In this issue: MAY is Mental Health Awareness Month, April 8 General Meeting Recap, NAMI SCC Provider Course, NAMI National Convention, NAMI California Conference, NAMI-SCC’s Annual Picnic, NAMIWalks Silicon Valley 2025, NAMI-SCC Celebrates 50 Years, Tips to Celebrate Mental Health Awareness Month, Stigma FREE Workplace, Volunteer Spotlight: Olga Razumovskaya, Diversity in the Silicon Valley and at NAMI
In this issue: Join Us for NAMI-Santa Clara County’s 50th Anniversary Celebration!, March 11 General Meeting Recap, Installation of Board Officers 2025-2026, Changes to NAMI-Santa Clara County Bylaws, NAMICon, NAMI California Conference, NAMIWalks Silicon Valley 2025, NAMI-Santa Clara County’s NAMI Do-It-Your-Way, A Rainy Sunday Filled with Hope, Behavioral Health Board Event, Mental Health Mentors Share Lived Experience With Peers, Planned Giving
The graduate students in the San Jose State University Occupational Therapy program, conducting a research study on the relationship between sensory processing patterns, sleep quality, and mental health.
The holiday season is supposed to be a time full of joy, parties and gatherings with friends and families. But the holidays can be a difficult time for many persons dealing with:Personal Grief, Loneliness, Illnesses of all Kinds, Economic Concerns, Separation From Family Members and Relationship Issues Like Separation or Divorce.
The Behavioral Health Services Department is gathering feedback from people who live in Santa Clara County, have utilized either mental health or substance use services, or have feedback on what services are needed.
Please share your input in a confidential and anonymous survey administered between August and September 2024.
Jeanette Langdell, Helpline Coordinator at NAMI-SCC, is our September 10 General Meeting presenter. Come learn the answers to questions such as: Why is it called a “Helpline”? Who calls us? What kinds of questions do we get? What kind of training does the staff receive?
Dr. Jacob Ballon is our May 14 general meeting presenter. Dr. Ballon will discuss the current pipeline of medications for schizophrenia, focusing on the medications in clinical trials at the Department of Psychiatry at Stanford University. He will touch on the different mechanisms and how that may make for fewer, or at least different, side effect profiles but also why these medications may work well with existing ones.
Mental illness has never been a one-size-fits-all neurological disorder, and in women’s health the intersection between hormones and mood can further complicate life. But it doesn’t have to be that way said physician Karen Adams, director at Stanford University School of Medicine for Menopause and Healthy Aging. Understanding major depression, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder during perimenopause and menopause can help women predisposed or diagnosed with a mental illness get through this transitional phase.
A Peer Mentor works with participants referred by hospitals that have given us grants or funds. Mentors are doing well in their recovery and support their Participant in the journey to wellness and recovery.
The focus of the September General Meeting will be on the importance of peer support. Dr. Ken Duckworth, NAMI National Chief Medical Officer, will talk about how those with lived experience are a critical part of helping individuals struggling with severe mental illness work through their challenges and weather a crisis. In his book You…