Click here for more information about events: 2012 May is Mental Health Month Activities and Support Groups

Monday, May 14, 2012

6pm-9pm

View the critically acclaimed film No Kidding, Me Too! that takes a candid look inside the emotional and behavioral world of people who are living with bipolar disorder, clinical depression, schizophrenia and addiction. Directed and produced by actor Joey Pantoliano, who appears in the film, sharing his own intense battle with mental “dis-ease” as he prefers to call it. The purpose for this film, Pantoliano insists, is to remove the long-held stigma associated with various mental illnesses and emotional disorders and to create an ongoing open dialogue to abolish shame and stigma.

Check-in begins at 6:00 pm and the program starts at 6:30 pm.  The documentary film, “No Kidding, Me Too” will be shown and followed by a facilitated panel discussion with Joseph Pantoliano, along with representatives from the medical community and advocates for mental illness.

REGISTER:  call 203-863-4277 or 888-305-9253

Program is free.  Register Early – Space is Limited

Sponsors:  Greenwich Community Health Improvement Partnership and Southwest Regional Mental Health Board, Inc.

On-line at:  www.greenwichhospital.org

What your organization needs to know to assist returning veterans and their families

Thursday, March 29, 2012

9:30 am – 12 noon

Norwalk City Hall

Community Room

125 East Avenue, Norwalk

Speakers:

Post Deployment Mental Health and Psychotherapy

Wendy Bassett, LCSW, PTSD Outpatient Clinic, VA Medical Center

What are the Housing Opportunities for Homeless Veterans?

Joy Kiss, CEO/Executive Director, Homes for the Brave

Readjustment Counseling for Veterans and their Families

Amy Radivoy, LMHC, VET Center

Making the Transition: Military Service to a Civilian Career

Daniel Laffin, Dept. of Labor Veterans Representative

Military Support Program Services

Paige Stetson, LPC, DMHAS

MHN Government Services/Department of Defense

Cindy Hould, Military and Family Consultant

Accessing Federal Benefits and Services for Veterans and Dependents

Jarvis Johnson, Veterans Rep. for Congressman Himes

RSVP by March 23 to swrmhb2@optonline.net

or (203) 840-1187

  Mental Health Services: What’s Working in Your District

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

7:30-9:00 p.m

First Church Congregational

Wakeman Hall

148 Beach Road, Fairfield

RSVP: Judy Gardner, 203-650-3463

or naminewsffd@earthlink.net

A Mental Health First Aid training will be held in Bridgeport December 9 and 16.  An internationally recognized certification training, Mental Health First Aid is a 12-hour interactive course designed to help individuals and communities better understand mental health issues and respond accordingly to those who may be experiencing distress.

See attached for more information and registration.  Registration-Mental Health First Aid (12-2011)

Learn about what Mental Health First Aid training is and its impact.MH First Aid information

The training is being sponsored by RYASAP.

Date: Friday, Dec 9 and Friday, Dec 16

Time: 8:30-3:30

Location: Burroughs Community Center, 2470 Fairfield Avenue, Bridgeport

Fee: $150 – some scholarships are available

For more information or to register contact: Ebony Epps at 203-579-2727 x306

Everyone experiences stress, sadness and anxiety from time to time – it’s part of life.  But when changes in mood interfere your ability to work, sleep, eat, and enjoy once pleasurable activities, it could be a sign of depression. To see if you are at risk, you can take a free, anonymous screening.

Click on “Screening Day” tab to  find a site in southwestern CT offering in-person screenings on Oct. 6th -National Depression Screening Day.

For locations outside of Fairfield County, CT  go to Visit http://www.HelpYourselfHelpOthers.org

Take the first step to better health.

On Thursday Oct. 6, there will be free anonymous  screenings during National Depression Screening Day at colleges, hospitals and community health facilities around Connecticut.

Click on “Screening Day” tab for screening times, locations and more information.

Although screenings are not a professional diagnosis, they can provide a quick and easy way to spot the first signs of symptoms and provide referral services.

Free screenings will be available in Greenwich, Stamford, Norwalk, Westport, Fairfield and Bridgeport. This year, the event in southwestern Connecticut is sponsored by Purdue Pharma, Connecticut Health Foundation, United Way of Coastal Fairfield County, the Department of Mental Health & Addiction Services and Southwest Regional Mental Health Board, Inc.