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NAMIWWALKS PA 2007 Saturday, September 15th at the State
Capitol, Harrisburg
The
NAMIWWALKS for the Mind of America is a nationwide fundraising
and mental health awareness program that will be held in
60 communities around the country in 2007, including Harrisburg,
Pennsylvania.
These
Walks will raise awareness about Mental Illness as biological
brain disorders, combat stigma associated with severe mental
illnesses and promote mental health services NAMIWALKS provides
to thousands of families here in Pennsylvania and across
the country.
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Face
Painting and Balloons
at the WALK! Bring your Family! |
Please
sign
up now
to help BUILD
your team! |
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Family
Team |
Business
Team |
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Corporate
Sponsor |
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Contribute to the WALK |
If
you would like to volunteer please contact our office
at 800-223-0500 or contact NAMIWALKS
PA Manager Tammy Beaston at tbeaston@nami.org.
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| Entertainment
at the WALK! |
Mix
106.7 will make an appearance! |
Mix
105.7 will make an appearance! |
Red
102.3 will make an appearance!
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Tara Aucker will perform live! |
Three
Trains Comin' will perform live! |
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| Annual
Conference Featured Presenters |
Dr.
Kathy Seifert,
author of “How Children Become Violent”, will
present the Opening Plenary Address on Friday, October 26th.
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Tom
Wooton,
author of "The Bipolar Advantage" will be a featured
presenter and have a booksigning at the conference |
Announcements
and Updates
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NAMI
Pennsylvania congratulates Carol Caruso, NAMI PA Montgomery
County, for her recent election as Secretary to the NAMI National
Board of Directors.
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NAMI
Pennsylvania and it's Board want to express it's gratitude
and appreciation to Suzanne Vogel-Scibilia, M.D., of NAMI
PA Beaver County, for her outstanding service on the NAMI
National Board for the past six years, and serving the last
two years as President of the National Board of Directors.
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Science Corner
August
5th
NIMH: Faster-Acting Antidepressants Closer to Becoming a Reality�Experimental
Medication Ketamine Relieves Depression in Just Hours�Points
to Targets for New Medications
A
new NIMH-funded study has revealed more about how the medication
ketamine, when used experimentally for depression, relieves
symptoms of the disorder in hours instead of the weeks or
months it takes for current antidepressants to work. While
ketamine itself probably won�t come into use as an antidepressant
because of its side effects, the new finding moves scientists
considerably closer to understanding how to develop faster-acting
antidepressant medications. The study was reported online
in Biological Psychiatry on July 23, 2007
Press
release: http://www.nimh.nih.gov/press/ketamine
2.cfm
August
8th
NIMH: Improvement Following
ADHD Treatment Sustained in Most Children�
But Linked Problems Persist Into Adolescence�Major Follow-up
Study
Most
children treated in a variety of ways for attention deficit
hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) showed sustained improvement
after three years in a major follow-up study funded by NIMH.
Yet increased risk for behavioral problems, including delinquency
and substance use, remained higher than normal. The study
followed-up children who had participated in the Multimodal
Treatment Study of Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity
Disorder (MTA).This report is among four on the outcome of
the MTA study published in the August 2007 issue of Journal
of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
Press release: http://www.nimh.nih.gov/press/mtafollowup.cfm
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Emergency
Preparedness Planning
Resource for the Disabled
Emergency
Preparedness Section
Emergencies/disasters
are part of every day life. Floods, droughts, earthquakes,
snowstorms, the accidental release of radiation and terrorist
attacks are just a few examples of problems we may face. Advance
planning and coordination of family activities will improve
the opportunities for managing and overcoming the challenges
of such emergencies. As Benjamin Franklin once said, “it
is better to dig your well before you are thirsty.”
Emergency
Preparedness Section
Upcoming
Emergency Preparedness Trainings |
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Criminal
Justice Training and the Forensics Interagency Task Force
NAMI believes that education about brain disorders at all
levels of judicial and legal systems is crucial to the appropriate
disposition of cases involving offenders with brain disorders.
Judges, lawyers, police officers, correctional officers, parole
and probation officers, law enforcement personnel, court officers,
and emergency medical transport and service personnel should
be required to complete at least 20 hours of training about
these disorders. Consumers and family members should be a
part of this educational process.
NAMI believes that state and local mental health authorities
must work closely in conjunction with state and local correctional
and law enforcement agencies to develop strategies and programs
for compassionate intervention by law enforcement, jail diversion,
treatment of individuals with brain disorders who are incarcerated,
and discharge planning and community reintegration services
for individuals with brain disorders released from correctional
facilities.
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Announcing
the National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices
(NREPP), a service of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration (SAMHSA).
NREPP
is a searchable database of interventions for the prevention
and treatment of mental and substance use disorders. SAMHSA
has developed this resource to help people, agencies, and
organizations implement programs and practices in their communities.
Online
Resource
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