| 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
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
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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.
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.