Mental Health Support and Information
What is mental illness? A mental illness is a medical condition that disrupts a person's thinking, feeling, mood, ability to relate to others and daily functioning. Just as diabetes is a disorder of the pancreas, mental illnesses are medical conditions that often result in a diminished capacity for coping with the ordinary demands of life.
Mental illnesses are not the result of personal weakness, lack of character or poor upbringing. Mental illnesses are treatable. Most people diagnosed with a serious mental illness can experience relief from their symptoms by actively participating in an individual treatment plan that can include counseling and possibly medications.
Serious mental illnesses include major depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), panic disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and borderline personality disorder. Mental illnesses can affect persons of any age, race, religion or income. The good news about mental illness is that recovery is very possible.
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CLASSES AND TRAININGS
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NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Southwest Washington Chapter
NAMI offers BASICS, a free, two part course for parents, professionals and other primary caregivers of children and adolescents living with mental illness. Contact them at 509-427-7104 to learn the schedule.
Mental illnesses are not the result of personal weakness, lack of character or poor upbringing. Mental illnesses are treatable. Most people diagnosed with a serious mental illness can experience relief from their symptoms by actively participating in an individual treatment plan that can include counseling and possibly medications.
Serious mental illnesses include major depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), panic disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and borderline personality disorder. Mental illnesses can affect persons of any age, race, religion or income. The good news about mental illness is that recovery is very possible.
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CLASSES AND TRAININGS
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NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Southwest Washington Chapter
NAMI offers BASICS, a free, two part course for parents, professionals and other primary caregivers of children and adolescents living with mental illness. Contact them at 509-427-7104 to learn the schedule.
