonymous
Dual Recovery Anonymous is a 12 Step self-help program that is based on the principals of the Twelve Steps and the experiences of men and women in recovery with a dual diagnosis. The DRA program helps us recover from both our chemical dependency and our emotional or psychiatric illness by focusing on relapse prevention and actively improving the quality of our lives. In a community of mutual support, we learn to avoid the risks that lead back to alcohol and drug use as well as reducing the symptoms of our emotional or psychiatric illness.
Tuesdays 5:45 pm to 6:45 pm
John Muir Center for Recovery Classroom B
2730 Grant Street, Concord
Contact: Zula 925.212.2241
PSYCH EMERGENCY NOW HAS DIRECT E-MAIL LINE
The CSU (Psych Emergency) now has it's own direct e-mail address making it possible to send e-mails to the unit instead of faxing the information. Most residences don't have a fax machine.
It has long been a dilemma to the Psych Emergency
staff to receive patients and have
only limited information to begin
their evaluation with.
Advocacy groups like
NAMI Contra Costa have instructed
their members to develop
and have in their files a "One Page
Summary" that would give a receiving
staff member considerable
information on an incoming patient.
Download this month's
newsletter to read the full article.