NAMI-NYS WHITE PAPER: HELPING FAMILIES TO HELP THEIR LOVED ONES WITH SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS

American Idol finalist Kevin Covais, far left, and Hockey Hall of Famer Mike Bossy, back right, joined the Crusaders for CIT (Crisis Intervention Team) police training team on the Jones Beach Board for the Queens/Nassau NAMIWalk last May.

TWO EXCELLENT SITES FOR MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES: 

NETWORK OF CARE is a highly interactive, single information place where consumers, community-based organizations and municipal government workers all can go to easily access a wide variety of important information. The resources in this "virtual community" include a fast, comprehensive Service Directory; links to pertinent Web sites from across the nation; a comprehensive, easy-to-use Library; a political advocacy tool; community message boards; and many others: www.networkofcare.org

MENTAL ILLNESS WATCH gathers in one place all that is happening related to mental illness: The latest news, issues, events and information, with unique columns: www.miwatch.org

NAMI-NYS (formerly known as the Alliance for the Mentally Ill of New York State) is a grassroots, non-profit membership organization that is comprised of families and friends of individuals with mental illness, mental health consumers, and professionals involved in the mental health field. We provide education, support and advocacy for, and on behalf of, persons with serious mental illness and their families.

Members work to improve the quality of life for all people with mental illness and to eradicate the stigma associated with mental illness. For more information on NAMI-NYS please call our helpline at 1.800.950.3228 or email us.