NAMI offers programs that include SUPPORT GROUPS, 12 week courses for family caregivers, peer to peer groups and a speaker series for people and their family members and partners who are suffering from Major Depression, Schizophrenia, Manic Depression, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Panic Disorder, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and (pleeeeese!) Borderline Personality Disorder (what you may be diagnosed with when they can't figure out anything else?)
We think there is a lot of over diagnosis and misdiagnosis, and that for instance, "personality disorders" are sometimes just part of the whole "everyone is diagnosable and everyone is medicatable" psychology b.s.
(What unlicensed but practicing as an MFCC person is known as the King or Queen of Personality Disorders operating out of a homeless clinic in the San Fernando Valley and delivering reports to shelters?)
Some people really are mentally ill, maybe you, maybe a family member, maybe someone who is homeless as a result, or maybe you're homeless because you went broke trying to save somebody who can't be saved? Maybe malingering by your medical care people or living on the street or a shelter made you crazy?
So you can call (818) 994-6747 in the San Fernando Valley or Santa Clarita, or link here to their site and found out how and if NAMI help you.
Among the "suspicious" behaviors that might indicated Major mental illness include withdrawal from society or isolation, confused or delusional thinking, hallucinations, strange or grandiose ideas, prolonged or severe depression (warning, ads on TV paid for by pharmacutical companies would suggest this is more than 2 weeks of depression - more bs!), excessive anxiety (are they even considering the situation you're living in - who decides what is "excessive?), mood swings (ditto), suicidal thoughts or behavior, changes in appetite, sleep disturbances (ever try sleeping in a shelter?), increased use of alcohol or drugs (self medicating).
OK, if your brother or sister are on the street with a mental illness (often schizophrenia) you may need this group.
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