Patient Support Groups
Peer-to-Peer is a unique, experiential learning program for people with any serious mental illness who are interested in establishing and maintaining their wellness and recovery. Peer-to-Peer consists of nine 2-hour units and is taught by a team of 3 trained "mentors" who have experience with living well with mental illness.
Participants come away from the course with valuable resource tools, including a "relapse prevention plan" to help identify telltale feelings, thoughts, behaviors, or events that may warn of impending relapse, among other materials.
Peer-to-Peer currently exists in 31 states around the country, and more states will begin to offer this program. To learn more about this program, contact your state NAMI.
NAMI Help Line: 1-800-950-NAMI (6264)
The In Our Own Voice Education Program is an informational outreach program on recovery presented by trained consumers to other consumers, families, students, and professionals, and to all other people who want to learn about mental illness. It is designed to offer insight into how people with serious mental illness cope with the realities of their disorders while recovering and reclaiming productive lives that have meaning and dignity. It provides an opportunity for consumers to gain self-confidence, self-esteem, and income while serving as role models for the community—and as living proof that mental illness is nothing to be ashamed of and that recovery is an ongoing reality.
NAMI Help Line: 1-800-950-NAMI (6264)
HealthyPlace.com is a community of experts and everyday people dealing with psychological disorders who provide mental health information, support, and the opportunity to share experiences helpful to others. This online resource provides comprehensive information on psychological disorders, psychiatric medicines, support groups, Healthy Place TV (a weekly live mental health TV show), and more.
Compeer Inc. is a nonprofit organization in which caring, sensitive, and trained volunteers referred by mental health professionals are chosen to mentor people with a mental illness. The Compeer program is an adjunct to therapy and is based on the concept that a volunteer's friendship, advocacy, and support can offset the loneliness and isolation that accompany mental illness. Volunteers visit their Compeer friend for a minimum of 4 hours a month for a year and share a variety of social, recreational, and educational activities with their friends.
