Be an advocate for all those with mental health concerns. NAMI Mass Advocacy Day will be online Tuesday to Thursday, April 4 - 6. Much to learn about being an advocate, and NAMI Mass offers superb education.

• In-Person F2F Class starts Sat. March 11 in Winchester

• Meet new Exec. Dir. of NAMI Mass

• DEAFinitely & This is My Brave

• Addressing Anxiety & Depression in Young Adults

• “EmerSong” A Capella Night

• Statistics can be Staggering

• Report on use of 988

• Sharing Our Stories Presentation

• IOOV Presentation

• NAMI’s ‘Get One, Give One’ Promotion

• Share Your Story For NAMI’s Next Book

• BPL: Children’s Mental Health Storytime

• February Calendar plus future “Save the Dates”

• NAMI Central Middlesex Board of Directors 2023

• Annual Meeting: Voting & Newsletter Topics

• Webinar on CBHCs, the new 24/7 Alternative to Hospital Emergency Departments

• NEW DMH Help Line for Connection to Services

• Our Membership Team Needs 1 More Volunteer

About 25% of prison inmates in Massachusetts have serious mental illness. The Commonwealth is failing these inmates with cruel and careless treatment. Only a consent decree and federal monitoring can assure state prisons make reforms called for in a Justice Department probe.

Recovery from psychosis typically requires medicinal and therapeutic intervention. Sarah Ryan has found that true emotional recovery is a gradual process and a long personal journey. Her whole world — and her understanding of it — was turned upside down by a psychotic break when a “different” reality took over. Afterwards, she constantly questioned herself.

NAMI Mass will host a virtual Family-to-Family Leader course this January 21-22, 2023. Family-to-Family is an 8 session, free, weekly class for family members or friends of someone living with a mental health condition. To be a leader, one must have taken the F2F course. This course trains the leaders (teachers).

Weight loss can be a big topic for many of us at the beginning of a new year. What if exercise is not possible? You’ve got an injury, lack of motivation, or some other condition that keeps you from exercising. Is this possible? Yes!

• Family-to-Family Leader Training

• Affiliate Annual Meeting and Webinar about new Mass CBHCs: January 23, 2023

• Front Door Behavioral Health in Mass

• Sharing Our Stories

• Sex Differences in Mental Health Disorders: BBRF webinar

• January Calendar

• NAMI Central Middlesex Board of Directors

• New behavioral health urgent/crisis care centers, CBHCs, roll out in January.

• Learn more about the CBHCs during our Annual Meeting in January.

A new 24/7 Department of Mental Health Behavioral Health Help Line is set to launch in January 2023. Also, learn more about 988 in Massachusetts.

Our affiliate will host a virtual Family-to-Family courses this January 2023. Family-to-Family is an 8 session, free, weekly class for family members or friends of someone living with a mental health condition.