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Ending the Silence - NAMI Chicago - Main Office

Ending the Silence is a free, 90-minute presentation designed to give parents and caregivers an opportunity to learn about youth mental health. Participants will learn signs, symptoms, and indicators of mental health conditions and suicide in young people. Parents and caregivers are given ideas about how to help their children, connect with their child's school, and find support.

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For the Circle, By the Circle - The Circle Resource Center

The Circle Resource Center specializes in serving women from lower socioeconomic groups. The center offers women a number of resources, including psychotherapy in English and in Spanish and a variety of workshops and programming to enrich the women's lives, provide education, social opportunities, and fun for the community.

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Gambling Awareness Program - Midwest Asian Health Association - Main Office

MAHA's Gambling Awareness and Prevention Program (GAP) aims to expand gambling awareness and gambling addiction prevention services in the state of Illinois. The GAP program provides community outreach and education, addiction screenings, and linkage/referral services for counseling and treatment.

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WRAP: Wellness Recovery Action Plan - NAMI Chicago - Main Office

NAMI Chicago provides the Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP), an 8-week wellness class for people with mental health symptoms and conditions. All wellness classes are free, safe, and confidential places to talk things through with others who understand, and are led by people who have had similar experiences too.

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Suicide Prevention Program - American Indian Health Service of Chicago - Main Location

American Indian Health Service of Chicago is available to provide outpatient counseling to children, teenagers, and adults who are struggling with depression, anxiety, and/or substance abuse. AIHSC uses evidence-based models while maintaining culturally appropriate trauma care and treatment approaches to substance abuse and suicide prevention. They offer assessments and can connect you or your loved one to available community resources in order to provide a holistic approach.

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Mindfulness & Behavior Therapies - The Family Institute at Northwestern University - Chicago Office

Mindfulness practices enable you to have a deeper, clearer, more accepting, and more compassionate awareness of yourself and others. Behavior therapies provide practical, skills-based solutions for coping with a variety of life challenges.

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Health & Wellness - Evanston Public Library - Main Library

Evanston Public Library offers a variety of programming related to health and wellness such as conversational events covering mental health topics, HIV testing, and screenings for sexually transmitted infections (STIs).

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Ending the Silence - NAMI Cook County North Suburban - Main Office

Ending The Silence, a 50-minute presentation for middle and high school students to help them understand mental illness. The program teaches them common warning signs and when, where and how to get help for themselves or for their friends. During the presentation, they hear the reality of what living with a mental health condition is like directly from a young adult with lived experience.

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NAMI Reads - NAMI Cook County North Suburban - Main Office

NAMI Reads is to partner with libraries to promote discussions about mental health. This Public Education program invites the patrons of individual community libraries and local individuals to engage in informed non-stigmatized guided discussions about mental illness with a particular author or professional on various topics.

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General Mental Health Information/Education | Living Independently Now Center Red Bud Office

Mental Health: Helps consumers stay on track by focusing on independent living skills, peer to peer interaction and support, advocacy and information and referral. Educational materials, a lending library, mental health literature, and information on area mental health services are also available.

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Mental Health First Aid Training - Association House of Chicago - Main Location

Association House of Chicago offers Mental Health First Aid, a nationally recognized training that teaches participants how to identify, understand, and respond to signs of mental illness in their family, friends, community, and workplaces.

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Mindfulness & Behavior Therapies - The Family Institute at Northwestern University - Northbrook Office

Mindfulness practices enable you to have a deeper, clearer, more accepting, and more compassionate awareness of yourself and others. Behavior therapies provide practical, skills-based solutions for coping with a variety of life challenges.

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Bullying and Suicide Prevention Program - Midwest Asian Health Association - Chinatown Office

The Suicide Prevention Program (SPP) is funded by the Chicago Dept. of Public Health (CDPH) under the leadership of the Chicago Collaborative for Bullying and Suicide Prevention (CCBSP). The purpose of this program is to reduce the stigma around suicide in Chicago by forming a collaboration that will work together to provide culturally competent and language-appropriate education and intervention to the target population.

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General Mental Health Information/Education | NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS (NAMI) LAKE COUNTY - Family Support Groups, Grayslake Site

Offers a confidential monthly support group for family and friends supporting a loved one with a mental illness. The group is led by two facilitators who are experienced with taking care of a family member with mental illness. *Also offers virtual monthly support group in Spanish via Zoom.

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MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCATE PROGRAM | NAMI NORTHERN ILLINOIS

Provides the Local affiliate of the National Alliance on Mental Illness that offers education, advocacy, and support for families and individuals living with mental illness.

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590 TEAM / MOBILE CRISIS RESPONSE | MEMORIAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH

Crisis team (Engagement Specialist and Crisis Counselor) providing mobile crisis response.

-- On-site counseling.

-- Mental health evaluation.

-- Assesses the need for psychiatric hospitalization.

-- Community referrals and linkages.

-- Post crisis follow-ups.

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Depression and Bipolar Support - Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance - Main Location

Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA) offers both in-person and online support groups in addition to providing information about mood disorders and suicide prevention. The website offers links to other resources, including treatment options, clinical trials, and brochures in English and Spanish which may be downloaded for free.

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Mental Health Care - LoSAH Center of Hope - Main Office

The LoSAH Center of Hope/Centro de Esperanza provides mental health care to community residents of Logan Square, Avondale, & Hermosa in Chicago. Because they are taxpayer-funded, they can only serve a specific area of the city. The LoSAH Center offers bilingual individual, couples, & family therapy to individuals with a variety of insurances, as well as uninsured individuals.

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Family-To-Family - NAMI Metro Suburban - NAMI Education Offices

NAMI Metro Suburban's Family to Family is a free 8-week mental health first aid training program sponsored by the National Alliance on Mental Illness. The course is designed for relatives and close friends of adults with persistent and severe mental illness. The curriculum balances educational materials and skill training with self-care, emotional support, and empowerment.

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Mindfulness Based Counseling and Support Services - Clinical Care Consultants - Main Office

Clinical Care Consultants mindfulness-based psychotherapy/counseling helps to deliberately focus one's attention on the present experience in a way that is relaxing and rejuvenating while being non-judgmental. They provide clients with tools, training, and practice in applying mindful awareness while making it part of their everyday personal and relational lives.

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General Mental Health Information/Education | NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS (NAMI) LAKE COUNTY - Family Support Groups, Gurnee Site

Offers a confidential monthly support group for family and friends supporting a loved one with a mental illness. The group is led by two facilitators who are experienced with taking care of a family member with mental illness. *Also offers virtual monthly support group in Spanish via Zoom.

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Family to Family - NAMI Chicago - Main Office

National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Chicago provides Family to Family a free 8- or 12-week educational course designed for family members looking to develop skills to support their loved one living with a mental health condition. This group class is led by trained family members with experience supporting a loved one on their mental health journey.

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General Mental Health Information/Education | AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION (AFSP) - Suicide Prevention Program

Offers educational programs that help raise awareness and provides support for suicide prevention. Educates the public about mood disorders and suicide prevention. Promotes policies and legislation that impact suicide and prevention. Provides programs and resources for survivors of suicide loss and people at risk. Also provides in-person and online support group referrals for survivors. For a comprehensive list of resources visit www.afsp.org/suicide-prevention-resources/ *Does not provide its own crisis hotline service.

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590 TEAM / MOBILE CRISIS RESPONSE | MEMORIAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH

Crisis team (Engagement Specialist and Crisis Counselor) providing mobile crisis response.

-- On-site counseling.

-- Mental health evaluation.

-- Assesses the need for psychiatric hospitalization.

-- Community referrals and linkages.

-- Post crisis follow-ups.

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