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Volume : Fall 2012
NAMI Louisville is dedicated to educating family members, professionals, and the gen-
eral public to dispel myths and misperceptions about mental illness. Our programs and
services are aimed toward eradicating the stigma of mental illness, enhancing the hope
of recovery, and improving the quality of life for those whose lives are affected by
serious mental illness.
Date: 2nd Saturday
Place: First Lutheran
Church, 417 East Broadway
(Door C)
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Date: 3rd Thursday
Place: Christ Lutheran
Church, 9212 Taylorsville Rd
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Date: 4th Sunday
Place: Christ Lutheran
Church, 9212 Taylorsville Rd
Time: 2:30 p.m.
You are not alone!
CONTACT US!
NAMI Louisville 914 E. Broadway Suite # 150 Louisville, KY 40204 Tel: 502-588-2008 [email protected]
Louisville Our Mission:
Sunday October 21,2012 Registration: 200pm-3:00pm Walk, Food and Fun: 3pm to 5pm, Location: Waterfront Park, Harbor Lawn Online registration: www.namilouisville.org Please come join us for Fun, Food and Supporting an Important Cause The NAMI Louisville Walk for Recovery is a local fundraising event held at the beautiful Waterfront Park on the Harbor Lawn. Our goal is to raise $60,000 for NAMI Louisville programs and services that help families of a loved one with a mental illness and individ-uals living with a mental illness. The event also help raise awareness that recovery from mental illness is possible. NAMI Louisville advocates to erase the stigmas associated with mental illness. Supporting the Walk for Recovery makes NAMI Programs possible. Your support assures that families and their loved ones who need assistance will get the help they deserve.
NAMI Louisville Walk for Recovery-Hope for the Future
Family Support Groups
MENTAL HEALTH COUNTS
DON’T FORGET TO VOTE
www.nami.org/elections
Why Support the NAMI Walk
We do great things. NAMI Louis-ville is helping people all over north central Kentucky. Our pro-
grams are free and available to anyone. Our educational pro-grams are evidenced based. They help end stigma, shame, and isolation. They provide hope, compassion and better un-derstanding of serious mental illnesses. NAMI programs pro-vide support through shared expe-rience and guiding principles that give hope. NAMI advocates for the ones who cannot speak up for themselves, who live with stigma and the way society perceives mental illness. Supporting the Walk For Recovery makes NAMI Programs possible. Your support assures families who need help, that they will get the help they deserve.
Supporting NAMI Louisville is important because today, mental health programs, local mental health clinics, and many services have been cut or not available
Help NAMI Louisville fill the gap. Supporting NAMI Louisville’s Walk For Re-
covery helps offer free community based edu-cation programs, support outreach efforts to
raise awareness and fight stigma.
Help us help others
$60,000
Support Walk for Recovery Page 2
NAMI Louisville Board of Directors,2012 George Hersch, ,President Clarence Rode, First V.P. Donna Scott, Second V.P. Todd Schivaone, Treasurer Eric Cecil, Secretary At Large: Rebekah Cotton Liz Curtis Kathy Dobbins Jean Marlatt Henry Ramona Johnson Marsha Wilson NAMI Louisville Personnel Bertha Diaz-Story, Liaison Linda Oechsli, Office Mgr. 914 E. Broadway, Suite 150 Louisville ,KY 40204 502 588 2008 [email protected] www.namilouisville.org
We
will
see
the
Individual
first
and not the
Illness
Thought for the Day
Ways to Support the NAMI
Louisville Walk For Recovery
1) Create your own team
and invite friends and
family to walk with you
2) Walk individually
3) Join a Team
4) Sponsor a Team or Walker
5) Donate raffle prizes
6) Become a corporate
sponsor
7) Volunteer
100% of the donations
collected by walkers will be used to
fund NAMI’s programs , services and
operations here in Louisville. These
programs include support, education,
and advocacy.
The $25.registration fee is flexible.
Please call us at 502-588-2008 for
additional information.
To register for the Walk
go to www.namilouisville,org
Select the Walk button
Walk Sponsors make a Difference Organizations can support NAMI Louisville’s important mission in sever-al ways.
1) Organize a walk team representing your organization and soliciting donations.
2) Become a sponsor of the walk and having a vendor’s table to distrib-ute information about your organization. NAMI Louisville has different levels of event sponsorship. Sponsorships start at $250.00—up to $3,000.00 and offer different benefits at each level. Contact our office at 502-588-2008 for more information.
3) Donate prizes for the raffle event that day.
4) Make a donation to one of the teams that will be walking. When you support NAMI Louisville’s Walk For Recovery, your organiza-tion becomes a partner with us in our free public Education, Support, and Advocacy programs .
Tribute to Philip Ardery Page 3
1914-2012
It is with great sadness that I tell you that Phil Ardery passed away last night. Phil was a WWII Gen-
eral, a bomber pilot who among other dangerous missions flew over Normandy providing cover for
the US troops arriving by sea. He was a founding partner of Brown Todd, and Heyburn, and some
of you remember him from his long days of service on the NAMI-Louisville board. His involvement
with NAMI-Louisville extends back to the 1980s and the very beginnings of NAMI-Lou. Phil was the
founding board chair of Wellspring and in many ways the force behind our coming into being. He
was an amazing man. (Kathy Dobbins)
Mr. Ardery, was truly a renascence man. WW II flying hero, Democratic candidate for Congress ,
Chairman of the Kentucky Heart Association , and a member of Jefferson Fiscal Court.
Unlike most of us, Mr. Ardery did not have a mentally ill family member. However, his compassion
for a neighbor struggling to find adequate resources for his schizophrenic child led him to advocate
for families and individuals affected by mental illness .A commitment he pursued for more than 20
years.
In 1982 ,Mr. Ardery, Bosworth Todd and Barry Bingham Sr .help found Wellspring. It was initially
a single group home that has grown into staffed residential programs and 20 community based in-
dependent housing sites.
In 1981 they organized the American Schizophrenia Foundation Inc. which is now known as
NARSAD, the National Alliance for Research in Schizophrenia and Depression. Since 1987 the
Foundation has awarded approximately $300 million in grants to more than 3,100 scientists
around the world. These scientists are advancing brain disorders research with the goal of deter-
mining the causes, improved treatments and develop prevention methods and eventually create
cures for mental illness.
Mr. Ardery served on several community boards. We were privileged and honored that he served on
the NAMI Louisville board. He was also a recipient of the Spirit of Peace Award. His tenacity and
perseverance inspires us to reach for the sky and to never give up Hope. All of us who continue the
fight are deeply indebted to Mr. Ardery. He paved the way. It is our responsibility to honor his
memory .
Thank you for your service to your country and your service to the NAMI Louisville Board.
Your NAMI family extends condolences to your family and friends.
“Infinity is infinite. One of the things within the realm of infinity is life”, Philip Ardery
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Mental Illness is no mystery and can be treated
(This article appeared in the Courier Journal Sunday August 5,2012)
The headline of The Courier Journal the day after the Denver shootings read
”Motive a Mystery,” reflecting our natural desire to understand why someone would do
something so horrific as shoot dozens of strangers in a movie theater. However, the his-
tory of such shootings suggests hat there was no motive, no rational objective, behind
the alleged actions of James Holmes. It will be weeks, if not months, before we know
what was going through James Holmes’ mind on the night of July 20, if we ever truly
know. Most likely he was experiencing symptoms of a mental illness, very possibly para-
noid schizophrenia, which typically has its onset in the late adolescence or early adult-
hood, often when the individual is in college, alone, and away from family. If so, he was
likely listening to voices in his head, believing things that are not true, and out of touch
with reality as most of us know it. He did not know the people he killed. He had nothing
to gain.
The pattern has become predictable. A bright young man becomes confused and
begins to think and act differently Mental health professionals call this a psychotic beak
(from reality), and with schizophrenia it typically occurs between the ages of 18 and 24,
when the frontal lobe of the brain normally completes its development. It affects one
percent of the population, equally likely for males and females, and equally likely around
the globe. Common symptoms are withdrawal from social contact, strange thoughts and
speech, obsession with electronics, self-medication and an inability to care for one’s hy-
giene.
Most violent crimes are not committed by persons with a mental illness like
schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or depression, and most persons with mental illness do
not commit violent acts. They are far more likely to harm themselves than be violent to-
ward the public. Violence is not a symptom of mental illness. Confused thinking and im-
paired judgment typically are at the core of any acts of violence and usually these behav-
iors are perceived by the individual as protective in some way. Untreated, they may crash
vehicles, freeze outdoors or fail to eat. Jails have become the new mental hospitals,
where people with mental illness are kept because they are arrested for criminal activi-
ties, very often petty in nature. Others are warehoused in nursing and personal care
homes, sadly isolated from their communities, without the professional support needed
for recovery. Moreover, many of the people we call “homeless” are untreated, nonviolent
persons with a mental illness, who lack sufficient support from family, friends, or the
professional community to get the help they need.
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Wellspring is a private, nonprofit organization that has been providing recovery and hous-
ing services to people with mental illness since 1982. Supportive housing helps persons
with mental illness reduce their likelihood of needing costly hospitalizations and the poten-
tial for acting on command hallucinations or delusions. This ensures regular contact with
mental health professionals who can usually intervene before the individual’s symptoms
become too severe. Persons with mental illness can and do recover their lives but occa-
sionally others must intervene with understanding and support in order to facilitate that
process and prevent crises.
PAUL A. COOMES
Chairman, Community Education
and Advocacy Committee for
Wellspring
JEFFREY M. YUSSMAN
Wellspring board chairman
KATHARINE R. DOBBINS
LCSW, Wellspring executive director
www.wellspring-house.org
The NAMI Louisville board is proud to have Kathy Dobbins as a member.
Mental Illness is no mystery and can be treated
They live in the shadows, dealing the best they can with their irrational thoughts. While
scientists still know very little about the causes of psychosis, thankfully there have been
giant leaps in treatment over the last decade.
Once properly diagnosed, medications can now restore rational thinking and eliminate
nearly all the awful symptoms of the illness--hallucinations, voices incoherent
thought processes. The problem remains, however, of how initially to communicate with
someone who is deeply psychotic so you can help. Mental inquest warrants have be-
come the last resort for desperate loved ones
It seems like every few years there is a mass murder by a disturbed young man. In each
case, it eventually came out that (a) the young person had developed a severe mental ill-
ness and (b) teachers, acquaintances, family members, and/or mental health profession-
als were aware that something was very wrong yet could not effectively intervene before
the tragedies. Health privacy laws, liability concerns, and simple human fear of ap-
proaching a confused and withdrawn or hostile person all contribute to the result. As a
society we need to figure out how to legally and humanely intervene when someone is so
clearly confused and potentially dangerous.
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NAMI Louisville, Wellspring, Bridgehaven, Seven Counties and Our Lady of Peace hosted
an evening of Art, Awareness and Community Conversion at the Speed Museum on Fri-
day, August 3 rd. It was an amazing evening. Approximately 600 people attended.
The Speed Museum allowed a display of our consumers work in the Sculpture Court. We
also hosted a lovely reception with drinks and appetizers. The artist work was amazing.
Everyone seemed to have had a wonderful time.
Immediately following the art show, we hosted a panel discussion on the ‘Minds on the
Edge’ film. The film is powerful and challenged the audience to think about how mental
illness affects each of us and our community. The film features Olivia, who is a college
student displaying manic behaviors and James who is a middle age schizophrenic. The
panel lead by Johnny Archer, task was to provide their hypothetical solutions to the prob-
lems Olivia and James were confronting. Often times hypothetical mirrors the real world.
Judge Deborah DeWeese shared her experience with Mental Health Court. Jim Burch
shared his expertise with coordinating treatment plans with the individual and court sys-
tem. Rebekah Cotton provided segments of her families struggles with the lack of re-
sources and the court system.
Sadiqa Reynolds shared the political side of budget constraints for mental health
treatment. Natalie Harris provided insight into the homeless issues and Ramon Thorton
represented the consumer side of the issue The panel was exceptional. Johnny Archer
was wonderful. The discussion flow was seamless.
We are very fortunate to have a Mental Health Court in Louisville. A SAMSHA website
statement supports what many of us already believe that Minds on the Edge is igniting
conversations across the country. The film can be viewed on SAMSHA website
www.samsha.gov
Our thanks to Johnny Archer, Moderator
Panelist: Jim Burch, Rebekah Cotton, The Honorable Deborah DeWeese, Natalie Harris
Sadiqa Reynolds ,Ramon Thorton and the planning committee.
NAMI Welcome banners NAMI KY’s Caucus The national convention in Seattle, Washington was all about change. Changes to our ed-ucation programs, changes in governance for all affiliates, and changes in the direction of brain research and treatment for mental illnesses. Firstly, our Family-to-Family, Provider, Basics, and Connections programs will see great changes in the coming months. The language will be simplified so more people can be trained to teach and will be more inclusive for the class members. The duration of Provider classes has al-ready been reduced. I believe the Family-to-Family will follow. The policies and procedures for all the classes have been standardized and will be on the website soon. The national staff hope to finish all of this by October. I attended several sessions on marketing education programs. Some of the material I brought with me. Most is on-line in the form of Toolkits. We have received the Toolkit for becoming a chartered affiliate. That included a great deal of information. We had good news and bad news about brain research. The good news came from two non-profit organizations. The Allen Institute for Brain Research has dissected, sliced, and stained four brains. All the slides and other information are on the Web for any researcher to use. The other organization is One Mind for Research. General Peter Chiarelli, a retired four-start general, has set up this foundation to research the diagnosis and treatment of PTSD, Traumatic Brain In-jury, and other brain disorders. All of this organization’s research is also on-line for free. It is a good thing all of this is free because the bad news has to do with money. Apparently research money is not readily available. The pharmaceuticals are not developing new drugs for brain disorders. (This may have something to do with Glaxo-Smith-Kline’s problems.) The convention devoted at least two sessions to CET, Cognitive Enhancement Therapy. CET is an evidenced based program (see page 11 for more information on CET). More than 2000 people attended the convention. Liz Curtis
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2012 NAMI Seattle Convention
Don’t forget
NAMI Louisville History Trivia
NAMI Louisville was once known as LAMI . The Louisville
Alliance for the Mentally Ill.
In January 1979 Sheldon and Edie Rein initiated the first
NAMI meeting following a seminar about Schizophrenia at
the University of Louisville. Out of that meeting, the group
soon grew to a dozen families.
In 1980, John Robertson and Bosworth Todd spoke before
Congressman Nathcher’s House Subcommittee on Appropri-
ations concerning the need for the Federal Government to
fund residential housing for the mentally ill.
Kroger Card Fundraising
Get a Kroger Card today!!
Remember to recharge your card!
Did you know that if you add money to your card and use it to purchase prescriptions, groceries, fill your tank, buy flowers, or any Kroger merchandise, NAMI Louisville will receive 4% of that amount? Getting your card is easy! All of our Kroger card have $5.00 already loaded to acti-vate it. We require the same amount as payment for the card. We appreciate your participation.
Contact the office at 588-2008
The card will be mailed to you.
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Volunteer Opportunities
Helping HAND
Ways to help NAMI Louisville
WALK for Recovery
6 volunteers Registration table
3 volunteers to direct registrants
4 or more to help set up and take down
the tables and chairs
4 volunteers to help with Raffle sales
2 or more to manage the prizes and assist with drawing
2 at the Kroger card and membership tables
Registration begins at 2pm. Event will be from 2-5 pm
Volunteer time is flexible
St Stephens Mental Health Ministry
Mental Health Awareness Health Fair September 1
2 volunteers to man NAMI’s table
VA Celebration of LIFE Fair
In recognition of Suicide Prevention Month
September 8 noon to 4pm
AMVETS POST # 9
2 volunteers to man NAMI’s table
VA Recovery Celebration
Mental Illness Awareness Week event
October 10th
9am-noon
2 volunteers to man NAMI’ s table
9am-noon
Speaker and 2 volunteers to man NAMI’s table
NAMI Louisville Annual Membership Meeting and Holiday Party
December 9 3:00 pm—5:00 pm
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Upcoming Events
Center Stage Presents
The play Next to Normal
Sept. 6th—Sept. 16th
Jewish Community Center
Ticket information at
www.jewishlouisville.org/
centerstage
or
502 459 0660
Benefiting Mental Illness
St Stephens Mental
Health Ministry
5K Run Walk event
Family Life Center
September 1, 2012
VA Celebration of Life Fair
In recognition of Suicide Prevention Month
September 8, 2012
AM VETS Post # 9
Noon-4pm
VA Recovery Celebration event
Mental Illness Awareness Week
October 10, 2012
9am-noon
NAMI Louisville
Walk For Recovery
Sunday October 21,2012
Water Front Park –Harbor Lawn
NAMI Louisville
Annual Membership Meeting and
Holiday Party
Christ Lutheran Church
9212 Taylorsville Road
December 9th, starting at 3:00 PM
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Cognitive Enhancement Therapy Program
Cognitive Enhancement Therapy is an innovative and successful new cognitive remediation interven-
tion designed to impact the negative symptoms of mental illness. CET is evidenced based interven-
tion that was developed in 1997 under a grant from the National Institute on Mental Health and has
shown remarkable results in the many research studies published since that time.
CET is an extensive program meeting once a week for 48 weeks
It includes one hour of computer exercises and
1 -1/2 hour social cognition group held on the same day
Individual coaching and homework exercises are also included
Kentucky Medicaid will pay for the rehabilitative components of CET
Those without Medicaid can pay an out –of-pocket fee of $110 per week
We are fortunate Bridgehaven is able to provide CET in the state of Kentucky.
The next group will begin mid-October, 2012
Sessions are held at Bridgehaven
950 S. 1st Street
Louisville.KY
For more information about CET contact
Barbara Hedspeth, LCWS
Bridgehaven Clinical Director
502 585 9444
You are invited to a NAMI Louisville Annual Membership
Meeting and Holiday Party
December 9th at Christ Lutheran Church
3:00 PM Welcome—Sign in
3:15 PM Holiday meal served (please bring a covered dish)
Annual Membership Meeting and board Officer Vote
4:00-4:15 PM NAMI Louisville annual meeting to approve the board members
for 2013. George Hersch, president will overview the past year.
4:20-4:45 PM Tickets for door prizes.
NAMI Louisville is providing a meat entrée. PLEASE BRING A COVERED DISH,
SALAD, OR DESSERT. If you wish to donate a gift for a door prize, please wrap
and mark the gift to let us know if it is for a man or woman.
NAMI CONNECTION Recovery Support Groups
are led by individuals who are in recovery. NAMI
trains mentally ill persons to facilitate these support
groups.
For more information on these groups, call NAMI
Louisville at 502-588-2008.
Center One—Seven Counties @ Champion Trace
Date: Wednesdays
Place: 4710 Champion’s Trace
Time: 3:00—4:30 pm
Contact: Janet Massay—502-807-9096 or
Gertrude Sims—502-386-1785
The support group at the Pyramid House has been
temporarily suspended.
Support Groups for Consumers
Social Club 2012 Calendar
Date Location
May 20th Bridgehaven (2 - 4 PM)
June 10th Hogan’s Fountain (2 - 4 PM)
July 15th Bridgehaven (2 - 4 PM)
September 16th Bridgehaven (2 - 4 PM)
October 21st Walk—Waterfront Park
Harbor Lawn
November 18th Bridgehaven (2 - 4 PM)
December 9th Annual Meeting and Holiday Party (3 - 5 PM)
Christ Lutheran Church
Depression-Bipolar Support
Alliance (DBSA)
Providing support group for Family members and those
individuals with a mental illness
Date: Tuesdays & Thursdays
Place: St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, 2000 Douglass Blvd.
Room 110, (corner of Douglass & Bardstown Road)
Time: 7:30-8:30 pm (coffee afterwards)
For more information contact
Mike 635-6142 or Carl 479-9941
http://dbsalouisville.org
914 E. Broadway
Suite 150
Louisville, KY 40204