WHAT IS PEER-TO-PEER?

PEER-TO-PEER is a FREE 9-week course for people with psychiatric disorders on how to live well with mental illness The course is a unique, experiential learning program for people with any serious mental illness who are interested in establishing and maintaining their wellness and recovery. The Peer-to-Peer course consists of nine, two-hour classes taught by a team of three trained "mentors" who are personally experienced with living well with mental illness. Course participants come away from the course with a binder of hand-out materials and many other tangible resources including: * An Advance Directive * A 'Relapse Prevention Plan' which can help identify the feelings, thoughts, behavior or events that may indicate impending relapse, and how to organize for intervention * Mindfulness exercises to help focus and calm thinking * Skills for working with mental health care providers and the general public

Sponsored by NAMI-Yolo, a chapter of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill

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For more information about the Support Group or to register for the Course, phone Chris at (530) 753-1629 or send email to friends@namiyolo.org

NEW! Starting May, 2007 Support Group for Mental Health consumers in Yolo County on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month at 5 p.m. in Woodland

The course was written by Kathryn McNulty, a person with a psychiatric disorder who is also a former provider and manager in the mental health field as well as a longtime mutual support group member and facilitator. An advisory board comprised of consumer members of NAMI, in consultation with Joyce Burland, Ph.D., author of the successful NAMI Family-to-Family Education Program, helped guide the curriculum's development.

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