Educating, informing, supporting
people with mental illness and their families
NAMI Tennessee is a grassroots, non-profit made up of families, consumers and professionals. We
are dedicated to improving quality of life for people
with mental illness and their families.
On this site, you'll find sources of support and
education -- tools that help you and those you love develop the understanding,
skills and strengths you need to cope with mental illness. You'll
also find ways you can advocate for improved services and programs
in Tennessee. Whether you're a consumer, family member, friend
or professional, NAMI Tennessee makes your voice heard.
Someone you love has a mental illness.
That's why there's NAMI.
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| Many thanks to the Memorial Foundation for support of NAMI veteran and military outreach in Davidson, Sumner, Cheatham and Robertson Counties. We will be using two programs to support the needs of returning Iraq/Afghanistan service members, their families and other veterans. |
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In Our Own Voice for Vets is a consumer-run community education program in which veterans in recovery from mental illness and substance abuse disorders use their own story to educate and mentor active duty military personnel, veterans and families. At this crucial time when military service members are returning from brutal overseas conflicts and the military suicide rate is skyrocketing, the public mental health system is dangerously eroding. IOOV veteran presenters will offer peer support to other veterans and their families, encouraging recovery and use of the support of family and friends to maximize benefit from what care is available through the Veterans Administration and other public programs. |
Generous support from the Memorial Foundation will also help us implement Battle Buddies. Veterans trained as In Our Own Voice presenters will speak to Veterans Service Organizations (VSO) and military auxiliaries, raising awareness of mental illness and recovery. Local NAMI affiliates will partner with VSOs to help veterans and military families recognize signs of psychiatric distress, develop coping skills and access mental health services. Military organizations will refer families to NAMI support groups and courses to gain social support and learn how to respond effectively when mental illness strikes the family. |
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NAMI Tennessee is sponsored in part by a grant from the Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities |
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Member, Giving Matters |
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Member, Community Shares |
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Astra-Zeneca generously
provided funding for this web site. |
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www.coolpeoplecare.org |
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1101 Kermit Drive, Suite 605
Nashville, TN 37217
(800) 467-3589 |
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The mission of NAMI Tennessee is to improve quality of life for individuals with mental illness, their families and communities. Toward this end, NAMI Tennessee actively seeks to promote access, equity and inclusiveness; and to discourage discrimination based on race, ethnicity, gender, age, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status and other factors which deny the essential humanity of all people. NAMI Tennessee actively seeks to include a diversity of participants in all of our programs and services. |
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