NAMI Sacramento, Sacramento's Voice on Mental Illness

Welcome to NAMI Sacramento

NAMI Sacramento

NAMI Sacramento is a grassroots, family and consumer self-help support and advocacy organization dedicated to improving the lives of people with severe mental illnesses. Severe mental illnesses are physically-based brain disorders that can profoundly disrupt a person's ability to think, feel, and relate to others and their environment.


NAMI Sacramento is the only local mental health agency offering support, education, and advocacy for people coping with their own mental illness and for their family members. We receive no government funding and are entirely self-supported. United Way Certified Partner AgencyNAMI Sacramento is now a United Way Certified Partner Agency. See About NAMI Sacramento for more about our organization.

 

Trouble Filling Medi-Cal Prescriptions?

We are hearing of threats that some pharmacists will not fill certain prescription drugs for Medi-Cal patients because of a proposed 10% cut to reimbursements. Atypical antipsychotic drugs and other mental health drugs may be affected by this policy. If you or anyone you know experiences problems having a prescription denied or switched, NAMI California wants to know. See NAMI California for what to do.

 

Family Support

NAMI Sacramento offers educational classes and family support groups and for family members of people coping with serious mental illness. See Education and Support Groups for more.

 

Support for People with Mental Illness

We offer classes to educate people with mental illness so that they are better equipped to navigate through the experiences and challenges. See Education and Support Groups for more.

 

Trained Speakers are Available

NAMI Sacramento has trained In Our Own voice (IOOV) presenters ready to speak to your organization. For more detail about this program, see In Our Own Voice. Two of our speakers will be making a presentation in July at the Sierra Vista Hospital Education Luncheon. See the announcement.

 

Join NAMI Sacramento

Join online and help our organization inform the community about mental illness and provide more support, education and advocacy in the Sacramento region. Contact us about volunteer opportunities, too.

 

Important Notice

 NAMI programs such as Family-to-Family, Peer-to-Peer, and In Our Own Voice should not be used to replace the specialized training and professional judgment of mental health professionals. We cannot, and will not, assume the role of a physician or therapist. Please read this important notice about NAMI Sacramento's role in your mental health care.

 

We've moved!

NAMI Sacramento has
moved its offices!
See Contact Us
for our new address
and phone number.

Meetings

There is no General Meeting in August.

If you missed the June meeting, you missed a great, interactive meeting on the Workforce Education and Training (WET) component of the Mental Health Services Act that is now in formation. See 2008 Meetings for more. See General Meetings for the 2008 meeting calendar.

Next Board Meeting
August 18.
See Board Meetings for directions and 2008 Board Meeting calendar.

What's New?

Join or renew your
membership online!

 El Dorado County deputies
 sue Shingle Springs woman
 after shootout involving
 her ill son and the death
 of her husband.
 See Sacramento Bee and
 express your opinion

 SAMHSA Resources
 for returning veterans and
 their families.

 NAMI Sac's IOOV
 presenters will speak at
 Sierra Vista Hospital's
 Education Luncheon July 17.
 See announcement.

 Schizophrenia is
 twice as common as
 HIV/AIDS, yet Americans
 are unfamiliar with it. See
 NAMI survey results.

 Finding Motivation
 in the Face of Anxiety: A
 New Perspective on
 Treating Obsessive
 Compulsive Disorder.
 Saturday, June 21
 Register online.

 MTV True Life
 Episode video "I Have
 Schizophrenia: Three
 People Deal with Severe
 Mental Illness"

1 in 5 soldiers who
have served in Iraq or
Afghanistan have major
depression or post
traumatic stress disorder.
See Wounds of War.

California's Mental
Health System Headed for
Crisis

Budget cuts cause
children's mental health
facilities to close: River Oak
Center for Children Closing
Doors

 


NAMI Sacramento cannot be held responsible for the use of the information we provide.
Please always consult a trained mental health professional before making any decision
regarding treatment of yourself or others.