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NAMI DuPage Course Offers Hope to Families

Is your family struggling with a mental illness? You are not alone!



NAMI of DuPage County (The
National Alliance on Mental Illness) will be sponsoring the free NAMI Family to
Family Education Program for families and caregivers of persons diagnosed with mental
illnesses.  The course is taught by
trained family members.  All instruction
and course materials are free for class participants.



The Family-to-Family course focuses
on current information about schizophrenia, major depression, bipolar disorder
(manic depression), panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, post-traumatic
stress disorder, borderline personality disorder, and co-occurring brain
disorders and addictive disorders. The course discusses the clinical treatment
of these illnesses and teaches the knowledge and skills that family members
need to cope more effectively.



The FREE 12 week course is taught by
trained facilitators with the lived experience and will be held on:

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Sept. 10 – Nov. 19, Wed., 7-9:30pm Good Samaritan
Hospital, Downers Grove



Sept. 11 – Nov. 20, Thursday, 7-9:30pm, Knox Presbyterian
Church, Naperville

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Sept. 16 – Dec.  2,
Tuesday, 7-9:30pm, Compass Church, Naperville (Faith Based)



 



While the Family to Family program is an educational course, NAMI
DuPage also has support groups at various locations.  For
more information on the support groups or to register for Family to Family,
call the NAMI DuPage office at (630) 752-0066, ext. 218 or register online at www.namidupage.org.




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