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Causes: Arts & Culture, Arts, Culture & Humanities
Mission: The national alliance on mental illness (nami) is the nation's largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to improving the lives of individuals and families affected by mental illness. Nami has over 1,100 affiliates in communities across the country who engage in advocacy, research, support, and education. Members of nami are families, friends, and people living with mental illnesses such as major depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder (ocd), panic disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd), and borderline personality disorder.
Programs: Nami stanislaus is a local nonprofit organization that is an affiliate of nami california, and nami national. Our goals are to offer emotional support, understanding and encouragement to persons having a mental disorder, and to their families and friends; to educate the community and ourselves about mental disorders, and work toward removing the stigma of mental disorders. We offer support groups for consumers, family members and in spanish. We also host educational meetings several times a year.