Geauga County Board of Mental Health
& Recovery Services
13244 Ravenna Road • Chardon, Ohio 44024
Phone 440-285-2282 • Fax: 440-285-9617
Hearing Impaired 1-800-750-0750
email: gbmhadas@lightstream.net
Hours Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Jim Adams, Executive Director, CEO

NAMI Course Outline

• Learn about feelings, learning about facts.
• Schizophrenia, major depression and mania; diagnosis and dealing with critical periods
• Subtypes of depression and bipolar disorder; panic disorder and OCD; diagnosis and causes; sharing our stories
• The biology of the brain/new research
• Problem solving workshop
• Medication review
• Empathy workshop -what its like to have a brain disorder
• Communication skills workshop
• Self-care and relative groups
• Rehabilitation, services available
• Advocacy: fighting stigma
• Review and certification ceremony

For more details on NAMI support groups click here.