2012 General Meeting Topics
NOTE: Location and time for the 2012 meetings.
7:00 pm–8:30 pm
Conference Room 1B
Sacramento County Division of Mental Health Building
(the building with the clock tower)
3331 Power Inn Road, Sacramento, CA 95826Light Refreshments are served at the meetings.
We've have some great informative and inspiring speakers at NAMI Sacramento General Meetings. Here is a summary of meeting topics for the coming year:
January 9- Children: Mental Health, Emotional Health and Neuro-Behavioral Disorders
A panel of three speakers will provide presentations on:
- Brain Balance Achievement Centers - Tim Slone, Owner and Center Director of Brain Balance Achievement Center of Rocklin will discuss his Center's non-medical, brain-based program for children with learning difficulties and behavioral difficulties, AD/HD, dyslexia, Touretts's, OCD, Asperger's and autism spectrum disorders.
- Ask the Doctor - Dr. Mark Edelstein, board certified child psychiatrist and Medical Director of EMQ Families First, will answer your questions about mental illness in children and adolescents.
- NAMI Basics Education Program Overview - Lynn Cathy, Director of Family Programs at NAMI California, will give a brief presentation on NAMI Sacramento's newest program, NAMI Basics. NAMI Basics is a free 6-week course for parents and caregivers of a young child or teen with mental illness, suspected mental illness or behavior concerns
March 12 - Food and Its Effects on Mental Health
Trudy Scott will discuss the effects of food and nutrition on mental health and the science behind it. Trudy Scott is a certified nutritionist, food and mood expert, speaker and author of the book "The Anti-Anxiety Food Solution: How the Foods You Eat Can Help You Calm Your Anxious Mind, Improve Your Mood and End Cravings" (New Harbinger). Ms. Scott has a nutrition practice in the Sacramento area, is a recent President of the National Association of Nutrition Professionals, and is a member of several organizations including the Alliance for Addiction Solutions, the Anxiety Disorders Association of America and NAMI Sacramento. Audience members will have the opportunity to ask questions and purchase Ms. Scott's book and get her to personally autograph it.
May 14 -Surviving the Suicidal Legacy of Anne Sexton: Half in Love, a Daughter’s Story
Last Minute Change
of Speaker
for Monday's General Meeting
Due to the medical crisis of a family member,
Linda Gray Sexton will not be speaking this Monday
at the NAMI Sacramento General Meeting.
Liseanne Wick, Program Manager of Suicide Prevention & Crisis Services at The Effort, has generously offered to be our featured speaker.
Liseanne Wick has worked for nearly a decade in the field of suicidology, and is currently the Program Manager for The Effort's Suicide Prevention & Crisis Services program. She is also a survivor of suicide loss, having experienced the suicide death of her brother. She speaks frequently in the region as an expert on suicide, prevention, risk assessment, and postvention--what happens after a suicide attempt or death.
Join Liseanne Wick as she shares with us her personal and professional perspective on the tragic issue of suicide and the encouraging news that much can be done to help in the midst of a suicidal crisis and afterward.
July 9 - TBA
September 10 - TBA
November 12 - TBA