October-December 2015

to eliminate the pervasive stigma of mental illnesses.
Number 191 Oct-Dec 2015
IN THIS ISSUE
New Mental Health Leaders
p.2
Stepping Up Initiative
p.3
Mental Health Parity Rights
p.3
More on NAMIWalks
p.4-5
Affiliate Features
p.6
Pub Trivia 5 Set
p.6
Affiliate Features
p.6
Raising Awareness
p.7
Holiday Gift Drive
p.7
DHS Listening Sessions
p.8
Meet the Board Candidates
p.9
Wildly Successful Ride
p.11
NAMI Support Groups
p.12
CALENDAR
November
NAMI State Conference
Nov. 7
Family Support Group Facilitator
Training
Nov. 14
Get to Know NAMI
Nov. 10
Pack Up Your Sorrows Movie
Nov. 20
December
Get to Know NAMI
Dec. 1
Holiday Gift Drive
Dec. 1-18
January
Get to Know NAMI
Jan. 6
Family-to-Family Teacher
Training
Jan. 22-24
Pub Trivia 5
Jan. 25
February
Research Dinner
Feb. 24
Looking Ahead
Legislative Session Starts
Mar. 8
MH Day at on the Hill
Mar. 31
NAMIWalks Sparkles
An enormous crowd of more than
4,500 people joined in the ninth annual
NAMIWalks Minnesota, held Sept. 26
at Minnehaha Park in Minneapolis and
at the Community & Technical College
field house in Rochester. There were 240
Walk teams and more than $400,000
was raised to support NAMI’s programs
for children and adults with mental illnesses and their families.
All of our walkers and team captains
were fabulous and NAMI appreciates all
their efforts in making this the largest
and most successful NAMIWalks Minnesota yet.
Special thanks to our premier sponsors
Allina Health-Mental Health and Cigna,
and to presenting sponsor UCare, for
their generous support of NAMIWalks.
In all, there were over 60 business and
individual sponsors! See list on page 4.
Thousands joined in NAMIWalks Minnesota on
a beautiful fall day and helped raise more than
$400,000!
NAMIWalks featured live music by the
Robert Everest Expedition, local food
trucks, resource tables, and family activities for all to enjoy like picnics, kids
tent, tree of hope, team photos, dance
performances and a t-shirt contest! Kare
11 Sunrise News Anchor Cory Hepola
emceed the event.
Walk speakers included NAMI MinnesoSee “NAMIWalks 2015” p.4
Advocates Support Crisis Home Relocation Bid
Persistent efforts by mental health advocates including letters, emails, calls and a
NAMI-hosted press conference on Sept.
2, helped end attempts to block People
Incorporated’s plan to relocate the Diane
Ahrens Crisis Residence to the site of a
former convent on the east side of St.
Paul. On Sept. 9, the St. Paul City Council finally voted 5-2 to approve the move.
At the press conference Sue Abderholden,
executive director of NAMI Minnesota,
stated that crisis homes play an important
role in our mental health system for they
encourage people to seek treatment early
before their symptoms require hospitalization.
“NAMI is concerned that if we cannot
even move an existing crisis home into a
better suited building, a crisis home that
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NAMI’s executive director Sue Abderholden led a
press conference to back a crisis home in E. St. Paul.
is run by a competent and trusted provider with no history of problems with
existing neighbors, how are we ever going to build enough crisis homes across
the state to meet the needs of adults with
mental illnesses,” Abderholden said.
See “Crisis Home Relocation” p.2
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Through education, support, and advocacy, we strive
New Leaders for State’s Mental Health Programs
Alice C. Nichols, LSCSW, LCAC, has
joined the Community Supports Administration as the director of the Adult and
Children’s Mental Health Divisions.
Alice hails from Kansas, where she was
director of Community Support Services at the Community Mental Health
Center of Crawford County since 2008.
She comes with substantial leadership
experience in local government as well
as leadership in statewide associations,
where she is praised for her ability to
drive evidenced based practice, work
collaboratively across service sectors and
produce positive outcomes for residents.
Alice is results-driven and has experience across the continuum of mental
health, chemical health and crisis care.
Crisis Home Relocation
“There are no valid reasons, legal or
otherwise, for not voting for the People
Incorporated proposal. Fear, misinformation and discrimination are simply
not valid reasons.”
Sue Swain who has used the services
offered by the Diane Ahrens crisis home
spoke at the press conference. “The help
of everyone in that house was the turning point in my recovery,” she said.
Jim McDonough, Ramsey County Commissioner Representing District 6, also
spoke: “My challenge to my colleagues
on the City Council is – it takes leadership in the community to recognize that
we need to move and help society understand what mental health is and what
the needs of our community are.”
Nancy Homans, the policy director for
St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman, spoke to
the Mayor’s support for the relocation
of the crisis home. She said he doesn’t
typically become involved in issues
before the city council, but he decided
that this issue was too important not to
speak out.
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Historic Bill Signing
She has led efforts to ensure community
supports exist beyond direct therapeutic interventions, such as supported
employment. She is a leader in recovery-oriented, strengths-based care and
has extensive knowledge of national recovery models and trends in healthcare
integration efforts.
In addition, Brian Zirbes, MA, LADC,
LPCC, has been selected to be the
deputy director of the Alcohol and Drug
Abuse Division. Brian has 14 years of
experience in substance abuse disorder
and mental health including supervisory experience. He has a master’s degree
with dual emphasis in child and adolescent counseling and is licensed both as
an alcohol and drug counselor and as a
professional clinical counselor.
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“It takes leadership in the community to recognize that we need to move
and help society understand what
mental health is and what the needs
of our community are.”
- Jim McDonough
Mental health advocates joined Gov. Mark Dayton
at a bill signing session for the landmark gains made
during the 2015 Legislative Session, including over
$51 million in new mental health funding.
Implementing Gains from
the Legislative Session
The Mental Health Division has a lot of
work to do thanks to all the new funding – over $51 million – from the 2015
legislative session. They are adding staff
to handle all the work. Work groups
have been formed on a number of issues
to move new legislation forward as well.
Approximately $3 million has been distributed to counties, tribes and regions
for crisis services. This additional funding will be combined with the existing
grant funding and distributed according
to a new formula that includes components of a base amount, and area and
population of a county or tribe.
Ben Ashley-Wurtmann with Mental
Health Minnesota also spoke at the press
One half million dollars of the addiconference, sharing his own story of
recovery and stressing the importance of tional FY 2016 grant funding has been
crisis homes in the mental health system. earmarked for start-up grants to create
new crisis residential services. The Dept.
of Human Services (DHS) is waiting for
Jill Wiedemann-West, CEO of People
federal approval to increase the Medical
Incorporated provided information
about the services they provide and how Assistance rates for crisis services.
important it is to offer a safe healing
On Aug. 11, 2015, The Center for
environment.
Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS)
approved rate increases along with two
Letters of support were also distributed
at the press conference from the Minne- new billable services for Adult Rehabilitation Mental Health Services (ARMHS).
sota Council of Child Caring Agencies,
For the existing ARMHS services that
Minnesota Association of Community
received a rate increase, DHS will do a
Mental Health Programs, Mental Health
Crisis Alliance, Minnesota Psychological mass adjustment to reimburse providers
back to Jan. 1, 2015.
Association, and Commissioner of Human Services Lucinda Jesson.
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to eliminate the pervasive stigma of mental illnesses.
Stepping Up Initiative to Reduce People in Jails Movie on Learning to Live
Stepping Up is a national initiative to
reduce the number of people with mental
illnesses in jails. Many national organizations are involved including NAMI, National Association of Counties, Council of
State Governments Justice Center and the
American Psychiatric Foundation.
• Develop a plan with measurable
outcomes that draws on comprehensive
jail data and an inventory of available
treatment and service options.
The initiative asks participants to commit
to engaging in these six action steps:
• Track progress using data and information systems.
• Convene or draw on a diverse team of
leaders and decision makers from multiple agencies committed to reducing the
prevalence of people with mental illnesses in jails.
NAMI National has prepared a document that lists ten ways to engage people
affected by mental illness, including
building on CIT efforts, sharing information with local NAMI affiliates, involving
certified peer specialists, etc.
• Identify and assess the mental health
needs and recidivism risk factors for
adults entering jails to measure prevalence rates and guide decision-making at
the system, program, and case levels.
• Implement research-based approaches
that advance the plan.
In Minnesota, seven counties have
passed resolutions to join the Stepping
Up initiative. They are: Aitkin, Roseau,
Hennepin, Olmsted, Ramsey, Winona and Dakota. The Winona Criminal
Justice Coordinating Council began its
initiative in July of 2015 and has already
adopted an ambitious schedule and
work plan that includes collaboration
with multiple agencies, organizations.
and government entities.
• Examine treatment and service capacity to determine which programs and
services are available in the county for
people with mental illnesses and co-occurring substance use disorders and
identify barriers to change.
Mental Health Parity - What are My Rights?
Federal mental health parity regulations
are now in effect. If your insurance plan
is covered by the Federal Parity Law, you
have specific rights such as protection
from restrictive financial requirements
and treatment limitations. This means
that plans must treat mental health and
substance use disorder treatment in the
same way as physical illnesses. Most
plans are covered by parity except for
Tri-care, Medicare, church sponsored
plans, certain small business plans, retiree only plans and certain state or local
government self-insured plans.
Some issues to watch for are:
• Separate deductibles for mental health
or substance use disorder treatment
• Limits on the number of days for residential or times you can see therapist
Higher copays
Requires permission only for mental
health treatment
• Higher copayment for medications
• Requires trying cheaper treatment first
• Excluding treatment that is considered
experimental for mental health but not
providing guidance on how new treatment is accepted
• Different limits on treatment
• Different out-of-network coverage
• Not allowing treatment out of the state
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A new website called Parity Track (paritytrack.org) provides useful information. If we are to enforce mental health
parity, however, we need people to come
forward and to file appeals, complain to
the MN Department of Commerce and
to contact NAMI Minnesota.
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with Bipolar Disorder
Meg Hutchinson’s new movie Pack Up
Your Sorrows will premiere in Minnesota, at the Wellstone Center, 7:00 p.m.,
on Friday, Nov. 20. Tickets will be $15
or $5 for people with low incomes. Stay
tuned to our website for more event
information.
Pack Up Your Sorrows is about living
well with a mental illness, told through
the personal story of singer-songwriter
Meg Hutchinson. The movie features
conversations with groundbreaking
authors, psychologists, neuroscientists,
advocates and teachers, and follows Meg
as she learns to live a healthy life with
Bipolar Disorder.
Through her eyes, viewers will explore
different aspects of mood disorders––
how families try to deal with the illness
in their midst, the biology of these
diseases of the brain, and the effects of
traditional and alternative therapies like
medication and meditation.
Along the way, Meg seeks to understand
the role mental illness has played in the
lives of authors and historical figures.
She also asks some of her heroes what
steps we can take as a society to reduce the epidemic of suicide, especially
among young people. Viewers will learn,
as Meg has, that these illnesses of the
brain are not a moral failing or a character weakness, and that treatment options
are improving.
Hope for Recovery Teachers
Eight new Hope for Recovery teachers were
trained on Oct. 17-18 to teach the six-hour class in
communities around the state.
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Through education, support, and advocacy, we strive
NAMIWalks 2015...continued from p.1
ta board president Deb Erickson, Allina
CEO Dr. Penny Wheeler, Family Teams
leader Sheila Novak, DHS Commissioner Lucinda Jesson, NAMI board member Beatric Officer, In Our Own Voice
speaker Bill Giddens, and NAMI execuNAMIWalks Minnesota
2015 Sponsors
Premiere Sponsor: Allina Health-Mental Health,
Cigna
Presenting Sponsor: UCare
National Sponsor: Takeda Lundbeck
Gold Sponsor: Alkermes, Great River Energy, Hennepin County Medical Center, MHS, Blue Cross
and Blue Shield of Minnesota, Johnson & Johnson
Health Care Systems, PrairieCare, HealthPartners,
Regions Hospital, Park Nicollet Melrose Center,
Medica Foundation
Silver Sponsor: Mall of America, Debra Hohag
Anderson, Optum
Start / Finish Sponsor: Rick Lancaster & Abby
McKenzie, Genoa, a QoL Healthcare Company,
Behavioral Healthcare Providers, BHSI | Behavioral
Health Services, Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of
Minnesota, Al & Pat Rousseau, Allan & Lou Burdick, LifeSpan of Minnesota, Inc.; Metro Transit,
The Mark and Heraty Family
Bronze Sponsor: Nystrom & Associates, Ltd.,
Canvas Health, Woodland Centers, Janssen
Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Washburn Center for Children, Supportive Living Solutions, Mental Health
Resources, Headway Emotional Health Services,
Jon and Sue Westerhaus, CentraCare St. Cloud
Hospital, Dynamex, KIND, North Memorial Health
Care, MN Association of Community Mental Health
Programs, POR Emotional Wellness
Supporter Sponsor: John & Janet Carey, Midwest
Center for Personal & Family Development, Catholic Charities of St. Paul & Minneapolis, Fraser,
Northwestern MH Center, MN Psychiatric Society,
Natalis Counseling & Psychology Solutions, Vail
Place, Guild Incorporated, Cort Holten, Edhold/
Rollo Families & Tandem Printing, Healing Touch
with Heidi, Maple Grove Hospital, Recover Health,
Hamm Clinic, Dungarvin, Goodwill Easter Seals
Kilometer Sponsor: Lakeland Mental Health Center, Minnesota Autism Center, People Incorporated,
Carlson Capital Management, Touchstone Mental
Health, Northern Pines Mental Health Center,
Flaming Flamingos, Sue Abderholden & Lee Keller,
Pregnancy &, Postpartum Support Minnesota, Barbara Schaefer in Memory of Beverly Smith, LifeCare
Medical Center, MN Psychological Association,
Lifetrack, Psychiatric Assistance Line, Teradata
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tive director Sue Abderholden.
The top teams by size were: HealthPartners Super Team 493, UCare HQ 218,
PrairieCare Super Team 215, Medica
169, Optum HQ 132. The Top family
teams by size in order were: Kaleidoscopes, Team Big Red, Southdale Serotonins, Forever Michael, and I AM.
This year’s NAMIWalks was the largest yet, with
over 4,500 walkers.
The top fundraising teams in order were:
WAMIS, MHealth Team, Forever Michael, Optum HQ, and SueNAMI. The
Top individual fundraisers in order were:
Rosemary Janousek, Sue Abderholden,
Rebecca Scheig, Anna Mae Marschall,
and Gregory Lind.
Congratulations also to the team T-shirt
contest winners: Bipolar Opposites was
first, Team Primmer took second, and
People Incorporated won third.
A big thank you to NAMIWalks Committee Members: Alyssa Anttila, Sharon
Autio, Radhika Bodapatla, Jorel Daniels,
Nancy Dillon, Tom Koch, Juliana Martinez-Fajardo, Beatric Officer, Kaitlyn
Pladson, and Emily Ross.
Smile team members were very aptly named.
NAMIWalks Minnesota was fabulous!
Thanks also to over 100 volunteers who
helped on walk day, to the two cheerleaders sent by the Minnesota Vikings,
and to photographers Witchell Photography, Chris Holden and Bill Hagestad.
NAMIWalks was also held on Sept. 26
in Rochester. Donations to both walks
will be taken thru Nov. 25. NAMIWalks
continues to grow and to attract more
throughout the state. Join us at next
year’s NAMIWalks on Sept. 24, 2016.
Family & Friends team.
Rich Lives On team members hugged each other.
It was beautiful day to walk for a great cause.
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to eliminate the pervasive stigma of mental illnesses.
A group from the Hennepin County Medical Center
team stopped for a picture.
NAMIWalks is a community of people showing
support for each other.
The Robert Everest Expedition provided a spirted
mix of international music.
KARE 11 Sunrise News director Cory Hepola
brought his sunny side as emcee for the walk.
Starting off on the 5K walk to raise awareness.
Two Minnesota Vikings cheerleaders came to help
cheer walkers on.
Oozma Kappa team.
NAMIWalks builds friendships.
NAMIWalks inspires families.
Young people and very, very young people joined in.
Allina Health-Mental Health team.
Walkers filled the streets for blocks upon blocks.
DHS Commissioner Lucinda Jesson was impressed
by the dedication of so many to make things better.
In Our Own Voice speaker Bill Giddens shared on
living with bipolar disorder.
The Southdale Serotonins carried their team banner.
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Affiliate Features: NAMI Duluth Area & NAMI Iron Range
NAMI Duluth Area
NAMI Duluth Area continues to grow in
its community education and outreach
capacity. The affiliate is a strong presence at local resource/education fairs,
actively promotes wellness trainings in
the community and hosts a monthly
education meeting. Family-to-Family
classes hosted in the fall continue to be
well attended, with a record of 23 participants for the last 12-week course.
Position Statement on
Body Cameras
NAMI Minnesota’s board recently adopted a position on the use of body cameras. The board certainly believes that their
use is beneficial in terms of transparency
and accountability by police. Their use is
problematic in terms of personal privacy.
NAMI Minnesota supports privacy policies on videos from police body cameras
that:
• Establish when cameras can be used.
They need not be on all the time but
should be used when responding to a
call for service or any encounter that
becomes hostile or confrontational.
• Establish disciplinary actions when a
police officer fails to record or interferes
with a camera inappropriately.
• Inform people that the incident has
been recorded and that they have rights
in terms of confidentiality and access to
the material.
• Ensure retention periods are clear and
only tapes that are flagged are kept.
• Only provide public disclosure of the
tapes with the written consent of the person, especially in situations where there
is no indication of police misconduct.
• Use redaction of people’s faces when
feasible and note them.
• Provide the person, their attorney or
advocate access to the recording and be
able to “flag” it just as an officer can. An
internal or external investigation can
have access to the tapes.
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NAMI Duluth Area is led by a strong
and visionary board with goals to increase the affiliate’s presence and impact
in the community. They continue to
reach out to community members in
Duluth to find more ways to enhance
their community presence, and recently partnered with NAMI Minnesota to
create a beautiful new brochure.
gize its efforts to ensure individuals do
not need to drive a long ways to receive
support and encouragement.
If you have questions about any upcoming classes or volunteer opportunities
please check out their website at www.
namidulutharea.com or contact volunteer representative at NAMI Duluth Area
at [email protected].
Members of the NAMI Iron Range
board have been attending Hope for
Recovery classes in Duluth and meeting
with NAMI Minnesota for trainings and
support. They are very encouraged about
increasing community services and
education in the area with the support
offered by NAMI Duluth and NAMI
Grand Rapids.
NAMI Iron Range
Virginia, Minnesota is located between
Duluth and Grand Rapids, creating a
long drive for individuals in Virginia to
have access to and attend NAMI support
groups or education classes.
Recognizing this difficulty leadership
of NAMI Iron Range has developed a
strong and energetic board to reener-
NAMI Iron Range meets monthly and
they are developing plans for starting a
support group in January. They are also
working to build the affiliate’s membership and community education.
If you have questions about any upcoming classes or volunteer opportunities
please contact volunteer representative
at NAMI Iron Range at namiironrange@
namimn.org.
Mental Health Day on
the Hill Set
Donor House Party
The annual Mental Health Day on the
Hill is set for Thursday, March 31, 2016.
A big thank you to Judith Kashtan M.D. Due to construction at the State Capitol
for hosting NAMI’s Donor Party in her
this event and legislative briefing session
home and garden – stunning views all
will be held at Christ Lutheran Church
around. We had a great turnout and saw on Capitol Hill, 105 University Ave. W.
many new faces (new faces to a NAMI
It will be followed by visits to legislators.
event – not-so-new faces to the world
Plan to join us and make your voice
that we are working in). This event was
heard!
a great kick-start to our Pohlad $10,000
new donors matching grant effort.
Pub Trivia 5
Judith Kashtan, M.D., at left, spoke to NAMI donors
who gathered for a garden party held at her home.
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Pub Trivia 5 will be held on Monday,
January 25 at Hell’s Kitchen in Minneapolis. Gather your team of up to six
and plan to enjoy an evening of food,
fun and mind-bending trivia! Trivia
master Adam Coolong is back again for
NAMI Minnesota’s annual pub trivia fundraiser! Registration will open
December 15. Contact events@namimn.
org with any questions you may have.
We’ll see you there!
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to eliminate the pervasive stigma of mental illnesses.
Raising Community Awareness During MIAW
New Antipsychotic Drug
NAMI Minnesota boosted its Mental
Illness Awareness Week (MIAW) outreach this year, promoting awareness
efforts each day and encouraging all to
wear something green – the designated
color for mental health awareness. Social
media was abuzz with information and
resources resulting in many “likes” and
sharing on Facebook, and re-tweeting on
Twitter.
In September the Food and Drug Administration announced the approval of
a new drug for treating schizophrenia
and bipolar disorder in adults. “Vraylar
(cariprazine) was shown to reduce the
symptoms of both disorders compared
with placebo, and was fairly well tolerated, with the most commonly reported
adverse reactions being extrapyramidal
symptoms and restlessness (akathisia).”
across the state in Bemidji, Grand Rapids, Morris, Owatonna, Roseville and
Minneapolis. Moorhead and Duluth also
plan to hold community conversations
this fall.
In addition, thanks to the continuing generosity Emily and Bing Carlin,
billboards went up in October with
the message that Mental Illnesses Affect Everyone and are treatable medical
conditions.
Along with many classes and presentations, NAMI also helped arrange six
Community Conversations on Mental
Health during MIAW. These were held
Memorial Event Raises
Suicide Awareness
MakeItOk Recognized
The community of The Pointe of Saint
Paul came together in music this summer, raising funds to celebrate the life of
Matt Ketola and raise awareness about
suicide and mental health.
The Minnesota Association of Community Mental Health Programs (MACMHP) recognized NAMI Minnesota,
HealthPartners and Twin Cities Public
Television, creators of the MakeItOK
Campaign, with an award for Stigma
Elimination and Education at its annual
conference held Sept. 15-18 in Duluth. The award provides recognition for
significant efforts to eliminate inaccurate
and hurtful representations surrounding
behavioral health.
The award presenters noted, “Their collaborative effort to change the language
we use and the way we interact with
people with mental illness in Minnesota has resulted in the creation of the
makeitok.org website, four half-hour
TPT programs, a volunteer speaker’s bureau, advertisements and media coverage
throughout the state, and information/
materials to plan your own anti-stigma
campaign.”
Make It OK campaign statistics from
2013 through June 2015 report 150 million media impressions, 65,000 website
visits, 31,000 views of the TPT programs
on the Make It OK website (excluding
viewership over the air and at TPT’s
website), 8,400 Facebook likes, and 70
speaker’s bureau presentations to 1,420
people.
The contributions they received in Matt’s
memory will support NAMI Minnesota’s
work to increase the public’s understanding of mental illness and provide
education programs like QPR (Question,
Persuade and Respond) which teaches
the three steps anyone can learn to help
prevent suicide. Just like CPR, QPR is an
emergency response to someone in crisis
and can save lives.
Holiday Gift Drive
NAMI Minnesota will have a Holiday
Gift Drive again this year, starting after
Thanksgiving. Wanted are unwrapped
gifts for adults with mental illnesses
hospitalized over the holidays in inpatient psychiatric wards; gifts for adults
in residential facilities over the holidays;
and gifts for children hospitalized over
Christmas in inpatient psychiatric wards
(ages 6 to 18). Particular types of gifts
are sought - nothing sharp or breakable, no ribbons or strings. Please check
NAMI’s website for gift suggestions. Gifts
can be dropped off from Dec. 1 to Dec.
18, between 9:00-5:00, at NAMI, 800
Transfer Road, Suite 31, in St. Paul.
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Vraylar is one of the first antipsychotic
medications shown to be effective in
alleviating the negative symptoms of
schizophrenia such as a lack of motivation or desire, making it an important
new option for patients.
Collaborative Care Efforts
Members of racial and ethnic minority
groups in the United States are less likely
to access mental health services, more
likely to receive lower quality care, more
likely to use inpatient hospitalization
and emergency rooms, and less likely to
utilize community mental health services. As a result of reduced access and
utilization of care, ethnic and minority
communities delay seeking and receiving treatment, are more apt to terminate
treatment prematurely.
Collaborative care is a new model of
care that has the potential to reduce
racial/ethnic disparities in mental health
service access and clinical outcomes.
Elements of this model include coaching patients to self-manage symptoms,
training medical professionals and staff
to provide preventive and collaborative
care services, supporting clinicians with
on-site specialty consultations, equipping patients with community resources,
and building organization-level capacity
to meet care coordination goals. Despite
the success of collaborative care models for management of common mental
disorders, broader implementation in
clinical settings that serve impoverished
communities is needed.
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DHS Holds Listening Sessions on Safety Net Services
to move people out of the Minnesota
will help shape their efforts and inform
Security Hospital, or what happens to the potential legislative initiatives for 2016
and beyond.
children who get turned away from the
CABHS program in Willmar.
For those of you unable to attend any of
these meetings, we anticipate additional
What should the state’s role be. Should
they be involved in delivering commuopportunities for input over the next
several months. DHS has also created
nity services? How should they interact
The Listening Sessions invited providers, with community providers? Should there a specific email box for you to submit
be a central intake procedure or some
consumers, administrators, advocates,
your ideas and feedback about safety net
services in Minnesota. Send your feedand others to share which DHS safety net other method?
services are working, which are not and
back or suggestions to: safetynet.dhs@
DHS says the feedback from stakeholders state.mn.us.
what services should be provided that
do not currently exist. They were held in
Marshall, Fegus Falls, Duluth, Bemdji,
Rochester and St. Paul.
NAMI Staffers At NIMH Outreach Partners Meeting
The Department of Human Services
(DHS), in collaboration with counties, held Listening Sessions at six sites
around the state from Aug. 20 to Sept. 1
to take an in-depth look at Minnesota’s
services for people with mental illnesses,
substance use disorders, and disabilities.
NAMI members were encouraged to
attend the sessions and talk about issues
such as the inability of the community
to access Community Behavioral Health
Hospitals, the waiting list at Anoka Metro
Regional Treatment Center, the inability
NAMI’s Classes are Free
NAMI Minnesota’s offers over 300 free
classes each year for children and adults
with mental illnesses and their families,
along with classes for professionals and
community members. These classes include Hope for Recovery, Mental Health
First Aid, Family-to-Family, Transitions, Progression, Understanding Early
Episode Psychosis, safeTalk, Children’s
Challenging Behaviors, and more. To
find out more about NAMI’s classes and
to register, just go to namihelps.org and
click on classes or call 651-645-2948.
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NAMI Minnesota is an outreach partner
with the National Institute of Mental
Health (NIMH). In that capacity NAMI
works to increase the public’s access
to science-based mental health information. NAMI staff Sue Abderholden
and Kara Bennett attended this year’s
annual NIMH meeting in Bethesda,
Maryland. Over two and a half days they
learned about new research and heard
from NIMH director Dr. Tom Insel. Sue
Abderholden was on a panel presenting
information on first-episode of psychosis
programs.
NAMI Connection Leaders
Several speakers presented on suicide
prevention at the conference. NIMH
is focusing on the priorities laid out in
2014 by the National Action Alliance for
Suicide Prevention’s Research Prioritization Task Force. The National Institute
of Justice has joined NIMH in funding a
$6.8 million study called Suicide Prevention for at-Risk Individuals in Transition,
or “SPIRIT.
Twelve new NAMI Connection support group
leaders were trained Oct. 10-11.
With the suicide rate in jails being high,
and even higher upon release, this study
is testing an intervention to lower the
risk of suicide among just-released jail
detainees. The safety planning intervention that SPIRIT will compare with
standard care involves a brief intervention to develop a safety plan during jail
detention followed by phone calls after
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Dr. Tom Insel spoke at the NIMH Outreach Partners
Annual meeting on Oct. 13. Dr. Insell has just
stepped down after 13 years as director of NIMH.
release to review the plan and address
any problems.
NIMH also asked for information from
health care providers so that they could
understand what components of inpatient care helped reduce suicide risk,
learn about which alternatives to inpatient care are effective, and how these
can be broadly implemented.
The reason for this focus is that a study
found that 29 percent of adults who
attempted suicide in the past year
(an estimated 1.3 million Americans)
received at least one night of inpatient
mental health care that year. As stated
by NIMH, “Everyone can participate in
suicide prevention. Research, however,
can show the way by demonstrating
what will be the most effective strategies
for preventing suicide, for the greatest
number of people.”
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to eliminate the pervasive stigma of mental illnesses.
Meet the NAMI Minnesota Board Candidates
Mariah C. Owens: “I grew up in Minnesota and run a communications business
based in Minneapolis. My mom lives
with schizophrenia and I joined NAMI as
way to get involved in the mental health
community. I’ve walked in the NAMI
Walk for years, joined the speakers’
bureau last year, attended Mental Health
Day on the Hill this year, and offer my
services to NAMI in any way I can. I’m
dedicated to increasing awareness and
decreasing the stigma of mental illness.”
Darrell Gillespie: “I think NAMI plays
Medications May Make
Quitting Smoking Easier
Quitting smoking is one of the best
things you can do for your health, and
also one of the hardest. Fortunately,
there are several medications that can
make quitting easier and more likely to
last. Using medication to help you quit
smoking doubles your chance of being
successful, reduces withdrawal symptoms, prevents weight gain, and reduces
your chance of relapsing. There are
seven FDA-approved medications for
smoking cessation. These include:
Nicotine-Replacement Therapies - Nicotine Patches, Nicotine Gum (available
over-the-counter (OTC), Nicotine Lozenges (available OTC), Nicotine Nasal
Spray and Nicotine Inhalers. Be sure to
follow the directions on how these are
used.
Also, Prescription Medications - Buproprion (Wellbutrin or Zyban) can be
started 1-2 weeks before the quit date,
for up to 6 months. While taking this
medication you should be monitored
for mood and behavior changes. Can be
combined with NRT.
Verenicline (Chantix) should be started
1 week before the quit date, for up to 6
months. While taking this medication
you should be monitored for mood and
behavior changes. Do not combine with
Nicotine Replacement Therapies.
a huge role in suggesting and changing
mental health systems. Being an African-American male, I think I can offer
information from my community, yet
also from a mental health perspective as
it relates to the African-American community. I think our voice is not always
communicated clearly, and I feel I am a
good communicator. I think I will be an
asset to the NAMI Board, with over 20
years in the mental health field.”
Rick Lancaster became acutely aware of
the effect mental illness can have when
his brother developed schizophrenia at
age 19. “It was heartbreaking to see a
lively, intelligent, fun-loving young man
suddenly have to cope with the many
negative effects of mental illness.” Rick
has been serving on NAMI’s finance
committee and would like to do more to
help. He is Vice President, Generation, at
Great River Energy.
Memorial Helps Youth
Bernice J. Nyhus was an amazing teacher, very committed to her family, faith
and students. She gave NAMI Minnesota
a $30,000 memorial; the money will be
used to fund Ending the Silence, First
Episode, and Progression classes. The
NAMI children’s program staff are particularly excited about the additional youth
that we will be able to reach because of
this generous gift – we are very thankful to the families for thinking of NAMI
Minnesota.
Runners Support NAMI
NAMI Enters Third Year of
MNsure Outreach
NAMI Minnesota has received a new
MNsure grant to help people with mental illnesses enroll in health insurance.
In addition, NAMI Minnesota is working
to educate individuals on how insurance
works and how to utilize the benefits
offered. Here are some health insurance
terms:
Premium – Monthly amount paid for a
health insurance plan. This amount must
be paid whether or not you actually use
your health insurance.
Deductible – Amount you pay out of
pocket for healthcare services before
your health insurance starts to kick in.
(For example, with a $100 health care
bill and a deductible of $50, you would
pay $50 before your health insurance
begins to pay.)
Co-Payment – Fixed amount paid you
pay the day of service. This amount
can vary by type of covered service. For
example, you might pay a $35 co-pay for
prescriptions and $25 for primary-care
doctor’s visits.
One important update: MNsure announced in August that a permanent
special enrollment period is now available year round for victims of domestic
abuse or spousal abandonment.
To sign up through MNsure, or if you
would like a presentation on health
insurance basics, please contact NAMI
Minnesota’s MNsure Project Coordinator, Dara Larson, at dlarson@namimn.
org, or call 651-645-2948 x117.
GRANTS KEEP NAMI GROWING
BENEFACTOR ($1,000-$4,999)
• Roger Heegaard, The Minneapolis
Foundaton – General operating
The Minneapolis Hash House Harriers, part of a
world wide social running organization, donated
proceeds from their annual Red Dress Run to NAMI
for suicide prevention efforts.
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IRIS CIRCLE ($10,000+)
• Pfizer Foundation – Smoking cessation
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Memorials & Tributes
(June 25 to October 15, 2015)
In Memory of
AARON JOHNSON
From
Robert & Catherine Engelhardt
ANDY ENGELDINGER
From
Sandra Levine & Carolyn Belle
ANDREW DRUCK
From
Mary Paoli
GORDON TULLOCH
From
Catherine Ellis
Deb Tulloch Magee
BRADLY N. MCCLINTOCK
From
Noel & Laurie McClintock
JOHN ALLAN ZARRACINA
From
Marcia Hernick
BRUCE D. MILLER
From
Ms. Elsa Niska
JOHN JOSEPH DAVITT
From
Lydia & Daniel Dahl
CHRISTOPHER WRIGHT
From
Jimmie Wright
KAREN SKYBERG
From
Arthur & Dorthea Anderson
Yeabela Davis
Frank & Kathie Du Rocher
Donald & Shirley Durand
D. Theodore Johnson
Jane Johnston
Brock Penman & Linda Link
Shirley Nelson
Robbye Sitz
Wally & Marian Skyberg
Marguerite Sonju
Richard & Ann Stout
DAN WHEAT JOHANNSEN
From
Elizabeth Hendler
Jeff Mirviss
Susan Murakami
DANIEL B. GOWER
From
Bradley & Lisa Anderson
Laura Feierabend & Jon Scudder
David & Barbara Halsey
Mary Loberg & Mark Sonderup
LaDonna Meinecke
Leo & Teri Rehmann
William & Becky Scheig
Russell & Cynthia Scott
Jacqueline Smolen
Paul & Maryann Wiborg
DEACON ROGER B. CARLSON
From
Marcia Carlson
DEBORAH GRACE AWDE
From
Robert Awde
Cynthia & Kevin Carlson
Marjorie Ferris
Warren & Marjorie Spannaus
DOUG HARMENING
From
Mary Bisping
EUYON HUA
From
Kolean Pitner & Rich Wilson
FREDERICK CHRISTIAN
ROHLFING
From
Shirley Anderson
Dr. Gloria Avrech
Angela Baxter
Rodney Bunker & Virginia
Zoncki-Bunker
Carolyn Buska
Jeffrey & Susan Dean
Matthew Gladue
Sharon Haas & Nicholas Faber
Jane Johnston
Mary Catherine Ricker
Ann Ruff
MARK A. OHNSORG
From
Claudia Vierling
Mary Schulz
GRACE WILDES
From
K. Carlson & L. Shepherd
Carolyn Dillon
Ione & Edward Schaaf
BERNICE J. NYHUS
From
David & Amy Anderson
DANIEL M. THIELE
From
Kathryn Quist
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Martha Samuelson
Anne Rae Sanderson
Mary Whalin
GREG MARTHALER
From
Jason Branby
Beth & David Cathcart
Steve & Joan Costello
Ann Dyellig
Diana & Paul Kaardal
Doug & Julie Kmoch
ANDREW SCHEIG
From
Jennifer Storms
Jeffrey & Carol Grady
Milton Harrison
David & Bertha Hsiao
Jody Ladsten
Darryl & Angela Nelson
Natalia O’Reilly-Holm
Catherine & K.J. Sagedahl
Arlana Vaughan
MATT KETOLA
From
Franklin Aldin
Karen Bodin
Barry & Janice Davis
Molly Doran
Lavonne Ellingson
Wendy Everson
Denise Griffith
David & Judith Heberlein
Joann Hendricks
Janice Lauinger
William Leitch
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Ian & Susan Nicholson
Ralph & Joyce Peterson
Ms. Mary Solyntjes & Ms. Mary
Jo Vannelli
Susan Thomas
Kathryn & Richard Trumble
Patricia Vold
William Weisert & Brenda
Cornelius
KEN SALO, JR.
From
Marlene Bast
William & Judy Bender
Cynthia & Dennis Bergquist
Louann Bicanich & Kathy Bernards
Ms. Karen Blaska-Morrow
Greg & Sherry Bristol
Gerald & La Nay Brostrom
Edward & Kristin Bury
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Lee Jennison
Gerald Kajander
Stephanie Lais
Robert & Mary Lawton
Tom & Carol Milberry
Kevin Pentila
Jane & Charles Salo
Robert & Deborah Sorensen
Keith & Lynn Swanson
Dawn Uherka
KURT ROUSSEAU
From
His loving family
LAURIE CONFORTI
From
Kathleen & Jefferey Emery
MARIA M. O’REILLY
From
Christopher & Peggy Arce
Roberto & Sonja Bari
Mayme Casey
Janis Clay
MIKE DAVID HALSEY
From
Renee Anderson
Darrell & Carol Baker
Beth & Thomas Bendtsen
Judy Boeddeker
Susan Buche
Barbara & Scott Canakes
Vicki Ericson
Joel & Suzette Esmay
Dale & Sara Forsberg
Sherrie Gayken
Heather Haakenson
David & Mary Halsey
Elizabeth Halsey
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Mark & Denise Knutson
Ronald & Polly Nesset
Claire Orenstein
Charles & Martha Panzer
Georgette Parker
Gary & Tracy Pouti
Larry & Kelly Prescott
Cherry & Glenn Russell
Margaret & Michael Schons
Mark & Sandra Setterholm
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Geraldine & Michael Sjoblom
Delmer Smith
James & Barbara Stepnes
Douglas & Patricia Strachan
Elizabeth Strand
Mark & Leslie Swiggum
Keith & Elizabeth Taylor
MIKE SWANSON
From
Bob & Donna Swanson
MICHAEL VICK
From
James Lucas
MIRZA LESLIE AGARD
From
Stephen Agard
Mary Brown-Lundmark & Christopher Brown
Jennifer Burdick
Michelle Burlew & John Bauhs
Jane & Richard Christopher
Sally Christopher
Gerald & Janice Filipek
Dennis Malarkey
Nicholas & Anne Phillippi
Robert & Peggy Rafferty
Robert & Anne Ramseth
Paul Skoug
Donna Spencer
Lisa Thoms
NICK LEE WHITE
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Martina & Michael Ashworth
Mary & William Baker
Colleen & James Baldrica
Richard & Barbara Barnes
Lori & Edward Bieging Jr.
Marlene Blomberg
Edwin & Susan Boeve
Jane Boss & Daniel Roth
Carolyn Briol
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David Goulette
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David Horner
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Donald & Margaret Irwin
Barbara Ivey
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David & MJ Perrin
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John Potter
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Sandra Waterman
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Jodi Weyrauch
Catherine Whaley
Dan & Norma Wilson
Louis & Carole Winslow
Steven & Ann Wolff
Gary & Joan Wright
Janet & Gertrude Ziebell
NILS CHRISTIAN JOHNSON
From
Donald & Jessie Siekmeier
PAUL HOLT
From
Olaf & Christy Hall-Holt
Robert Hausman
Bradley & Linda Holt
Rachel Meurett
RACHEL SIMS
From
Robin Skeie
ROSWITHA HILSE
From
Karen & David Nelson
TEAGAN BURCHILL RILE
From
Karen Ballard & Gene Bartsch
TERRANCE DONOVAN
From
Timothy & Carolyn Donovan
THE SHORT FAMILY
From
Elizabeth Ramsey
WALT E. LEITZ JR.
From
Cecilia Colizza
John & Gail Gislason
Dianne Joachim
WILL CROLLEY, JR.
From
John Hannan
In Honor of
Ann Kuehl & Pete Barteur’s
Wedding
From
William & Caroline Eigenberg
Bonnie Watkins & John Zakelj
From
Kathryn Lamp
Jake Foster & Nichole Short
From
Garrett Backes
Tim Novak
From
Don Lifto
Colleen & Grady Engeldinger’s
Wedding
From
Jeffrey Maciej
Dee Moore’s Birthday
From
Phyllis Bellin
Sipra Jha
Herm & Mary Schulte’s 50th
Anniversary
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Dick & Sue Abel
Gregory Cich
John Cich & Janina Wresh
Pam Driskell
Robert & Maureen Gallaher
Tim & Renee Gallaher
Paula & Jeffrey Gander
Nancy Hart
Jaine & Gregory King
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Sarah & Mike Oebser
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Brian, Patti, Olivia, and Elizabeth
Schneider
Jerry & Sandra Schwartz
W.G. & Sheila Sorenson
Richard Schneider
John & Gail Gislason
Michael & Renee Popkin, MD
From
Dr. & Mrs. Michael & Carol Bromer
Marvin & Rosemary Fish
Judith Tennebaum
Nathan Hundt & Melissa Dreier
From
Anna Chaloupka
Angela McGovern
Bob Swanson’s Retirement
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Liz Anderson
Gary Buchert
Thomas Cherioli
James Elvestrom
Leslie J. Erickson
Tom & Julie Farnsworth
William & Janet Goodin
Jean Groshens
Violet Hansen
John Heenan
Terry Nelson
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Karen Johnson
Thomas & Dianne Kay
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Kim Meslow
Scott Parker
Gary & Paulette Peterson
Lynda Powell
Chris Remer
O. Reuben & Donna Johnson
Tammy Schauer
Kay Seelhoff
Darlene Shonder
Dale Forsberg
Rochelle Westerhaus
From
Kathleen Westerhaus
Tom & Jean Brown
From
Robert Hausman
Gregory & Mary Mann
www.namihelps.org
to eliminate the pervasive stigma of mental illnesses.
A Wildly Successful Ride for Mental Health
Retirement Party Supports
NAMI
Tom Mork, a middle-aged banker from
Lakeville, and biking companions Bob
Thimjon, Doug Anderson, and Patrick
Boria completed an incredible 2,150mile bike ride for mental health awareness on Aug. 13. In the process they
raised over $102,000 for NAMI Minnesota’s programs of education, support
and advocacy for children and adults
with mental illnesses and their families.
Bob Swanson donated all the proceeds
from his retirement party to NAMI’s
suicide prevention efforts. Bob and his
family have been strong supporters of
NAMI for over 10 years and speakers at
Get to Know NAMI. People came from
all over the United States representing
different Trade Unions to give Bob multiple awards at his retirement; Bob said
that his new passion will be working
with NAMI – which we are very excited
to hear and experience! We are glad
Bob is taking time to enjoy his beautiful
family and do some gardening!
Their journey began July 6 at the Gulf of
Mexico and followed the Mississippi River to its source at Lake Itasca. More than
20 other riders joined Tom and company for one or more stages of the trip.
Golfing for NAMI
Along the way Mork spoke at rotary
clubs and with individuals, met with
NAMI groups and gave interviews for
the media. Local press did stories in
DanOGolf - This year the DanO Fund
had a goal of being able to donate
$20,000 from their golf event held on
September 21 – and they did it!
Workplace Giving
The organizers of “The DanO” are
committed to supporting families in our
communities that deal with depression,
mental illness and the loss of loves ones
due to suicide.
NAMI Minnesota is a member of Community Health Charities Minnesota
(CHCM). If you have a workplace giving
program, please consider designating
NAMI Minnesota as the organization
of your choice. Note that if you only
write NAMI, the donation will go to the
national NAMI since they also belong to
CHC. Remember you can also designate
NAMI Minnesota if you use United Way
or other workplace giving programs.
The event helps raise awareness around
suicide prevention and reduce stigma
surrounding mental health. This event
has become a special time where people can come to show support, come to
make a difference and come to heal.
PrairieCare Golf - We want to sincerely
thank all golfers and sponsors for participating in the second annual PrairieCare
Golf Fundraiser for Mental Illness Advocacy and Awareness - once again NAMI
was one of three selected beneficiaries.
Donor Appreciation Party
Despite a rainy day, they raised a great
deal of money and awareness. A special
treat was their emcee Alisha Perkins who
beautifully shared her story on living
with anxiety and how she is working to
reduce stigma and increase awareness
around mental illnesses.
The “Iron Four” riders: Bob Thimjon, Doug
Anderson, Tom Mork and Patrick Boria, and Tom’s
daughter, Christine, who joined in part of the ride.
many of the towns he passed through.
Each day the riders would dedicate their
ride to someone and pictures and progress of the trip was shared with others
through Tom’s blog and facebook page.
As a parent who struggled with his
daughter Christine’s bipolar diagnosis of
several years ago, Tom shared his story,
which he says included “ignorance, despair, bewilderment, humor, and yes…
hope.”
The riders stopped back in Minneapolis
on Aug. 7 and held a party at Minnehaha Park for Tom Mork’s 60th birthday
before finishing the last stage of the trip.
Friends, family, Rotarians, and NAMI
supporters joined in the celebration.
“We hopefully made a positive difference
in the lives of many,” Mork wrote. “And
if we did, the early mornings and 110
degree heat indexes and sore bottoms
and tired legs and achy necks and shoulders will have been totally worth it! The
funds we raised for NAMI will be used
to improve the quality of life of adults
and children dealing with mental health
challenges and maybe…just maybe…
even save someone’s life.”
On July 20, NAMI had its Donor Appreciation event
at Surley Brewing. The venue was beautiful as was
the weather. Guests got a first fiscal year-end update
from Sue Abderholden, and enjoyed the food and
great conversation. Thanks to all of our wonderful
donors, who make the work we do possible.
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