National Alliance on Mental Illness - St. Thomas

16/09/2019

Persons suffering with Mental Illness can now join The Peer Support Group VI on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/peersupportvi/



Care has the power to make a life-changing impact on those affected by mental health conditions. Through our own words and actions, we can shift the social and systemic barriers that prevent people from building better lives.

Together we can reduce the stigma and misconceptions that cloud public understanding of mental and substance use disorders

Join us Every Second and Fourth Tuesday at 3pm. Call 929-436-2866, enter conference code: 179783500 #

Next call: September 24th @ 3pm

For More Information: Contact Abigail Cyntje at 340-227-0558

Self-help is Recovery

National Alliance on Mental Illness (https://www.nami.org/): Provides education and advocacy programs for those afected by mental disorders, including a toll-free helpline 1-800-950-NAMI (M-F, 10 AM - 6 PM ET) for families in communities throughout the United States.

The NAMI STAR Center is committed to recovery, peer support, expansion of consumer opportunities, and multicultural action to meet the needs of underserved communities. The STAR Center promotes self-help in the planning, delivery and evaluation of mental health services. Detailed information about the STAR Center is available at http://www.peerstar.org/

MentalHealth.gov (https://www.mentalhealth.gov/): Ofers guidance for recognizing mental health issues and starting conversations with friends and family members, educators, and faith and community leaders, among others.

Faces and Voices of Recovery (https://facesandvoicesofrecovery.org/): Serves as a leading national addiction recovery advocacy organization promoting policies that are grounded in science, compassion, and health.

SAMHSA’s National Helpline 1-800-662 HELP (4357) for 24-hour, free, and confidential information and treatment referral.

31/08/2017

There will be a Wellness Recovery Action Plan Training on Monday October 9th 2017.

Are you a person interested in overcoming mental health issues?
Then join us for an...
Introduction to Recovery and WRAP Training
What is WRAP?
The Wellness Recovery Action Plan® or WRAP®, is an evidence-based, self-designed prevention and wellness process that anyone
can use to get well, stay well and make their life the way they want it to be.
WRAP Will Help You:
Discover your own simple, safe Wellness Tools
Develop a list of things to do every day to stay as well as possible
Identify upsetting events, early warning signs and signs that things have gotten much worse and, using Wellness Tools, develop action plans for responding at these times
Guide you through the process of developing a Crisis Plan or Advance Directive
Introduce you to Post Crisis Planning

When: October 9, 2017- 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Where: VI Small Business Development Center, 8000 Nisky Center, Suite 720, St. Thomas, VI
RSVP: Registration is FREE, but seating is limited. Call 340-776- 4303 or visit www.drcvi.org
This training is sponsored by the STAR Center in collaboration with NAMI St. Thomas and the Disability Rights Center of the Virgin Islands

31/08/2017

Dear NAMI Member,

In observance of the Labor Day holiday, there will be no NAMI meeting Monday September 4, 2017.

06/08/2017

The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Family Support & Education group will meet on Monday, August 7, 2017, Roy Lester Schneider Hospital, 2nd Floor Conference room at 6 pm.
Topic for discussion How to Love yourself by Randolph Bennett M.A., L.P.C. Refreshments will be served.

09/06/2017

As NAMI comes off a successful May is Mental Health Month, let’s continue that momentum as we prepare to celebrate National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month in July.

For Minority Mental Health Month, NAMI will continue to promote the theme of "Into Mental Health: Inspired, Informed, Involved.” The campaign focuses on the power of starting inspiring conversations, getting informed to know the right thing to say and encouraging people to proudly proclaim that they are !
nami.org/minoritymentalhealth

06/06/2017

Are you a person
interested in
overcoming mental
health issues?
Then join us for an...
Introduction to Recovery and WRAP Training
What is WRAP?
The Wellness Recovery Action Plan® or
WRAP®, is a self-designed prevention and
wellness process that anyone can use to get
well, stay well and make their life the way
they want it to be.
WRAP Will Help You:
• Discover your own simple, safe
Wellness Tools
• Develop a list of things to do every day
to stay as well as possible
• Identify upsetting events, early warning
signs and signs that things have gotten
much worse and, using Wellness Tools,
develop action plans for responding at
these times
• Guide you through the process of
developing a Crisis Plan or Advance
Directive
• Introduce you to Post Crisis Planning
When: June 8, 2017
5pm – 7pm
Where:
St. Thomas Disability
Rights Center
Conference Room
9003 Havensight Mall -
Suite 313
St Thomas, VI 00802
RSVP:
Registration is FREE,
but seating is limited.
Call 340-220-6264
This training is
sponsored by the
STAR Center in
collaboration with
NAMI St. Thomas and
the USVI Disability
Rights Center

07/05/2017

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT

MENTAL ILLNESS AWARENESS MONTH
Wacko, Nut-Case, Lunatic, Psycho, Sc**zo. You may not realize it, but these words are often use to describe a mental health condition can be very harmful.

In a country where 1 in 5 people are affected by a mental health condition it’s time for all of us to step up and change the conversation.

When the discussion on mental illness focus on fear instead of hope people struggling with these conditions get caught up in the judgement and shame attach to them. They become lost in all the talk and hurtful words and may not get the support they need. But we can help by directing them to NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) for life changing resources.

Just because someone struggle is not seen on the outside does not mean that they are not hurting on the inside. We need to see the person and not the condition.
Call Nami-St Thomas @ 340-220-6264 or e-mail us at: namistt@yahoo.com or see us on facebook. National Alliance on Mental Illness St. Thomas

** Asking for help is a sign of strength not a sign of weakness***
LET US PLEDGE TO BE STIGMA FREE

17/04/2017

NAMI with members of alpha kappa alpha at the Market place on St. John distributing information on mental health

17/04/2017

Join us at the NAMI-St. Thomas Family-to-Family Support Group Meeting on Monday, May 1st at 6:00 p.m., at the Roy Lester Schneider Hospital, Second Floor Conference Room. Our guest speaker is Ellen Spitz, RDN from Synergy Fitness & Wellness Center

06/02/2017

Join us at the NAMI-St. Thomas Family-to-Family Support Group Meeting on Monday, February 6th at 6:00 p.m., at the Roy Lester Schneider Hospital, Second Floor Conference Room.

03/01/2017

Join us at the NAMI-St. Thomas Family-to-Family Support Group Meeting on Monday, January 9th at 6:00 p.m., at the Roy Lester Schneider Hospital Sun Room .

05/11/2016

04/11/2016

Join us at the NAMI-St. Thomas Family-to-Family Support Group Meeting on Monday, November 7th at 6:00 p.m., at the Roy Lester Schneider Hospital, 2nd floor conference room.

Also, please support our Flea Market Sale on Thursday, November 10th from 9am to 3pm at Four Winds Plaza!

03/10/2016

Join us at the NAMI-St. Thomas Family-to-Family Support Group Meeting tonight at 6:00 p.m. at the Roy Lester Schneider, 2nd floor conference room. There will be a guest speaker. See you there!

12/09/2016

Join us today, September 12, 2016 at 6 p.m., at the Roy Lester Schneider Regional Medical Center, 2nd Floor Conference Room. Our guest speaker will be Denise Chamblee and her topic will be "The Many Faces of Abuse." Come out and join other NAMI St. Thomas members and the community. Refreshments served.