NAMI course starts Sept. 11

MEQUON - The National Alliance on Mental Illness of Ozaukee County will sponsor the NAMI Family-to-Family Education Program for families of persons diagnosed with serious mental illness. The 12-week series starts in Mequon Sunday, Sept. 11 from 3 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

The course will cover information about schizophrenia and the mood disorders ? panic disorder and obsessive compulsive disorder. There will also be information on coping skills, medications, listening and communication technique, recovery and rehabilitation and more.

The course will be taught by NAMI-Ozaukee County family member volunteers who have taken intensive training as course instructors.

The course is designed specifically for parents, siblings, spouses, teenaged (age 18 and 19) and adult children and significant others of persons with severe and persistent mental illness. This course is not appropriate for individuals who themselves suffer from one of the major mental illnesses.

The NAMI Family-to-Family Education course is free. Class size is limited. For more information or to register, go to namiozaukee.org, email namiozaukee@gmail.com or call NAMI Ozaukee at 262-243-3627.