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DATE: 2 May 2006
- Affiliate Event Announcement
Event: Speaker meeting, “Handling Family
Conflicts When Mental Illness is One of the Issues”, with
Ellen Berman, M.D. and David Wohlsifer, MSW, LCSW, DHS
Date: Monday, 8 May at 7 p.m.
Place: St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, Lancaster
and Louella Avenues, Wayne
Note; Drs. Berman and Wohlsifer are therapists with Bala Psychological
Resources in Bala Cynwyd and clinical educators in the Psychiatry
Department at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.
If you have questions about the event please call 610.896.7531.
Additional Local Events and Seminars
- Event: Introduction to Wellness
Action Recovery Plan (WRAP)
Date: Beginning 3 May and continuing for 11 weeks.
Groups held Wednesdays at 5:00 p.m., Fridays at 1:00 p.m. and Sundays
at 3:00 p.m.
Place: Bryn Mawr Consumer Center, 1001 W. Lancaster
Ave., Bryn Mawr
Note: For more information call 610.527.1511
- Event: “Divided Minds: Twin
Sisters and Their Journey Through Schizophrenia” with Pamela
Spiro Wagner and Carolyn S. Spiro, M.D.
Date: 4 May at 7:30 p.m.
Place: The George School, Walton Auditorium, Newtown,
PA
Note: Sponsored by NAMI Bucks County and others.
Books will be available for purchase. For information call 866.399.NAMI
or email namibucks@rcn.com
- Event: Delaware County Suicide
Prevention Awareness Walk and Fun Run
Date: 6 May, 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Place: Rose Tree Park, PA Route 252 and Rose Tree
Rd., Upper Providence
Note: Registration is $20 (children under 12—free).
For more information call Tony Salvatore at 610.279.6100 or tsalvator@mces.org.
- Event: NAMI PA, Northwest Philadelphia
Open House
Date: 6 May, 1-4 p.m.
Place: Joseph E. Coleman Northwest Regional Library,
68 W. Chelten Ave., Philadelphia
Note: For more information contact Gloria Worthy
at 215.224.6307.
- Event: Regional Rally for Mental
Health Recovery Rights
Date: 11 May, 12-1 p.m.
Place: Dilworth Plaza (west side of City Hall),
Broad and Market Sts., Philadelphia
Note: Sponsored by the Mental Health Association
of Southeastern Pennsylvania. For more information call 800.688.4226
x228--Susan or x223--Terry).
- Event: Norristown State Hospital
Consumer Conference, “Recovery and the Community”
Date: 17 May 2006
Place: Norristown State Hospital
Note: Sponsored by NSH Patient Advisory Council.
For more information call Mary Selix at 610.313.5260 or Joe Morgan
at 610.313.5401.
- Event: NAMI PA, North Central
Philadelphia Open House
Date: 18 May, 6-8 p.m.
Place: Warren E. Smith Health Center, 1315 Windrim
Ave., Philadelphia
Note: For more information contact Delores Jackson
at 215.228.7214.
- Event: NAMI PA Regional Conference
Date: 20 May 2006
Place: Norristown State Hospital
Note: Joseph Rogers, Executive
Director of MHASP is the featured presenter at this one day conference
which will also include workshops on a variety of topics including
employment, children’s mental health services, housing, peer
specialists and advocacy. This is a great opportunity to meet NAMI
PA state staff and members of local NAMI affiliates. Registration
fee is $25 (lunch is included). For more information call 800.223.0500
or email nami-pa@nami.org.
- Event: Survivors of Suicide (SOS)
Spring Conference
Date: 20 May
Place: Clark Auditorium, Crozer Chester Medical
Center, Upland PA
Note: For more information email phillysos@hotmail.com.
- Event: NAMI PA, Montgomery County
speaker meeting with Sandy Watson
Date: 21 May, 1:45 p.m.
Place: 100 S. Keswick Ave., Glenside
Note: Sandy Watson is Executive Director of the
Montgomery County Consumer Satisfaction Team (CST). CST provides
information about satisfaction with mental health services people
are receiving to the county Office of Mental Health and makes recommendations
for change. For more information call 215.886.0350.
- Event: NAMI PA, Northeast Philadelphia
Open House
Date: 21 May, 2-4 p.m.
Place: Friends Hospital, 4641 Roosevelt Blvd.,
Philadelphia
Note: For more information contact Frank Eichorn
or Judy Long at 215.342.9553.
- Event: Workshop: Behavioral Health
Crises & 302s with Herbert Glazer
Date: 24 May, 6-8 p.m.
Place: 9th and Spring Garden Sts., Philadelphia
(free off-street parking)
Note: Sponsored by NAMI PA Philadelphia affiliates.
RSVP to Rea York at SReaYork@aol.com.
- Event: Medical Assistance for
Workers with Disabilities (MAWD) training
Date: 24 May, 9:15 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Place: COAD, 970 E. Lancaster Ave., 1st fl., Exton
PA
Note: Coordinated by NAMI and CSP of Chester County.
MH consumers are requested to invite their case manager, family
member or friend to come with them. Continental breakfast and box
lunch will be provided. Make reservation by 17 May by calling 610.293.1422
or emailing Marilyn Baker at MVB3713@juno.com.
- MHASP – Presentations and
Problem Solving
Mental Health Association of Southeastern Pennsylvania’s
Training and Education Center is sponsoring a series of workshops
for family members of adults with mental illness. No fee for Philadelphia
residents. To register call 215.751.1800 x232 or x233 or email emannion@mhasp.org.
- Event: Dealing with a Difficult
Professional
Dates: 8 May1 or 11 May2
Times and Locations:
1 7-9 p.m., Belmont Center, 4200 Monument Avenue, Room 139, Philadelphia
2 10 a.m. – noon, MHASP, 1211 Chestnut Street, 12th floor,
Philadelphia
Montgomery County Emergency Services (MCES) community lectures
are held in the 2nd floor conference room at 50 Beech Drive, Norristown.
All lectures are three hours beginning at 9:00 a.m. The cost is
$20 and a limited number of scholarships are available. For more
information or to register call Sharon Bieber at 610.279.6100.
- Event: Elder Suicide: What Do
We Know? What Can We Do?
Date: 4 May
- Event: Suicide and Schizephrenia:
Signs & Syptoms
Date: 25 May
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