Join NAMIWalks Virtual Kickoff #4 on Aug. 5, 12:00-1:00 P.M.
August 4, 2020We invite you to learn more about how to participate in this year’s NAMIWalks event, taking place on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2020. This year, our modified “DIT* (Do-It-Together) Walk” event will give everyone the chance to support NAMI through fundraising, walk team building, sponsoring, and more in a new format that will combine virtual “socially more »
Read MoreAnonymous Online Survey about Christian Faith and Mental Health
August 2, 2020This study is an anonymous online survey about Christian faith and mental health. The researchers are interested in understanding the relationship between faith and mental health — how a person’s faith may affect the way they experience and understand symptoms of a mental health condition and seek support, and how experiencing a mental health condition more »
Read MoreQPR for Agricultural Communities, Aug. 6, 3:00 P.M.
August 1, 2020NAMI Minnesota and the Upper Midwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center (UMASH) are partnering to provide suicide prevention classes tailored to farming communities. Our aim is to change the public perception in agricultural communities and better equip the community to identify and help people who may be having thoughts of suicide. We offer a one more »
Read MoreNAMI Minnesota Covid-19 Resources
July 20, 2020As COVID-19 continues to spread in Minnesota, and with deep concern for the health of our staff, volunteers and the people we serve, NAMI Minnesota has shutdown its office but continues to operate remotely. By practicing social distancing we are all doing our part to help slow the spread of the virus and prevent our more »
Read MoreSurvey on Your Experiences with Telehealth
July 15, 2020Providers, insurers and health systems are evaluating the effectiveness of telehealth. Even the Department of Human Services is looking at it. NAMI Minnesota recently created a Survey to hear from you – people with mental illnesses and their families – about how telehealth has worked for you. We especially want to hear from people who more »
Read MoreNew Booklet on Co-Occurring Disorders
July 14, 2020NAMI Minnesota’s new booklet “Co-Occurring Disorders: Substance Abuse Disorders and Mental Illnesses” (July 2020) is now available. Learn how to navigate barriers and improve access to care for individuals with co-occurring disorders by empowering families to better recognize the symptoms of substance use disorder in loved ones with a mental illness and advocate for effective more »
Read MoreNAMIWalks Minnesota DIT Sponsorships and Registration
July 10, 2020NAMIWalks Minnesota is gearing up for its 2020 DIT (Do It Together) Walk on Saturday Sept. 26. Support NAMI and join in this creative mental health awareness-raising event which also raises funds for NAMI’s programs of education, support and advocacy for children and adults with mental illnesses and their families. Partner with us as a more »
Read MoreThis Minority Mental Health Month, NAMI is Raising Awareness About Mental Health in Underrepresented Communities
July 1, 2020NAMI https://www.nami.org/Press-Media/Press-Releases/2020/This-Minority-Mental-Health-Month-NAMI-is-Raising-Awareness-About-Mental-Health-in-Underrepresent Arlington, VA — NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, has the goal of raising awareness about mental health care in underrepresented communities. Our culture, beliefs, sexual identity, values, race and language all affect how we perceive and experience mental health conditions. In fact, cultural differences can influence what treatments, coping mechanisms and supports work for more »
Read MoreWith COVID Cares phone line, Minnesota mental health professionals offer support in time of crisis
June 24, 2020By Andy Steiner, MinnPost https://www.minnpost.com/mental-health-addiction/2020/06/with-covid-cares-phone-line-minnesota-mental-health-professionals-offer-support-in-time-of-crisis/ Jordan Robinson was looking for a way to give back. A licensed psychologist and president-elect of the Minnesota Psychological Association, he was in search of an opportunity to use his skills to help others cope in this unprecedented time of stress and trauma. When he heard about COVID Cares Support Service, a more »
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