June 2024 General Meeting
Tune in for our June 2024 General Meeting Mental Health Speaker Series: Housing that Heals Follow Up! *Meeting Recording Now Added*
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May: No General Meeting
There is no general meeting for the Month of May. Instead, join us for our “A Look Into the Future Event” on May 22nd!
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April 2024 General Meeting
Tune in for our April 2024 General Meeting Mental Health Speaker Series: The Benefits of Companion Pets on Mental Wellness!
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March 2024 General Meeting
NAMI CC Presents March 2024 General Meeting: KNOW YOUR RIGHTS IN THE WORKPLACE; An Introduction to Employment Laws Protecting Individuals with Disabilities and Their Loved Ones. Click Read More for Meeting Information.
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February 2024 General Meeting
Video, notes, and slides now available! Treatment Not Tents – How Prop 1 Will Help Our Loved Ones
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January 2024 General Meeting
How to Support My Child or Adolescent Living with ADHD Hosted by NAMI Contra Costa on January 18, 2024 Our panel: Recording in English Recording in Spanish Summary For our January 2024 General Meeting, we started 2024 with a conversation regarding ADHD (Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) – what is and how is it diagnosed for children
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December 2023 General Meeting
Summary For our December 2023 General Meeting, we hosted our Virtual Family Holiday Sing-Along party with novice and professional singers. As is our tradition, we gathered our families in front of our computers and had our favorite desserts handy. We encouraged attendees to wear their favorite holiday sweater to celebrate the 2023 holiday season! Gift
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November 2023 General Meeting
Speakers Summary Nearly 1 in 4 active duty members showed signs of a mental health condition, according to a 2014 JAMA Psychiatry study. The study found the rate of PTSD to be 15 times higher than civilians and the rate of depression to be five times higher than civilians. For our November monthly General Meeting
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October 2023 General Meeting
Speakers Summary Our October 2023 General Meeting was held on October 19, 2023 at 7 pm over Zoom. It featured updates on Innovative Behavioral Health Crisis Response, San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District Implements Behavioral Health Fire First Program. For our October General Meeting, we received updates on an innovative behavioral health crisis response program.
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September 2023 General Meeting
Summary For our September 2023 General Meeting, we invited client and family member perspectives on how the A3 Miles Hall Community Crisis Hub behavioral health crisis response program services were going. We had invited two of the UC Berkeley School of Public Health graduate student research team members – Theo Michaels and Dani MacVicar, in
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August 2023 General Meeting
Focusing on Youth Mental Health: How to Best Support Students as they Return Back to School Summary As the new school year approached, NAMI Contra Costa held a community dialogue for our August General Meeting on how best to support students, parents, and caregivers as they returned back to school. We discussed what programs we
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July 2023 General Meeting
Valuing Diversity: Developing Cultural Humility in Mental Health Outreach and Engagement In Honor of July as BIPOC Mental Health Awareness Month Speaker Gigi R. Crowder, L.E., Executive Director, NAMI Contra Costa Summary For our July 2023 General Meeting, in honor of BIPOC Mental Health Awareness Month, NAMI Contra Costa Executive Director Gigi Crowder shared her