Family & Friends is a free 90-minute seminar that informs people who have loved ones living with a mental health condition how to best support them. It's also an opportunity to meet other people in similar situations and gain community support.

Thursday, June 13, 2019

5:30 to 7 p.m.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center

What You’ll Learn

The seminar is led by trained people with lived experience of supporting a family member with a mental health condition. They will walk you through the following topics.

• Understanding diagnoses, treatment and recovery
• Effective communication strategies
• The importance of self-care
• Crisis preparation strategies
• NAMI and community resources

Additional Resources

The NAMI Family & Friends companion eBook provides important information about mental health conditions including: conditions and diagnoses, treatment and recovery, crisis planning, resources and more. You can download it for free at Amazon and Barnes & Noble where select languages are available for the Kindle, Nook and compatible ebook apps.

• Amazon
• Barnes & Noble
• Compressed Epub or Mobi files (English)
• Compressed Epub or Mobi files (Arabic, Chinese, Farsi, Korean, and Vietnamese)

This seminar is made possible by the following grant sources - Thank You! In Rock Island and Henry Counties: The Doris & Victor Day Foundation, The Moline Foundation, Rauch Family Foundation, and Rock Island Community Foundation.