Click here for information on Healing the Hidden Wounds - a symposium to raise awareness of existing resources for active duty personnel and veterans.
Special thanks to our sponsors for this event!
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NAMI Tennessee Veterans' Council
Mission: The NAMI Tennessee Veterans' Council advocates for early and effective mental healthcare to support recovery and community integration of veterans, service members and their families.
NAMI Tennessee offers service members, veterans and their families programs designed to unite civilian and military mental health agencies. Our programs provide an outlet to share first-hand experience with the day-to-day challenges of mental illness and recovery.
Battle Buddies: Connects healthy veterans with service members, veterans and military families to help them deal with the trauma of military service. A “Battle Buddies” presentation will raise awareness of mental illness for Veterans’ Service Organizations (VSO) and encourage them to continually reach out to veterans and their families, especially those serving in the present war. Each VSO will address the unique needs of warriors in their community and partner with a local NAMI group for support.
IOOV (In Our Own Voice): Consumers with serious mental illnesses cope with dignity and meaning. Who better to talk about having a mental illness than those in recovery? In a training from NAMI TN, a team of two consumers share their personal testimonies about their successes, hopes and dreams. Helping one person at a time and breaking the stigma.
With Hope in Mind (WHM): Classes and support groups for family members and friends of adults living with mental illness. Classes cover the biology of mental illness; communication, crisis planning, understanding medication and treatment, coping and self-care skills.
With Hope in Mind: Beginnings (WHMB) and NAMI Basics: Classes and support groups for primary care providers of children (under 18) struggling with emotional or behavioral disorders such as ADHD, Anxiety, Depression, Bipolar, Oppositional Defiant Disorder and more.
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Click here for a PDF regarding the MOU between AMVETS and NAMI.
Would you like more information on veteran resources?
Contact: cgroendes@namitn.org
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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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