NAMI Santa Cruz County - Mental Health Resources & Articles

Updated on 05.10.2008

NAMI-SCC

We are a movement of families, friends and individuals dedicated to improving the quality of life of people affected by serious mental illness and the ultimate eradication of these diseases. This site serves as a forum for new material on Recovery and Advocacy on Mental Health Issues, as well as recent news updates and submissions (fresh air) from our readers.

NAMI-SCC is the Santa Cruz, California, affiliate of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill.

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Noteworthy... (Santa Cruz Nami basic information)

	How to find your local NAMI organization.
	Sprint 2006 NAMI-SCC Newsletter (Adobe Acrobat)
	Mental Health Client Action Network of Santa Cruz
	NAMI Santa Cruz Membership Flyer Support Group Meetings
	Local Crisis Phone Numbers - Listings of Santa Cruz County services and crisis numbers.
	Santa Cruz County Mental Health Services - Information on county programs.
	My family member has been arrested, what do I do?
	Family to Family Classes offered in Santa Cruz County.
	De Familia A Familia, El Programa Educacional (En espa�ol)
	Donations Needed - your help is needed for supportive client services in Santa Cruz County.
	Event Calendar

Advocacy

	Peer to Peer program expanded in California.
	Santa Cruz County Receives $1 Million Grant To Reduce Recidivism
	Psychiatric Advance Directives and Committed Patients
	Infusing Recovery into Mental Health Services.
	California Performance Review Mental Health Recommendations.
	Reclaiming your power during medication appointments with your psychiatrist.
	Straitjacketed Teddy Bear Raises Questions About Ethics And Public Relations
	State Department of Mental Health has provided a new resource page.
	Government Issues Final Rules for the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit
	California Medi-Cal redesign site.
	Social Security by the numbers.
	Leavitt promotes Medicaid flexibility for states.
	California State of the State address.
	Federal challenges for mental health advocacy.
	National Stigma Clearinghouse has long history of effective stigma-busting.
	Medicaid funding 2005 and beyond.
	NAMI California Position Paper on Proposition 63 implementation.
	Information and documents on Proposition 63 implementation.
	Analysis of IDEA (Special Ed bill) reauthorization.
	Santa Cruz County Proposition 63 Letter to the Community.
	Judy Williams honored as 2004 Santa Cruz Community hero.
	California Governor Issues State 'Olmstead' Executive Order

Personal Experiences

	Finding the answers in managing your fears and anxieties.
	Manic depression nearly cost me my life.
	Overcoming Schizophrenia, a personal story.
	While you were sleeping - Joy
	In Knowing You - Joy
	The Naked Bird Watcher.
	A Death in the Box.
	For an Artist, Life Reborn After a Battle With Psychosis
	Today is Another Beginning - Joy
	Santa Cruz Mental Health Care-lessness.
	How I learned to manage fear and anxiety.
	Want to be heard...
	Mental Illness is not who we are.
	Descent into darkness.
	I survived the box.
	Do you have a story for us, email: webmaster@namiscc.org

Recovery

	New Research studies at Stanford Bipolar Disorders Clinic.
	An Empowerment Model of Recovery From Severe Mental Illness - interview With Daniel B. Fisher, MD, PhD.
	Workforce Issues with Recovery-Based Care Transformation
	WRAP, Peer Support and Recovery: Tools for System Change
	Implementing Recovery-based Care from East to West
	Measuring Recovery at the Individual, Program, and System Levels
	Pilot project seeks to transform community mental health services with a recovery model.
	New Federal Perspective: Recovery Now!

News

	Tough Treatment Choices for Schizophrenia
	Chipmunkapublishing focused on mental health related publishing.
	Volunteers needed for internet peer support study.
	Congressional budget office estimates savings on Bush Medicaid plan are 18% less than those of the Whitehouse.
	ER's are under-diagnosing mental illness.
	Study Ties Antidepressants to Suicide
	Landmark report released describing how to overhaul prisoner re-entry systems nationwide.
	Michigan to promote the use of advance directives.
	Indiana prison conditions lead to suicide, self-mutilation.
	Measuring Mental Health Services in California.
	Risperdal Manufacturer Admits Misleading Claims
	Drug bills drain large chunk of Medicaid
	Mental health professionals are "California dreaming".
	Teens needing mental health services - wait in justice system.
	Wall Street Journal Examines HHS Secretary Nominee Leavitt's Experience with Medicaid Reform
	UK Mental Health Report - suicide rate down over 6% from 1995.
	Medicare's Troubles May Be Sleeping Giant
	Psychiatric Rehabilitation Certification Program
	Hunger, Homelessness Still On the Rise in Major U.S. Cities
	Moving from Coercion to Collaboration in Mental Health Services Publication Available
	New Legislation Allows People with Mental Illnesses to Direct Treatment
	Canadian researchers to develop new class of drugs to treat psychiatric disorders
	Congress passes FY2005 Spending Bill.
	Return 2 Work: Employment help for the disAbled.
	Bazelon: Acute MH Care Must Boost Crisis Diversion, Early Intervention Services

Editorials and Opinion

	Prison Release Programs Needed - International Herald Tribune
	Does the Mental Health System Need Its Own "Apollo Program" - Adrian Bishop and Richard Dougherty, Ph.D.
	Are the modern tranquilizers addictive? - Dr. Abram Hoffer
	Drug Industry Secrets - Dr. Peter Rost, VP Pfizer
	Stigma may create opportunities for recovery - Ed Knight
	Everyone with schizophrenia needs to know there is hope. - John Cadigan
	Employers, people with mental illness must find compromise
	Recovery is not a new idea - Pat Deegan
	40th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act - Chad Witcher
	A Stressful Mental Health System is Disaster for the Mentally Ill.
	Addressing mental-illness stigma bluntly - Mael Anne Dinnell.
	Advance Directives - Mary Ellen Copeland.
	Recovery from schizophrenia is not rare.
	Factors helping recovery.

Events

	Nami Walk San Francisco, May 31, 2008
	The Human Race, Santa Cruz, CA., May 10, 2008
	Thursdays: 7PM-9PM, Family Support Group, 300 Harvey West Park, Santa Cruz. 427-8020

Book Reviews

	To Walk on Eggshells - New companion book to Suzy Johnston's autobiography, this one is written by Suzy's mother, Jean, telling the view from the her eyes, and offering much good advice and comfort from one parent to all of us that have a loved one suffering from the symptoms of mental illness.
	The Naked Bird Watcher - An inspiring account by Suzy Johnston, of her struggles with Manic Depression/Bipolar Affective disorder and her steps on the road to recovery. Recommended!
	ADHD And the Criminal Justice System - the first book devoted to how ADHD interacts with the Criminal Justice System at all levels.
	Short of a Picnic Twelve different disorders made real by the surprising and passionate writing style of Eric Shapiro.
	The Cutting Edge: A Newsletter for People Living with Self-Inflicted Violence is published quarterly by Ruta Mazelis, who writes and consults on issues of trauma and self-injury and is committed to providing "a forum for [people] living with self-inflicted violence.
	Outta My Head and In Your Face is a selection of poetry and artwork that chronicles Mara McWilliam's journey through the darkest depths of mental illness to diagnosis and the process of recovery to a full and beautiful life.
	When Someone You Love has a Mental Illness: A Handbook for Families by Rebecca Woolis. Practical advice for families and care-givers, this is really an excellent resource.
	Mad in America: Bad Science, Bad Medicine, and the Enduring Mistreatment of the Mentally Ill by Robert Whitaker. Wake up call to the psychiatric approach to mental illness. Nathaniel Lehrman review. Larry Goldman review.
	"Pseudoscience in Biological Psychiatry: Blaming the Body" by Colin Ross and Alvin Pam (John Wiley & Sons, 1994).
	"Punishing The Patient: How Psychiatrists Misunderstand and Mistreat Schizophrenia" by Richard Gosden (Scribe Publications, 2001).
	"Users and Abusers of Psychiatry: A Critical Look at Traditional Psychiatric Practice" by Lucy Johnstone (Brunner-Routledge, second edition October 2000).
	Reading List - David Hacker's list of recommended reading. (See David's story.)

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What is NAMI-SCC?

	NAMI-SCC Mission Statement - A summary of our purpose, mission and beliefs.
	Local Crisis Phone Numbers - Listings of Santa Cruz County services and crisis numbers.

	Mental Health Community support services in Santa Cruz County.
	Contact Information - Helpful numbers, organizations, phone numbers & resources.

Membership Information - How you can join our mailing list, become a member or lend your support. We need your help!

Calendar

	Event calendar
	Support Meetings - weekly support meetings in Santa Cruz.

	Santa Cruz Sentinel Calendar - Local Santa Cruz events including ours, see our listing.
	Santa Cruz County Mental Health Board meets 3-4:30 PM the third Thursday of every month at 1400 Emeline Ave., Room 207, Santa Cruz. Quarterly meetings are conducted at 18 W. Beach St., Watsonville. The agenda calls for public input call 831-454-4971 for information.

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