Mental Illness
Suicide Prevention Awareness Funded by Out of the Darkness Walks
In honor of National Suicide Prevention Week, the Nebraska chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention holds its annual Out of the Darkness Community Walk [link] in Omaha on September 12 and in two other locations in Nebraska later in the month. In its sixth year, the Omaha walk is the second largest Out of the Darkness Walk in the country with more than 1400 participants last year.
Dr. William Marcil: Hero in the Heartland
It was our privilege to attend the March 03, 2010 Heroes in the Heartland awards luncheon sponsored by the American Red Cross Heartland Chapter.
Our friend, Dr. William Marcil, of Creighton University School of Medicine, received the Good Samaritan Award at the luncheon for his role in developing the Magis Psychiatric Clinic located at the Siena/Francis [...]
New Data Collection Procedures Discussed
At the Governor’s Advisory Committee on Mental Health Services, we learned that one of the positive opportunities for change underway by the Department of Health and Human Services in Nebraska is in the area of data collection. New procedures and new methods of data collection have greatly improved the ability to know who is receiving [...]
Support and Family Education (SAFE)
The VA Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System offers various resources to veterans and their family members in Nebraska and Iowa. The Support and Family Education (SAFE) program offered through the VA is one such program that assists veterans who struggle with mental illness and their family members and friends.
Nebraska Medicaid Consumer Complaint Process
Magellan Behavioral Health of Nebraska, LLC is currently the administrative services organization for Nebraska Medicaid. Magellan wants to make sure you receive quality mental health care through Nebraska Medicaid. Each year a survey is sent out asking for participant’s opinion. The 2009 survey indicated that some individuals are not aware of how to express complaints they may have. Your opinion matters. And we want to make sure you know how to do this.
NAMI-Nebraska Receives Award, Expands Programs
NAMI-Nebraska was recently selected as one of only two states to receive a $5000 seed grant to expand its signature In Our Own Voice program throughout the state. In addition NAMI Basics, the newest signature education program designed specifically for parents and other caregivers of children and adolescents living with mental illness is now available in the Omaha, Lincoln, and Hastings communities.
Suicide Prevention
September was Suicide Prevention Month. On Sunday, September 12th, The Kim Foundation joined over 1200 friends in the Out of the Darkness Walk to raise awareness about the warning signs of depression and suicide.
As the walk began participants released balloons on which messages had been written to loved ones lost by suicide. The balloons were [...]
Region 3 Leadership Training a Success
Region 3 Behavioral Health recently hosted Larry Fricks, a nationally renowned speaker on mental health recovery, for a two-day peer leadership conference. The training was held at Goodwill Industries in Grand Island, Nebraska and focused on developing leadership skills among consumers and peer specialists. Over 50 consumers, peer specialist employees, and mental health service providers [...]
2009 Nami Walk
The second annual NAMIWALKS for the Mind of America will be held Saturday, June 6, 2009 at Elmwood Park in Omaha. Registration will open at 8:30 a.m. with the walk kick off at 9:00 a.m.
NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, sponsors NAMIWALKS for the Mind of America throughout the nation in an effort to [...]
Introducing Lisa
Lisa Rehwaldt-Alexander has joined Region V Systems as the Consumer Affairs Coordinator for the Region V area. Charged with various responsibilities Lisa shares that she is most excited about the focus her new role places on empowerment. Lisa’s background includes having received her master’s in Intercultural Relations and work with various nonprofit organizations serving both [...]
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