National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
News for the Valley of the Sun (Phoenix Area)

   

Education Meetings

Scottsdale Senior Center at Granite Reef
1700 N. Granite Reef
Scottsdale, AZ

March 6, 2012
Tuesday 
7:00 - 8:30 pm

Speaker: 
Dr. Michael Fuller
University of Texas Medical
Branch in Galveston, TX

Topic:
Choices in Recovery Program

April 3, 2012
Tuesday 
7:00 - 8:30 pm

Speaker: 
Tom McKelvey & Lydia L’esperance
CEO & Clinical Director

Topic:
Programs at Lifewell

Speaker: 
Laura Nelson, MD
Deputy Director
Arizona Dept. of Health Service
Division of Behavioral Health Services

Topic:
Update from the State

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 Lead Article:

NAMI Watchdogs at the Arizona Legislature

Nine members of NAMI Arizona affiliates gathered at the Arizona State Capitol whose purpose is to make known NAMI’s presence and interest in the Legislature’s decisions.

Also:

Brain Scans can Detect Autism in Six-Month-Olds

By the time outward symptoms are apparent much of the faulty brain architecture underlying autism has already taken form. But a new study offers hope that autism could be detected in children as young as 6 months old

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Arizona’s mental illness rate is below average

44.5 million adults, experienced some sort of mental illness over the last year, according to a new report from the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Agency (SAMHSA).

Also:

Resource Guide for Maricopa County now Available

A resource guide for Maricopa County for non-RBHA individuals is now available here.

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Stories from the NAMI National Convention 

NAMI members from the Valley attended the NAMI National Convention in Chicago this July and here are four of their stories.

Also:

Antidepressants Prescribed without Psychiatric Diagnosis

Antidepressants may be increasingly prescribed by non-psychiatrists to treat medical disorders in the absence of a psychiatric diagnosis.

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NAMI Walk Comes to the Valley 

Why do we walk? Raising funds for programs and reducing stigma are obvious important answers to that question but more important is joining with others who care about supporting any and everyone affected by mental illness.

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Questionnaire Helps Early Identification of Autism in Infants

Pediatricians could diagnose children with autism earlier by asking parents to fill out a simple, five-minute checklist when they take their babies in for their first-year checkups.

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