Wednesday, October 23

Stress, Stigma, and Mental Wellness in Muslim Communities: An Educational Event

This panel discussion, co-sponsored with Muslim Mental Health, Inc., will discuss relevant mental health issues across various Muslim communities, followed by an open dialogue with the audience. Topics will include stigma, cultural issues, and barriers to treatment. Panelists will include Osman Ali, M.D., Bellevue Hospital Center; Abdullah Hasan, M.D., Elmhurst Hospital Center; and Ali Gheith, M.A. NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.

Date: Thursday, October 23rd
Time: 6:00 to 8:30 pm
Location: Bellevue Hospital Center - 462 First Avenue at 27th Street, Building H, 12th Floor Conference Room, New York, NY 10016

Wednesday, October 30
A Conversation with Elyn Saks

Join us for a very special conversation with Elyn Saks, the award winning author of the memoir The Center Cannot Hold, My Journey through Schizophrenia.

In The Center Cannot Hold, Elyn Saks discusses frankly and movingly the paranoia, the inability to tell imaginary fears from real ones, and the voices in her head insisting she do terrible things, as well as the many obstacles she overcame to become the woman she is today. It is destined to become a classic in the genre.

Elyn R. Saks is a professor at the University of Southern California Gould School of Law and an adjunct professor of psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine. She is a research clinical associate at the New Center for Psychoanalysis. Saks lives in Los Angeles with her husband, Will.

Date: Thursday, October 30th
Time: 6:00 to 8:00 pm
Location: Kramer Levin - 1177 Avenue of the Americas, between 45th and 46th Streets

Saturday Workshop Series for Parents of Children, Adolescents and Young Adults with Mental Illness
This fall NAMI-NYC Metro presents a workshop series for parents of children, adolescents and young adults with mental illness.

To RSVP, call the Helpline at 212.684.3264. All workshops are free and a light breakfast will be served. All workshops will be held at NAMI-NYC Metro - 505 Eighth Avenue, Suite 1103 at 35th Street

Transition from School to Adult Life: Advocating for Your Child
Date: October 18th
Time: 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Presented by Helene F. Craner, L.M.S.W., Associate Director
Helene is one of RCSN's co-founders, where she supervises RCSN's consumer service to parents and professionals and works to help them find schools, colleges, independent living and residential programs and services to assist them with the transition to adult life.

Getting Appropriate Educational Services/Obteniendo Servicios Educacionales Apropiados Spanish Language Presentation
Date: October 25th
Time: 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Presented by Roberto Romero, Program Director, Resources for Children with Special Needs, Inc.
Roberto is Co-Director of the Center Without Walls, RCSN's collaborative outreach, parent training and advocacy project with Advocates for Children of New York.

Bipolar Disorder Children and Adolescents: Diagnosis and Treatment, Parenting, Pharmacologic care, Psychotherapies
Date: November 15th
Time: 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Presented by Gregory T. Lombardo, M.D., Ph.D.
Dr. Lombardo is a graduate of the Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, and the author of Understanding the Mind of Your Bipolar Child.

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