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NAMI METRO – GENERAL MEETING TUESDAY, 6-3-2025
7:00 p.m. Oakland Community Health Network (OCHN) Headquarters 55055 Corporate Dr. #2614, Troy, MI 48098
Josh Smith Founder and CEO of DBT Institute of Michigan is our guest speaker. Their mission is to provide the most competent and effective Dialectical Behavior Therapy treatment to individuals in the State of Michigan. They strive to “raise the bar” regarding standards of evidence-based treatment and best practice. At the Institute they pride themselves on providing high quality comprehensive mental health treatment to adults and adolescents.
We are looking forward to having Josh Smith be our June 3rd General Education Speaker in Troy. Josh has a master’s from MSU School of Social Work. Josh has held numerous ever-increasing positions of responsibility int he field and across the country. Josh became a trainer and consultant for the State of Michigan’s Department of Community Mental Health in DBT where he has served in that role ever since. Josh is a sought -after speaker and trainer on DBT and we look forward to hearing him and answering any questions you may have.
NAMI METRO – GENERAL MEETING TUESDAY, 7-1-2025
7:00 p.m. TRINITY HEALTH (ST MARY’S) 36475 FIVE MILE RD, LIVONIA, 48154 – FOLLOW SIGNS FOR EMERGENCY ENTRANCE AND SOUTH ENTRANCE ON LEVAN RD. OFF 5 MILE RD. ENTER SOUTH ENTANCE FOLLOW SIGNS TO ELEVATOR D TO LOWER LEVEL AUDITORIUM.
STEPHEN F. TAYLOR, M.D. GUEST SPEAKER. DO NOT MISS…
Dr. Taylor is the Alebert J Silverman MD CM Research Professor Psychiatric Disorders, Professor Psychiatry and interim chair of the Department of Psychiatry. He is also a faculty associate in Psychology at the University of Michigan. His work focuses on psychiatric brain mapping technologies (functional MRI, MRS, event related pathophysiology of these conditions.
His work has also investigated processes and neurocircuits relevant to these diseases, such as brain systems which underlie emotion, performance monitoring, and cognitive-emotional interactions. In addition he uses brain stimulation technologies (transcranial magnetic stimulation, deep brain stimulation, transcranial direct current stimulation) to target and treat neurocircuits relevant to psychiatric conditions. Clinically, he has extensive experience with the treatment of Schizophrenia and related psychotic disorders, directing the Program for Risk Evaluation and Prevention (PREP), designed to identify youth at risk of serious mental illness such as schizophrenia and conduct research into the early stage of psychosis.
He also directs the Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) clinic, providing therapy for patients with refractory depressions, and he conducts research using TMS and deep brain stimulation to translate the understanding of brain pathology gained through neuroimaging studies to develop and refine new treatments. He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science on the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, and serves on several journal editorial boards, as well as numerous NIH review panels and advisory boards. He is a past president of the Psychiatric Research Society. He has a B.A. from Northwestern University and an M.D. from the Washington University School of Medicine.
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Heinz C. Prechter Bipolar Research Program:
The Prechter Program is seeking individuals to participate in bipolar disorder research studies. Visit Bipolar Research website below to learn more. Reach out to a member of our research team to see if you are eligible to participate in our studies.
prechterprogram.org – Contact the Prechter Program at: 877-864-3637 or bpresearch@umich.edu
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Psychosis REACH, Recovery by Enabling Adult Caregivers at Home. If you are caring for someone with Psychosis you should join this FREE virtual training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). Copy and paste below in your url to get registration form. https://redcap.iths.org/surveys/?s=KYX4H8YMFADHJ9AM for this very informative training and information.
Event Description:
Psychosis REACH (Recovery by Enabling Adult Carers at Home) is a training for relatives and close friends of individuals with psychotic disorders that aims to provide concrete skills to improve the quality of interactions between family members. The training supports larger efforts to make Cognitive Behavioral Therapy-an evidence-based treatment for psychosis-more widely available worldwide.
As part of this training you will learn:
- Key caring principles
- Normalizing and making sense of psychosis
- Communication practices
- Relapse prevention strategies
- Working with medication
- Evidence-based coping strategies
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Beaumont Royal Oak Family Support Group –This family support group is for family and friends of a loved one with a mental health condition. It is NOT a group for those with a mental health condition – check out our two Peer Connection Support Groups listed below. This is a Virtual Online Meeting that meets the 3rd Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. You must register, please do so by sending an email with your name and phone number to NancyK@namimetro.org and she will email you the required invitation for you to connect to this ZOOM family support group meeting. Contact: (248) 266-1463
Dearborn Family Support Group: 2nd Wednesday each month at 6:30 p.m. Meeting in person at: First Presbyterian Church, 600 Brady St., Dearborn 48124. Contact: Shirley (313) 292-3324
Downtown Detroit Support Group – Group meets 2nd Saturday of every month 12:30 p.m.
Sacred Heart Activities Building, 3451 Rivard St. Detroit, 48207 Contact: Claire (313) 980-0675 NOTE: NO MEETING IN JANUARY 2025
NAMI Metro Macomb Family Support Group – NOTE: Family Support group Zoom Meeting 2nd Tuesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. You must register, so please register by sending an email with your name and phone number to cindyk@namimetro.org and she will email you the required invitation for you to connect to this ZOOM meeting. Contact: Cindy (248) 765-2663
North Oakland Family Support Group – Zoom support group meeting 2nd Wednesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. You must register so please register by emailing your name and phone number to daves@namimetro.org and he will email you the required invitation for you to connect to this meeting.
Novi Family Support Group – Zoom support group meeting 2nd Tuesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. You must register so please register by emailing your name and phone number to leonj@namimetro.org and he will email you the required invitation for you to connect to this meeting.
Rochester Family Support Group – Support group meets the 1st Wednesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. Henry Ford Hospital (old Crittenton), 1101 W. University Drive, Rochester, MI 48309 Room 2E Contact: Fred at fredm@namimetro.org “NO MEETING JANUARY, 2025 DUE TO HOLIDAY ON 1ST WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH”
Wyandotte Family Support Group – Support group meets the 3rd Wednesday every month 10:00 a.m. Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital Re-hab Bldg, – 2nd Floor Conference Rm 232 – 2333 Biddle Ave. Wyandotte, MI 48192 – Contact: Shirley (313) 292-3324
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