Online Info Fair | NAMI Wisconsin

Assertive Community Treatment

Assertive Community Treatment, or ACT, is a way of delivering a full range of services to people who have been diagnosed with a serious mental illness.

Childrens Mental Health

Promoting the broader dissemination and implementation of EBP's for children and families.

Consumer Operated Services

SIDE is an independent non-profit, multi-service, consumer-run agency in Kansas. It provides drop-in services as well as structured peer-support and education groups, art expression, and social opportunities. The governing board and employees of SIDE are all mental health consumers.

Emerging Approaches to Serious Mental Illness

A RAND Policy Forum on serious mental illness management and recovery was held on January 26, 2011 with a special performance by acclaimed musician Nathaniel Anthony Ayers.

Family Psychoeducation

Family Psychoeducation (FPE), an evidence-based practice, gives consumers and families information about mental illnesses, helps them build social supports, and enhances problem-solving, communication, and coping skills.

Illness Management and Recovery

Illness Management and Recovery (IMR), an evidence-based practice, gives consumers information about mental illnesses and coping skills to help them:
* Manage their illnesses;
* Develop goals; and
* Make informed decisions about their treatment

Integrated Dual Disorder Treatment

In evidence-based Integrated Treatment programs, consumers receive combined treatment for mental illnesses and substance use disorders from the same practitioner or treatment team.

Medication Treatment, Evaluation, & Management

Medication Treatment, Evaluation, and Management (MedTEAM), an evidence-based approach, helps medication prescribers integrate the best current research evidence, clinical expertise, and consumer experience.

Permanent Supportive Housing

Permanent Supportive Housing is an evidence based practice that makes housing affordable to someone on SSI, (either through rental assistance or
housing development) and provides sufficient wraparound supports to allow people with significant support needs to
remain in the housing they have chosen.

Supported Employment

Supported Employment helps people with mental illnesses find and keep meaningful jobs in the community.

The Outlook for Borderline Personality Disorder

Recently, the National Institute of Mental Health hosted an event that focused on Borderline Personality Disorder. Featured speakers included BPD researcher Dr. Marsha Linehan as well as Amanda Wang, founder of RethinkBPD.

Treatment of Depression in Older Adults

Basic information about the treatment of late life depression.

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