5th Avenue Theatre, Evergreen Hospital, Together Center host Brain Health events.

A Tony and Pulitzer Prize winner musical 

 5TH AVENUE THEATRE
"Next To Normal" Musical,  5th Avenue Theatre, Seattle - A women and her family dealing with Bipolar disorder in an otherwise normal life.  Critically acclaimed.  Ticket and Details here.  March 8 - 13, 2pm and 7pm shows.

EVERGREEN HOSPITAL
Charles Radican, MA presents An Educational Forum On “Multiple Personality Disorder: Can You Identify?” March 15, 7-9 pm

Davie Avery, MD presents An Educational Forum On "Psychiatric Illness and Sleep: Synchronization of Body Clocks as Treatment"   April 19, 7-9 pm

TOGETHER CENTER - Redmond
Free Training - National Alliance of Mentally Ill,  Redmond 
March 15, 2011: "Special Needs ...Caring for Loved Ones under Unique Circumstances”

March 18-20, 2011: Peer-to-Peer:
Peer-to-Peer is one of NAMI’s signature programs. It is a unique, experiential learning program for people with any serious mental illness who are interested in establishing and maintaining their wellness and recovery.

April 15-17, 2011: Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP)

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EVERGREEN HOSPITAL
NAMI-Eastside, National Alliance on Mental Illness


Charles Radican, MA presents An Educational Forum On “Multiple Personality Disorder: Can You Identify?”

Charles Radican is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with a private practice in Bellevue. He also has a Masters Degree in Clinical Psychology from Antioch University of Seattle. In this presentation he will be looking at the diagnosis that has been known as Multiple Personality Disorder. He will explore what is and what is not a clinically significant disorder and will consider what the roots of this and related disorders are.

Guest: Charles Radican, MA, LMHC
Date: Tuesday, March 15, 2011, 7 PM - 9 PM
Location: Evergreen Hospital, Suite Tan 100,
12303 NE 130th Lane,
Kirkland, WA 98034

Join us! This event is FREE and open to EVERYONE!
For more information: info@nami-eastside.org  , http://www.nami-eastside.org/, 425-885-6264

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EVERGREEN HOSPITAL
NAMI-Eastside, National Alliance on Mental Illness


David Avery, MD presents "An Educational Forum On "Psychiatric Illness and Sleep: Synchronization of Body Clocks as Treatment"

Guest: David Avery, MD
Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2011, 7 PM - 9 PM
Location: Evergreen Hospital, Suite Tan 100,
12303 NE 130th Lane,
Kirkland, WA 98034

Dr. Avery is a Professor at the University of Washington School of Medicine and Director of Inpatient Psychiatry at Harborview Medical Center. Alteration of sleep can cause psychiatric problems such as depression, low energy, poor concentration, mania, etc. Our sleep is controlled by circadian rhythms (the body clocks). The timing of body clocks is controlled by the light-dark cycle. Dr. Avery will discuss ways of controlling the timing of the light-dark pattern and improving the body clock timing, which in turn will improve sleep and psychiatric symptoms.

Join us! This event is FREE and open to EVERYONE!
For more information: info@nami-eastside.org , http://www.nami-eastside.org/, 425-885-6264

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March 15, 2011: "Special Needs ...Caring for Loved Ones under Unique Circumstances” 

Review the many issues you face with children or loved ones with special needs. Discover how government programs may pay for basic living expenses. Examine some of the steps you can take to make sure your special needs child or loved on have the lifestyle you prefer, not only during your life, but also after your death.

March 15, 2011, 7PM, 11400 SE 8th St., Suite 300, Bellevue
RSVP to Sam Jones, CFP(r), MBA, 206-795-0509, Agent, New York Life Insurance Company
http://www.samuelwjones.com/
samjones@ft.newyorklife.com

This is an informational and sales presentation. Neither New York Life nor its agents provide tax, legal or accounting service. Please consult your own professionals for tax, legal and accounting advice.

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TOGETHER CENTER, Redmond  - NAMI-Eastside
March 18-20, 2011: Peer-to-Peer:

Peer-to-Peer is one of NAMI’s signature programs. It is a unique, experiential learning program for people with any serious mental illness who are interested in establishing and maintaining their wellness and recovery.

Participants come away from the course with a binder of hand-out materials, as well as many other tangible resources: an advance directive; a “relapse prevention plan” to help identify tell-tale feelings, thoughts, behavior, or events that may warn of impending relapse and to organize for intervention; mindfulness exercises to help focus and calm thinking; and survival skills for working with providers and the general public. The class is taught by a team of two trained “Mentors” and a volunteer, who are personally experienced at living well with mental illness.

The course was written by Kathryn Cohan McNulty, a person with a psychiatric disability who is also a former provider and manager in the mental health field and a longtime mutual support group member and facilitator. An advisory board comprised of NAMI consumer members, in consultation with Joyce Burland, Ph.D., author of the successful NAMI Family-to-Family Education program, helped guide the curriculum’s development.

There is no charge for the training but applicants are expected to commit to attending all three days. The class will not be held if less than 12 people register for the training.

Contact the NES office at (425) 885-NAMI (6264) or at info@nami-eastside.org  to register.

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April 15-17, 2011: Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) was created by Mary Ellen Copeland, Ph.D. in coordination with other people who have experienced psychiatric symptoms, health care professionals and several related organizations. The WRAP model teaches participants recovery and self-management skills and strategies for dealing with psychiatric symptoms so they can promote higher levels of wellness, stability and quality of life, while increasing their sense of personal responsibility and empowerment. The goals of the class include decreasing the need for costly, invasive therapies; decreasing the incidence of severe symptoms and traumatic life events caused by severe symptoms; increasing understanding of mental illnesses and decreasing stigma, raising participants' level of hope and encouraging their actively working toward wellness

There is no charge for the training but applicants are expected to commit to attending all three days. The class will not be held if less than 12 people register for the training.

Contact the NES office at (425) 885-NAMI (6264) or at info@nami-eastside.org  to register.