Support
NAMI Knoxville
provides caring-
not financial- support for persons with a mental illness and their
families through:
·
support
groups;
·
our
official Website:
www.namiknoxville.org; and
·
our NAMI
Knoxville telephone line at (865) 602-7807.
Telephone
support may include information about mental illness, its treatment and
support services, and other resources for persons with a mental illness
and/or their families
and encouragement from staff and volunteers who are mainly people with
the same or similar experiences.
The With Hope in Mind
(WHIM)
Program
- is an
eight-week course for family members and care givers of persons with
mental illness.
Please click here for more details about the course (link to
www.namitn.org)
The Visions for Tomorrow Program
OTHER EDUCATIONAL
RESOURCES
BRIDGES:
Building Recovery of Individual Dreams and Goals through Education and
Support
-
is based on the belief that persons with mental illness can and
do recover.
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BRIDGES is a program of the Tennessee Mental Health Consumers’
Association (TMHCA).
Toll
free (888) 539-0393 Knoxville (865)________
Classes offered by:
o
Friendship House Peer Support Center, Helen Ross McNabb Center
(865) 541-6635
o
Knoxville Wellness Recovery Center, Peninsula Lighthouse (865) 374-7109
o
Peninsula Hospital [BRIDGES Footsteps, inpatient-only course]
(865) 970-9800
Please click here for more details
Wellness Recovery Action Plan
(WRAP)
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is a system to monitor, reduce, and/or eliminate uncomfortable
symptoms and dangerous feelings associated with any chronic illness,
especially those associated with psychiatric diagnoses
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WRAP, identified by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration (SAMHSA) as an exemplary best practice, was
developed by Mary Ellen Copeland and endorsed by the Tennessee Dept. of
Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities.
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Mental Health Recovery Seminar I is a 16-hour minimum course that
includes the five key recovery concepts and the
Wellness Recovery Action
Plan.
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Mental Health Recovery Seminar II is a 40-hour course whose
graduates are certified to facilitate Mental Health Recovery Seminar I
including the
Wellness Recovery Action Plan.
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For more information about WRAP, go to
www.copelandcenter.com
Seminars I & II offered by:
o
Peninsula Lighthouse (865) 374-7109 (fully certified facilitators)
