Volume : Fall 2012

NAMI Louisville is dedicated to educating family members, professionals, and the gen-

eral public to dispel myths and misperceptions about mental illness. Our programs and

services are aimed toward eradicating the stigma of mental illness, enhancing the hope

of recovery, and improving the quality of life for those whose lives are affected by

serious mental illness.

Date: 2nd Saturday

Place: First Lutheran

Church, 417 East Broadway

(Door C)

Time: 10:00 a.m.

Date: 3rd Thursday

Place: Christ Lutheran

Church, 9212 Taylorsville Rd

Time: 7:00 p.m.

Date: 4th Sunday

Place: Christ Lutheran

Church, 9212 Taylorsville Rd

Time: 2:30 p.m.

You are not alone!

CONTACT US!

NAMI Louisville 914 E. Broadway Suite # 150 Louisville, KY 40204 Tel: 502-588-2008 namilou@namilouisville.org

Louisville Our Mission:

Sunday October 21,2012 Registration: 200pm-3:00pm Walk, Food and Fun: 3pm to 5pm, Location: Waterfront Park, Harbor Lawn Online registration: www.namilouisville.org Please come join us for Fun, Food and Supporting an Important Cause The NAMI Louisville Walk for Recovery is a local fundraising event held at the beautiful Waterfront Park on the Harbor Lawn. Our goal is to raise $60,000 for NAMI Louisville programs and services that help families of a loved one with a mental illness and individ-uals living with a mental illness. The event also help raise awareness that recovery from mental illness is possible. NAMI Louisville advocates to erase the stigmas associated with mental illness. Supporting the Walk for Recovery makes NAMI Programs possible. Your support assures that families and their loved ones who need assistance will get the help they deserve.

NAMI Louisville Walk for Recovery-Hope for the Future

Family Support Groups

MENTAL HEALTH COUNTS

DON’T FORGET TO VOTE

www.nami.org/elections

Why Support the NAMI Walk

We do great things. NAMI Louis-ville is helping people all over north central Kentucky. Our pro-

grams are free and available to anyone. Our educational pro-grams are evidenced based. They help end stigma, shame, and isolation. They provide hope, compassion and better un-derstanding of serious mental illnesses. NAMI programs pro-vide support through shared expe-rience and guiding principles that give hope. NAMI advocates for the ones who cannot speak up for themselves, who live with stigma and the way society perceives mental illness. Supporting the Walk For Recovery makes NAMI Programs possible. Your support assures families who need help, that they will get the help they deserve.

Supporting NAMI Louisville is important because today, mental health programs, local mental health clinics, and many services have been cut or not available

Help NAMI Louisville fill the gap. Supporting NAMI Louisville’s Walk For Re-

covery helps offer free community based edu-cation programs, support outreach efforts to

raise awareness and fight stigma.

Help us help others

$60,000

Support Walk for Recovery Page 2

NAMI Louisville Board of Directors,2012 George Hersch, ,President Clarence Rode, First V.P. Donna Scott, Second V.P. Todd Schivaone, Treasurer Eric Cecil, Secretary At Large: Rebekah Cotton Liz Curtis Kathy Dobbins Jean Marlatt Henry Ramona Johnson Marsha Wilson NAMI Louisville Personnel Bertha Diaz-Story, Liaison Linda Oechsli, Office Mgr. 914 E. Broadway, Suite 150 Louisville ,KY 40204 502 588 2008 namilou@namilouisville.org www.namilouisville.org

We

will

see

the

Individual

first

and not the

Illness

Thought for the Day

Ways to Support the NAMI

Louisville Walk For Recovery

1) Create your own team

and invite friends and

family to walk with you

2) Walk individually

3) Join a Team

4) Sponsor a Team or Walker

5) Donate raffle prizes

6) Become a corporate

sponsor

7) Volunteer

100% of the donations

collected by walkers will be used to

fund NAMI’s programs , services and

operations here in Louisville. These

programs include support, education,

and advocacy.

The $25.registration fee is flexible.

Please call us at 502-588-2008 for

additional information.

To register for the Walk

go to www.namilouisville,org

Select the Walk button

Walk Sponsors make a Difference Organizations can support NAMI Louisville’s important mission in sever-al ways.

1) Organize a walk team representing your organization and soliciting donations.

2) Become a sponsor of the walk and having a vendor’s table to distrib-ute information about your organization. NAMI Louisville has different levels of event sponsorship. Sponsorships start at $250.00—up to $3,000.00 and offer different benefits at each level. Contact our office at 502-588-2008 for more information.

3) Donate prizes for the raffle event that day.

4) Make a donation to one of the teams that will be walking. When you support NAMI Louisville’s Walk For Recovery, your organiza-tion becomes a partner with us in our free public Education, Support, and Advocacy programs .

Tribute to Philip Ardery Page 3

1914-2012

It is with great sadness that I tell you that Phil Ardery passed away last night. Phil was a WWII Gen-

eral, a bomber pilot who among other dangerous missions flew over Normandy providing cover for

the US troops arriving by sea. He was a founding partner of Brown Todd, and Heyburn, and some

of you remember him from his long days of service on the NAMI-Louisville board. His involvement

with NAMI-Louisville extends back to the 1980s and the very beginnings of NAMI-Lou. Phil was the

founding board chair of Wellspring and in many ways the force behind our coming into being. He

was an amazing man. (Kathy Dobbins)

Mr. Ardery, was truly a renascence man. WW II flying hero, Democratic candidate for Congress ,

Chairman of the Kentucky Heart Association , and a member of Jefferson Fiscal Court.

Unlike most of us, Mr. Ardery did not have a mentally ill family member. However, his compassion

for a neighbor struggling to find adequate resources for his schizophrenic child led him to advocate

for families and individuals affected by mental illness .A commitment he pursued for more than 20

years.

In 1982 ,Mr. Ardery, Bosworth Todd and Barry Bingham Sr .help found Wellspring. It was initially

a single group home that has grown into staffed residential programs and 20 community based in-

dependent housing sites.

In 1981 they organized the American Schizophrenia Foundation Inc. which is now known as

NARSAD, the National Alliance for Research in Schizophrenia and Depression. Since 1987 the

Foundation has awarded approximately $300 million in grants to more than 3,100 scientists

around the world. These scientists are advancing brain disorders research with the goal of deter-

mining the causes, improved treatments and develop prevention methods and eventually create

cures for mental illness.

Mr. Ardery served on several community boards. We were privileged and honored that he served on

the NAMI Louisville board. He was also a recipient of the Spirit of Peace Award. His tenacity and

perseverance inspires us to reach for the sky and to never give up Hope. All of us who continue the

fight are deeply indebted to Mr. Ardery. He paved the way. It is our responsibility to honor his

memory .

Thank you for your service to your country and your service to the NAMI Louisville Board.

Your NAMI family extends condolences to your family and friends.

“Infinity is infinite. One of the things within the realm of infinity is life”, Philip Ardery

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Mental Illness is no mystery and can be treated

(This article appeared in the Courier Journal Sunday August 5,2012)

The headline of The Courier Journal the day after the Denver shootings read

”Motive a Mystery,” reflecting our natural desire to understand why someone would do

something so horrific as shoot dozens of strangers in a movie theater. However, the his-

tory of such shootings suggests hat there was no motive, no rational objective, behind

the alleged actions of James Holmes. It will be weeks, if not months, before we know

what was going through James Holmes’ mind on the night of July 20, if we ever truly

know. Most likely he was experiencing symptoms of a mental illness, very possibly para-

noid schizophrenia, which typically has its onset in the late adolescence or early adult-

hood, often when the individual is in college, alone, and away from family. If so, he was

likely listening to voices in his head, believing things that are not true, and out of touch

with reality as most of us know it. He did not know the people he killed. He had nothing

to gain.

The pattern has become predictable. A bright young man becomes confused and

begins to think and act differently Mental health professionals call this a psychotic beak

(from reality), and with schizophrenia it typically occurs between the ages of 18 and 24,

when the frontal lobe of the brain normally completes its development. It affects one

percent of the population, equally likely for males and females, and equally likely around

the globe. Common symptoms are withdrawal from social contact, strange thoughts and

speech, obsession with electronics, self-medication and an inability to care for one’s hy-

giene.

Most violent crimes are not committed by persons with a mental illness like

schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or depression, and most persons with mental illness do

not commit violent acts. They are far more likely to harm themselves than be violent to-

ward the public. Violence is not a symptom of mental illness. Confused thinking and im-

paired judgment typically are at the core of any acts of violence and usually these behav-

iors are perceived by the individual as protective in some way. Untreated, they may crash

vehicles, freeze outdoors or fail to eat. Jails have become the new mental hospitals,

where people with mental illness are kept because they are arrested for criminal activi-

ties, very often petty in nature. Others are warehoused in nursing and personal care

homes, sadly isolated from their communities, without the professional support needed

for recovery. Moreover, many of the people we call “homeless” are untreated, nonviolent

persons with a mental illness, who lack sufficient support from family, friends, or the

professional community to get the help they need.

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Wellspring is a private, nonprofit organization that has been providing recovery and hous-

ing services to people with mental illness since 1982. Supportive housing helps persons

with mental illness reduce their likelihood of needing costly hospitalizations and the poten-

tial for acting on command hallucinations or delusions. This ensures regular contact with

mental health professionals who can usually intervene before the individual’s symptoms

become too severe. Persons with mental illness can and do recover their lives but occa-

sionally others must intervene with understanding and support in order to facilitate that

process and prevent crises.

PAUL A. COOMES

Chairman, Community Education

and Advocacy Committee for

Wellspring

JEFFREY M. YUSSMAN

Wellspring board chairman

KATHARINE R. DOBBINS

LCSW, Wellspring executive director

www.wellspring-house.org

The NAMI Louisville board is proud to have Kathy Dobbins as a member.

Mental Illness is no mystery and can be treated

They live in the shadows, dealing the best they can with their irrational thoughts. While

scientists still know very little about the causes of psychosis, thankfully there have been

giant leaps in treatment over the last decade.

Once properly diagnosed, medications can now restore rational thinking and eliminate

nearly all the awful symptoms of the illness--hallucinations, voices incoherent

thought processes. The problem remains, however, of how initially to communicate with

someone who is deeply psychotic so you can help. Mental inquest warrants have be-

come the last resort for desperate loved ones

It seems like every few years there is a mass murder by a disturbed young man. In each

case, it eventually came out that (a) the young person had developed a severe mental ill-

ness and (b) teachers, acquaintances, family members, and/or mental health profession-

als were aware that something was very wrong yet could not effectively intervene before

the tragedies. Health privacy laws, liability concerns, and simple human fear of ap-

proaching a confused and withdrawn or hostile person all contribute to the result. As a

society we need to figure out how to legally and humanely intervene when someone is so

clearly confused and potentially dangerous.

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NAMI Louisville, Wellspring, Bridgehaven, Seven Counties and Our Lady of Peace hosted

an evening of Art, Awareness and Community Conversion at the Speed Museum on Fri-

day, August 3 rd. It was an amazing evening. Approximately 600 people attended.

The Speed Museum allowed a display of our consumers work in the Sculpture Court. We

also hosted a lovely reception with drinks and appetizers. The artist work was amazing.

Everyone seemed to have had a wonderful time.

Immediately following the art show, we hosted a panel discussion on the ‘Minds on the

Edge’ film. The film is powerful and challenged the audience to think about how mental

illness affects each of us and our community. The film features Olivia, who is a college

student displaying manic behaviors and James who is a middle age schizophrenic. The

panel lead by Johnny Archer, task was to provide their hypothetical solutions to the prob-

lems Olivia and James were confronting. Often times hypothetical mirrors the real world.

Judge Deborah DeWeese shared her experience with Mental Health Court. Jim Burch

shared his expertise with coordinating treatment plans with the individual and court sys-

tem. Rebekah Cotton provided segments of her families struggles with the lack of re-

sources and the court system.

Sadiqa Reynolds shared the political side of budget constraints for mental health

treatment. Natalie Harris provided insight into the homeless issues and Ramon Thorton

represented the consumer side of the issue The panel was exceptional. Johnny Archer

was wonderful. The discussion flow was seamless.

We are very fortunate to have a Mental Health Court in Louisville. A SAMSHA website

statement supports what many of us already believe that Minds on the Edge is igniting

conversations across the country. The film can be viewed on SAMSHA website

www.samsha.gov

Our thanks to Johnny Archer, Moderator

Panelist: Jim Burch, Rebekah Cotton, The Honorable Deborah DeWeese, Natalie Harris

Sadiqa Reynolds ,Ramon Thorton and the planning committee.

NAMI Welcome banners NAMI KY’s Caucus The national convention in Seattle, Washington was all about change. Changes to our ed-ucation programs, changes in governance for all affiliates, and changes in the direction of brain research and treatment for mental illnesses. Firstly, our Family-to-Family, Provider, Basics, and Connections programs will see great changes in the coming months. The language will be simplified so more people can be trained to teach and will be more inclusive for the class members. The duration of Provider classes has al-ready been reduced. I believe the Family-to-Family will follow. The policies and procedures for all the classes have been standardized and will be on the website soon. The national staff hope to finish all of this by October. I attended several sessions on marketing education programs. Some of the material I brought with me. Most is on-line in the form of Toolkits. We have received the Toolkit for becoming a chartered affiliate. That included a great deal of information. We had good news and bad news about brain research. The good news came from two non-profit organizations. The Allen Institute for Brain Research has dissected, sliced, and stained four brains. All the slides and other information are on the Web for any researcher to use. The other organization is One Mind for Research. General Peter Chiarelli, a retired four-start general, has set up this foundation to research the diagnosis and treatment of PTSD, Traumatic Brain In-jury, and other brain disorders. All of this organization’s research is also on-line for free. It is a good thing all of this is free because the bad news has to do with money. Apparently research money is not readily available. The pharmaceuticals are not developing new drugs for brain disorders. (This may have something to do with Glaxo-Smith-Kline’s problems.) The convention devoted at least two sessions to CET, Cognitive Enhancement Therapy. CET is an evidenced based program (see page 11 for more information on CET). More than 2000 people attended the convention. Liz Curtis

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2012 NAMI Seattle Convention

Don’t forget

NAMI Louisville History Trivia

NAMI Louisville was once known as LAMI . The Louisville

Alliance for the Mentally Ill.

In January 1979 Sheldon and Edie Rein initiated the first

NAMI meeting following a seminar about Schizophrenia at

the University of Louisville. Out of that meeting, the group

soon grew to a dozen families.

In 1980, John Robertson and Bosworth Todd spoke before

Congressman Nathcher’s House Subcommittee on Appropri-

ations concerning the need for the Federal Government to

fund residential housing for the mentally ill.

Kroger Card Fundraising

Get a Kroger Card today!!

Remember to recharge your card!

Did you know that if you add money to your card and use it to purchase prescriptions, groceries, fill your tank, buy flowers, or any Kroger merchandise, NAMI Louisville will receive 4% of that amount? Getting your card is easy! All of our Kroger card have $5.00 already loaded to acti-vate it. We require the same amount as payment for the card. We appreciate your participation.

Contact the office at 588-2008

The card will be mailed to you.

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Volunteer Opportunities

Helping HAND

Ways to help NAMI Louisville

WALK for Recovery

6 volunteers Registration table

3 volunteers to direct registrants

4 or more to help set up and take down

the tables and chairs

4 volunteers to help with Raffle sales

2 or more to manage the prizes and assist with drawing

2 at the Kroger card and membership tables

Registration begins at 2pm. Event will be from 2-5 pm

Volunteer time is flexible

St Stephens Mental Health Ministry

Mental Health Awareness Health Fair September 1

2 volunteers to man NAMI’s table

VA Celebration of LIFE Fair

In recognition of Suicide Prevention Month

September 8 noon to 4pm

AMVETS POST # 9

2 volunteers to man NAMI’s table

VA Recovery Celebration

Mental Illness Awareness Week event

October 10th

9am-noon

2 volunteers to man NAMI’ s table

9am-noon

Speaker and 2 volunteers to man NAMI’s table

NAMI Louisville Annual Membership Meeting and Holiday Party

December 9 3:00 pm—5:00 pm

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Upcoming Events

Center Stage Presents

The play Next to Normal

Sept. 6th—Sept. 16th

Jewish Community Center

Ticket information at

www.jewishlouisville.org/

centerstage

or

502 459 0660

Benefiting Mental Illness

St Stephens Mental

Health Ministry

5K Run Walk event

Family Life Center

September 1, 2012

keisha.dorsey@nortonhealthcare.org

VA Celebration of Life Fair

In recognition of Suicide Prevention Month

September 8, 2012

AM VETS Post # 9

Noon-4pm

VA Recovery Celebration event

Mental Illness Awareness Week

October 10, 2012

9am-noon

NAMI Louisville

Walk For Recovery

Sunday October 21,2012

Water Front Park –Harbor Lawn

NAMI Louisville

Annual Membership Meeting and

Holiday Party

Christ Lutheran Church

9212 Taylorsville Road

December 9th, starting at 3:00 PM

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Cognitive Enhancement Therapy Program

Cognitive Enhancement Therapy is an innovative and successful new cognitive remediation interven-

tion designed to impact the negative symptoms of mental illness. CET is evidenced based interven-

tion that was developed in 1997 under a grant from the National Institute on Mental Health and has

shown remarkable results in the many research studies published since that time.

CET is an extensive program meeting once a week for 48 weeks

It includes one hour of computer exercises and

1 -1/2 hour social cognition group held on the same day

Individual coaching and homework exercises are also included

Kentucky Medicaid will pay for the rehabilitative components of CET

Those without Medicaid can pay an out –of-pocket fee of $110 per week

We are fortunate Bridgehaven is able to provide CET in the state of Kentucky.

The next group will begin mid-October, 2012

Sessions are held at Bridgehaven

950 S. 1st Street

Louisville.KY

For more information about CET contact

Barbara Hedspeth, LCWS

Bridgehaven Clinical Director

502 585 9444

You are invited to a NAMI Louisville Annual Membership

Meeting and Holiday Party

December 9th at Christ Lutheran Church

3:00 PM Welcome—Sign in

3:15 PM Holiday meal served (please bring a covered dish)

Annual Membership Meeting and board Officer Vote

4:00-4:15 PM NAMI Louisville annual meeting to approve the board members

for 2013. George Hersch, president will overview the past year.

4:20-4:45 PM Tickets for door prizes.

NAMI Louisville is providing a meat entrée. PLEASE BRING A COVERED DISH,

SALAD, OR DESSERT. If you wish to donate a gift for a door prize, please wrap

and mark the gift to let us know if it is for a man or woman.

NAMI CONNECTION Recovery Support Groups

are led by individuals who are in recovery. NAMI

trains mentally ill persons to facilitate these support

groups.

For more information on these groups, call NAMI

Louisville at 502-588-2008.

Center One—Seven Counties @ Champion Trace

Date: Wednesdays

Place: 4710 Champion’s Trace

Time: 3:00—4:30 pm

Contact: Janet Massay—502-807-9096 or

Gertrude Sims—502-386-1785

The support group at the Pyramid House has been

temporarily suspended.

Support Groups for Consumers

Social Club 2012 Calendar

Date Location

May 20th Bridgehaven (2 - 4 PM)

June 10th Hogan’s Fountain (2 - 4 PM)

July 15th Bridgehaven (2 - 4 PM)

September 16th Bridgehaven (2 - 4 PM)

October 21st Walk—Waterfront Park

Harbor Lawn

November 18th Bridgehaven (2 - 4 PM)

December 9th Annual Meeting and Holiday Party (3 - 5 PM)

Christ Lutheran Church

Depression-Bipolar Support

Alliance (DBSA)

Providing support group for Family members and those

individuals with a mental illness

Date: Tuesdays & Thursdays

Place: St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, 2000 Douglass Blvd.

Room 110, (corner of Douglass & Bardstown Road)

Time: 7:30-8:30 pm (coffee afterwards)

For more information contact

Mike 635-6142 or Carl 479-9941

http://dbsalouisville.org

914 E. Broadway

Suite 150

Louisville, KY 40204