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NAMI MONTHLY GENERAL COMMUNITY MEETING
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Tuesday, June 8, 2010
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 Don't miss this great informational meeting. Our speaker will be Dr. Melissa Deuter, President of the Bexar County Psychiatric Society. Her presentation will be on "Navigating the Mental Health Care System." Dr. Deuter will also discuss the need for a mental health advocate and other issues pertinent to mental health care."
NAMI meetings are held at 510 Belknap Place, Parish Hall. A light meal is served at 6:30 pm with the program starting at 7 pm.
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SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT MENTAL HEALTH UNIT
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UPDATE ON MENTAL HEALTH UNIT
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Good News!
Mental Health Unit is getting a new sargent and adding two more officers.
the SAPD Mental Health Unit now works Mondays thru Fridays 8 pm - 4 pm.
If police assistance is required and it is an emergency, continue to call 911 and request a CIT officer if one is available. To contact the two officers assigned to the Mental Health Detail if they can be of any assistance please call them at these phone numbers :
William Kasberg: 394-9637
Ernest Stevens: 289-2530
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SAVE THIS IMPORTANT DATE!
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The First International Crisis Intervention Team Conference
June 1 - 3, 2010
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The First International Crisis Intervention Team Conference will be held in San Antonio, Texas, June 1 - 3, 2010. The conference is formerly known as the National CIT Conference. The City of San Antonio, Texas is proud to host the 1st Annual International CIT Conference at the Marriott Rivercenter Hotel!
The CIT International Conference will showcase initiatives that promote collaboration between law enforcement, mental health and advocacy systems in serving the mental health population. The conference will provide multiple workshops that highlight innovative initiatives which invite collaboration and innovation among attendees in their respective communities. Over 100 presentations will showcase usable information that can be applied and utilized to create a standard of excellence in community policing and strengthening the public safety net. This year’s conference is being offered for the first time on an international level to meet the needs of providers and users of services around the globe!
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NIMH Family BPD Research Study Available at Texas
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Family members and partners of a relative with symptoms of Borderline
Personality Disorder are invited to participate in a National Institute
of Mental Health (NIMH) funded study in Houston, October 23, from noon
to 3 PM. Spouses, parents, siblings, children over 21, and partners
are eligible by registering at videoresearch@neabpd.org. The study
will be held at the Marriott Westchase in conjunction with the NAMI
Texas State Convention although one does not need to attend the entire
convention to join in the study. All participants will receive $25 and
lunch is included.
For more information contact Diane and Jim Hall at
jahall2@hotmail.com, 281 300-3837, or Kelly Jeschke at
kjeschke@namitexas.org, 512 693-2000.
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Report by Columbia University On How Bedtimes Effect Children's Mental Health
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A Columbia University Medical Center report findings are the first to examine bedtimes' effects on kids' mental health — and the results are noteworthy.
Middle and high-schoolers whose parents don't require them to be in bed before midnight on school nights are 42% more likely to be depressed than teens whose parents require a 10 p.m. or earlier bedtime. And teens who are allowed to stay up late are 30% more likely to have had suicidal thoughts in the past year.
To learn more go to:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2009-06-09-bedtime-teen-depression_N.htm?loc=interstitialskip
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University of Texas Health Science Center Announces New Research
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The UT Health Science Center’s Psychiatric Genetics Research Center is studying the difference and potential of early interventions in the lives of those most at risk of one of two major mental illness; children of parents affected with Bipolar disorder and Schizophrenia. For these children who are at high genetic risk, the study team is endeavoring to get the children the treatment they need, and provide psycho education classes, giving children and their parents tools to properly deal with these illnesses when they do occur. NAMI San Antonio has responded to this project enthusiastically, providing co-teachers from their Family to Family team, to assist with the study’s Family Focus Group Classes, and their collaboration has been extremely beneficial. The intent is for the interventions to improve the ability of these children to finish school, have productive jobs and family lives, and reduce suicide attempts, substance abuse, and other risky behaviors.
Participating in this study can be a great help and real contribution toward improving the ways our culture responds to these major mental illnesses as they occur in families. People with Bipolar disorder and Schizophrenia are typically not diagnosed until several years after onset of symptoms. This has serious consequences. Being undiagnosed or sub optimally treated during these years has lifelong effects, given the impact on school, relationships and first employment.
The two year study is enrolling children from age 6 to 20 who have at least one parent who has formally been diagnosed with either Bipolar disorder or Schizophrenia. The study is being conducted at the Psychiatric Genetics Research Center downtown on Soledad. For anyone who is interested in this important work, your participation will be a great help, financial compensation is included as well.
For further information, call either Sarah Japhet at 562-5116 or Judi Robinson at 562-5123.
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