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OPEN YOUR MIND:
THE COUNTY’S VOICE ON MENTAL ILLNESS
JULY 2009
Address: Hello Dear NAMI Friends and Members,
800 Market Ave N,
As you know, we are facing serious economic
Ste 1200, Box 21
times, here in Canton and across the state and country.
Canton, OH 44702 Many have been laid off or lost jobs entirely, increasing the
Phone: numbers of those without health insurance. For those with
no insurance and experiencing mental illness, help is
(330) 455-NAMI [6264]
available through the various publicly funded mental health
Website: providers. As 1 in 4 persons right here in Stark County are
www.nami.org/sites/stark impacted by mental illness, I urge you to be vocal about
the availability of services in our community.
As of this writing, we are still awaiting word on the
final State budget for the next biennium. Please continue
“2nd Tuesday” to contact your state legislators via email, letter or phone
Informational Meetings: call to advocate for NO cuts to mental health services and
********************* to ADD dollars to support these services. Thank you for
your continued efforts.
Tuesday, Jul. 14th, 7pm On Sunday, June 28th, the Canton Repository had
Our speaker will be: an article on page A4 entitled “A Gift or Greed”, written by
Dr. Klimo Tim Botos. The article mentioned NAMI Stark County and
Sandra Spurgeon. However, the Sandra Spurgeon listed
Coleman Behavioral Health in the article is a different person from Sandra Spurgeon,
Psychiatric our member and volunteer of NAMI Stark County. One
good outcome of this error is that our Sandra Spurgeon
Medications met with Tim Botos to correct the error, and talked with him
about NAMI Stark County.
Meetings are held at: I hope to see you at the meeting on July 14th.
McKinley Center
800 Market Ave N, Suite 1150
Canton, Ohio 44702 - Jane James
(Newcomers are welcome to join us at
6:30 p.m. for an informal orientation.)
Tuesday, August 11th, 7pm
Page 2 Volunteer Opportunities
Our speaker will be: Page 3 Finding Support
Page 4 Free Education
Canton City Police, CIT Officer Page 5 Advocating for Change
Page 6 State Legislators Contact Info
Page 7 Mental Health Court & Healthcare
Page 8 Family-to-Family Flyer
Volunteer Opportunities!
Staff & Executive SAVE THE DATES
Committee Contact Info July 14th (Tuesday)
Jane James: Executive Director NAMI general membership meeting
330-455-NAMI [6264] – Business Office
jjames@nami.org July 6-10
NAMI National Convention
Diane Mang: Assistant Executive Director
330-455-NAMI [6264] – Business Office July 21st, 4-7pm
wannies11@hotmail.com Back to School Dayz @ Turnaround
Community Outreach
Cheli Curran: President
330-327-2994 Suicides of Soldiers Reach
chelimari@sprint.blackberry.net
High of Nearly 3 Decades
By The NY Times’ Lizette Alvarez
Greg Blundell: VP of Education
330-244-9605 Suicides among soldiers in 2008 rose for the
gblundell@nami.org fourth year in a row, reaching the highest
level in nearly three decades, Army officials
Richard Foster: VP of Support said January 29th, 2009.
rchdfster@yahoo.com
Richard.Foster@coleman-bh.com “This is not business as usual,” said Gen.
Peter W. Chiarelli, the vice chief of staff of
Rebecca Sousek: VP of Advocacy the Army, who is leading suicide-prevention
330-244-0224 efforts. “We need to move quickly to do
rsousek@msn.com everything we can to reverse the very
disturbing number of suicides we have in the
Charles Cavender: Treasurer U.S. Army.”
330-494-5392
NCOASTNEWF@aol.com
At least 128 soldiers killed themselves last
Leanne Phillips: Secretary year, and the Army suicide rate surpassed
philll@odjfs.state.oh.us that for civilians for the first time since the
Vietnam War, according to Army statistics.
Karen Purdy, R.N.: At-large
330-837-9590 The suicide count, which includes soldiers in
purdy@sssnet.com the Army Reserve and the National Guard, is
expected to grow; 15 deaths are still being
Perri-Anne Concialdi: At-large investigated, and the vast majority of them
pconcialdi@aultman.com are expected to be ruled suicides, Army
officials said.
For the full article online, go to:
www.nytimes.com
and search for “Suicide Army”
SUPPORTING ONE
ANOTHER
Everyone is Welcome!
All groups are free and open to anyone. Please come to find support and answers from those that
have “been there, done that.” Don’t currently need support? Then come to share information with
those that do right now. We hope to see you there!
CANTON
Sunday nights 7:00 – 8:30 pm
We meet every Sunday, whether it’s Easter, Christmas, or any holiday. St. Michael’s Church is
located at intersection of Whipple Ave. NW and Fulton Rd. NW; park in lower level lot facing Whipple
Ave. Look for the orange NAMI sign on the door.
Dual Recovery Anonymous Open 12-Step Group Every Tuesday from 6:30-7:30pm
(For consumers with a substance abuse problem and a mental illness)
Crisis Recovery Center, 832 McKinley Ave NW, Canton, OH 44703
Parent Support Group Each 3rd Thursday of the month 6:30-8:00pm
Coleman Behavioral Health, 400 Tuscarawas St NW in suite 200 (Charter One Bank Building)
This support group is for parents of children/adolescents with ADD, CD, ODD, Bipolar, autism, etc.
Support for In-patients:
In-patients and their loved ones can also attend support groups at both Aultman (on Mondays, 6pm)
and at Mercy Medical Center (on Thursdays, 6:30pm). These are closed to the general public.
ALLIANCE
Thursday nights st
The 1 and 3rd Thursday of each month from 7:00 - 8:30 pm
Science Hill Community Church at 12316 Beeson St. NE, Alliance, 44601.
At our June 2nd Tuesday
meeting, we had the Don’t Forget to Use iGive
opportunity to interact When Shopping Online
with our NAMI Stark County
Board members. We also
filled over 60 “Going Home” When you shop online, please do it through
bags for patients released iGive.com at one of their over 700 stores,
from Heartland Behavioral such as Amazon, EBay, etc. A portion of your
Healthcare. We received an purchase goes to NAMI Stark County.
enthusiastic call from
Danielle Granata, volunteer There are also many coupons
coordinator at Heartland, and free shipping deals through
thanking us for our
generous contributions to iGive.com!!!
their patients. We will
again fill “Going Home” Thank you to the Mental Health
bags at our December 2nd & Recovery Services Board for
Tuesday meeting. Please be assisting with this newsletter.
saving personal care items,
especially items for men.
Open Your Mind 3
NAMI PROVIDES FREE EDUCATION
There is power in knowledge!
PRE-REGISTRATION IS NEEDED for our FREE NAMI Educational Programs.
Family-to-Family – This 12-week course is for family members and friends of adults
with serious mental illness. It is taught by trained NAMI family members.
Contact NAMI – 330-455-NAMI [6264]
The next class begins Wednesday, September 2nd.
Hand-to-Hand – This 9 week course is for parents of children with
emotional/mental/neurobiological disorders.
Contact NAMI – 330-455-NAMI [6264]
There is a waiting list for the next class, which will begin in September.
Peer-to-Peer – This 9-week course is for adults who have been diagnosed with a
mental illness.
Contact NAMI – 330-455-NAMI [6264]
There is a waiting list for the next class, which will begin in August.
What is Borderline Personality Disorder
Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a most misunderstood, serious mental illness
characterized by pervasive instability in moods, interpersonal relationships, self-image, and
behavior. It is a disorder of emotion dysregulation. This instability often disrupts family and
work, long-term planning, and the individual’s sense of self-identity. While less well known
than schizophrenia or bipolar disorder (manic-depressive illness), BPD is as common, affecting
between .07 to 2% of the general population.
The disorder, characterized by intense emotions, self-destructive acts, and stormy interpersonal
relationships, was officially recognized in 1980 and given the name Borderline Personality
Disorder. It was thought to occur on the border between psychotic and neurotic behavior. This
is no longer considered a relevant analysis and the term itself, with its stigmatizing negative
associations, has made diagnosing BPD problematic. The complex symptoms of the disorder
often make patients difficult to treat and therefore may evoke feelings of anger and frustration
in professionals trying to help, with the result that many professionals are often unwilling to
make the diagnosis or treat persons with these symptoms. These problems have been
aggravated by the lack of appropriate insurance coverage for the extended psychosocial
treatments that BPD usually requires. Nevertheless, there has been much progress and success
in the past 25 years in the understanding of and specialized treatment for BPD. It is, in fact, a
diagnosis that has a lot of hope for recovery.
Read more at www.nami.org Borderline Personality Disorder
Open Your Mind 4
Advocating Opportunities &
News
How you can help advocate in support of substance abuse/mental health issues :
Write a brief letter (no more than one page) to or call/email your
senators/representative (state or national) – see below for sample letter. Your
voice DOES make a difference. Make you voice the one they hear.
See next page for contact information on our local legislators
BUDGET CUTS TO STARK COUNTY SERVICES:
PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL POLITICIANS!!!! – Reprinted from February, 2009
Newsletter: Please take Action NOW
The Governor and General Assembly have just given themselves a seven day extension on coming up with a plan to resolve the budget crisis.
This means that mental health advocates have one more week to let our Governor and lawmakers know that they need to pass a budget that
protects the safety net for individuals with mental illness.
YOUR CALLS AND E-MAILS ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE! We continue to receive reports from members of the General
Assembly that they are hearing our message and are looking for ways to restore funding to the Ohio Department of Mental Health’s budget
from the devastating cuts proposed by Governor Strickland. In addition, newspapers from around the state are calling on lawmakers to
prioritize mental health services.
Please continue to contact your legislators. The message is simple. DO NOT CUT MENTAL HEALTH. IF YOU DO, PEOPLE
WILL DIE.
Sample letter from a personal standpoint
(This letter can be made more personal should you choose.)
I write you today as one who has a (family member/loved one/friend/neighbor) who struggles everyday with a
behavioral health challenge. They will never be cured as there is no cure for (cite issue here), however, because of
the funding provided by Ohio, they get the help and support they need to lead the best life they can.
The deep funding cuts Governor Strickland is mandating across the behavioral health care system in Ohio, indeed
our community, will greatly impact the thousands of people in Stark County who rely on the programs and services
funded by this money for survival; those who receive lifesaving medications for serious mental issues such as
paranoia, bipolar disorder and even schizophrenia, therapy for children who live at the hand of abuse and violence
in the home, veterans returning from serving our country with serious mental issues such as post-traumatic stress
disorder to alcoholism and drug addiction, the homeless for whom having no warm and safe place to lay their head
at night leads to severe medical challenges, are malnourished are often victims of crime and families who suffer the
unimaginable pain of having a loved one suicide.
These are just some of the people who will be significantly impacted by these unprecedented budget cuts.
Please take my message back to Columbus and implore them not to cut behavioral health funding. My story is just
one of thousands all over Stark County. Please do your part to help save the most vulnerable among us.
Open Your Mind 5
CONTACT INFORMATION FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS
Governor Ted Strickland (D)
Ohio Governor Ted Strickland's Web site
Address:
Riffe Center, 30th Floor State Sen. Kirk Schuring (R)
77 South High Street Kirk Schuring's Ohio Senate Web page
Columbus, OH 43215-6108 District: 29
Phone: 614-466-3555 Address:
Fax: 614-466-9354 Senate Building
Room #137, First Floor
State Rep. Todd Snitchler, (R) Columbus, Ohio 43215
Telephone: 614/466-0626
Todd Snitchler's Ohio House of Representatives Web page Email: SD29@senate.state.oh.us
District: 50 and
Address:
1817 Devonshire Dr. NW
77 S. High St
10th Floor Canton OH 44708
Columbus, OH 43215-6111 Phone: (330) 478-2900
Phone:(614) 466-9078 E-mail: sd29@mailr.sen.state.oh.us
Email: district50@ohr.state.oh.us
State Sen. Joseph Schiavoni (D)
State Rep. Stephen D. Slesnick (D) Joseph Schiavoni's Ohio Senate Web page
Stephen D. Slesnick's Ohio House of Representatives Web page District: 33
District: 52 Address:
Address:
Senate Building
77 S. High St
13th Floor Room #052, Ground Floor
Columbus, OH 43215-6111 Columbus, Ohio 43215
Phone: (614) 466-8030 Phone: (614) 466-8285
Fax: (614) 719-6952 Email: senatorschiavoni@maild.sen.state.oh.us
Email: district52@ohr.state.oh.us
and
4725 Greenbriar Square NE
Canton, OH 44714
Phone:(330) 497-8923
State Rep.W. Scott Oelslager (R) A listing of national and state legislators
Scott Oelslager's Ohio House of Representatives Web page
District: 51 can be found every Saturday in the Canton
Address: Repository on the editorial page or at
77 S. High St
10th Floor www.cantonrep.com
Columbus, OH 43215-6111
Phone: (614) 752-2438
Fax: (614) 719-6951
Email: district51@ohr.state.oh.us
and
1585 Yorkshire Trace Avenue S. E.
North Canton, OH 44709
Phone: (330) 433-9394
State Rep. Robert F. Hagan (D)
Robert F. Hagan's Ohio House of Representatives Web page
District: 60
Address:
77 S. High St
11th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215-6111
Phone: (614) 466-9435
Fax: (614) 719-3960
Email: district60@ohr.state.oh.us
Open Your Mind 6
June 16, 2009
Canton Municipal Court Launches Mental Health Court Program
Canton Municipal Court began accepting referrals Monday for its newly created Mental Health Court Program.
Operated jointly by the court and the Mental Health and Recovery Services Board of Stark County (MHRSB), the
two-year treatment program will provide comprehensive, coordinated care and supervision intended to promote
effective treatment as an alternative to incarceration, according to court administrator Michael E. Kochera.
Kochera said the program will target defendants whose symptoms of mental illness, history of treatment non-
compliance and/or refusal to accept treatment results in a recurring pattern of misdemeanor offenses.
“The goal is to reduce recidivism among defendants who exhibit severe mental illness and/or co-occurring disorders
as well as to improve their quality of life by stabilizing them in the least restrictive environment,” Kochera said.
John Aller, MHRSB executive director, said the court and board are collaborating on this important effort to benefit
the community. “This is about providing people an integrated mental health/criminal justice program and from that,
the ability to lead a better life,” he said. “Treatment works. People recover.”
Canton Municipal Court Contact: Michael E. Kochera, 330.438.4210
MHRSB Contact: John Aller, 330.455.6644
An announcement from The Supreme Court of Ohio and The Ohio Judicial System
NAMI’s Agenda for Federal Health Reform June 3, 2009
President Obama and leaders in Congress are moving forward to draft legislation to reform our nation’s health care system and
move toward universal coverage. This critical national debate involves drafting complex legislation that is expected to move
forward in separate House and Senate Committees this summer and possibly to the White House this coming fall.
As a national organization representing consumers and families, NAMI supports the overarching goals articulated by President
Obama and congressional leaders:
universal coverage,
cost containment,
quality improvement, and
protecting existing coverage for those who have it.
Beyond these principles, NAMI is also supporting a range of specific priorities to address the needs of children and adults living
with serious mental illness. As part of this process, NAMI has submitted detailed recommendations to Congress and is
supporting a range of discreet legislative proposals that are expected to be a part of the debate in Congress.
Learn more at www.nami.org – health reform
Open Your Mind 7
Presents
Family-to-Family
A FREE Education Program for people
with loved ones with mental illness (neurobiological brain disorder).
What Is Family-to-Family?
The Family-to-Family Education Program was created by Dr. Joyce
Burland, a psychologist and family member, and is sponsored by the National
Alliance on Mental Illness. This twelve-class course is especially designed for
family members and friends of persons experiencing the effects of mental
illness. Primary focus is on three major psychiatric illnesses: schizophrenia,
bipolar disorder (manic depression) and major depression. Other topics covered
in the program include treatment strategies and coping skills, communication
and problem solving.
Classes are team-taught by intensively trained family members. Participants are
encouraged to support each other, to be knowledgeable, and to be effective
members of a team that includes the family, the consumer, the doctor, and the
case manager.
Wednesdays, September 2, 2009 through November 18, 2009
6:30 – 9:30 p.m.
McKinley Center
800 Market Ave. N
Canton, OH 44702
Registration is Required, please call 330-455-6264
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