Upcoming Events sponsored by
NAMI-Finger Lakes

Monthly Support Group Meetings

• Support Group meetings are held first Tuesdays of every month from 7-8:30PM, and third Thursdays from 1:30-3:30PM.    Call 607-273-2462 for details or e-mail namifl@lightlink.com   This support group is open to all - you don't have to be a NAMI Finger Lakes member to participate!

• Starting Tuesday, Feb 7, 2012 at 6:30PM-9:00PM NAMI-Finger Lakes will offer a free twelve-week Family-to-Family Education Program for family members who have close relatives diagnosed with:

  Bipolar Disorder - Also Called Manic Depression

  Major Depression

  Schizophrenia

  Schizoaffective Disorder

  Borderline Personality Disorder

  Panic Disorder

  OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder)

  Dual-Diagnosis (Co-occurring Brain and Addictive Disorders)

  This free series of twelve weekly classes will help family members understand and support their ill relatives while maintaining their own well-being. Class size is kept small so that everyone can share their thoughts and emotions about their own family situations, and all information is kept confidential.

  The course is taught by trained volunteers who have ill relatives in their own families.  Course participants will receive extensive handouts on mental illness symptoms, diagnosis, and medications; caretaker "self-care"; and strategies for helping and communicating with our ill relatives.

  The class will meet Tuesday evenings, 6:30 to 9PM from February 7  through April 24, 2011. Class size is limited to 20 people, and pre-registration is required -  call 607-351-4114 or 607-351-0888  for more information