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Mental health community support services to individuals 18yrs and older who suffer from serious mental illness.

Psychiatric and Nursing Services provides consumers with diagnostic assessments and evaluations, education regarding mental illness and medication issues, medication management, drug and alcohol screenings, prescriptions, medication administration, injections, lab work, consultations with other members of multi-disciplinary team, consultation and referral to outside health care providers. Psychiatric and Nursing Services also provides consultation to District 19 Substance Use and Intellectual Disability Services.

Prevention Services promotes individual, family and community behavioral wellness. Services Community education about mental health and suicide prevention Consultation with early childhood providers Parent education Youth prevention programs

NAMI Family-to-Family is a free, 8-session educational program for family, significant others and friends of people with mental health conditions.

Office of Prevention develops, promotes, and delivers nationally recognized, evidence-based programs and services through a sustained comprehensive approach that incorporates home, family, school, and community environments. Prevention services and activities provide educational, practical, and meaningful experiences for youth, families, individuals, and organizations in order to enhance and improve positive life and social skills and to develop appropriate peer and community support systems.

Provides a variety of evidence based programs in school and community settings that are designed to address the prevention of violence and the use of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs by youth. Partnerships with the school districts, YMCA centers and other youth serving organizations provide a variety of settings for the provision of services to a diverse range of children and youth. These services are designed to increase participants' skills and enhance their resiliencies to better cope with life's challenges and to help them succeed in school and other endeavors. Youth leadership skills are emphasized to encourage healthy youth development for all children and teenagers. Services are research based and evaluated. RAYSAC, the Roanoke Area Youth Substance Abuse Coalition, is staffed by Prevention and sponsors many events and activities promoting drug free messages. A SAMHSA Drug Free Communities grant will provide coalition resources through 2010. The coalition's signature annual events are the After Prom Grand Finale in June and Red Ribbon Week in October. For more about RAYSAC go to www.raysac.org Prevention Planning Teams in Botetourt County and the cities of Roanoke and Salem meet regularly under BRBH Prevention Services leadership to gather, assess and analyze youth risk behavior data in order to identify areas of high risk behavior and plan prevention and intervention services tailored to local needs. Prevention staff are members of the Roanoke County Prevention Council, also a SAMHSA Drug Free Communities grant recipient, which performs similar functions and partners with RAYSAC in a variety of community events. Disaster Preparedness and Response includes the BRBH Crisis Response Team first mobilized to respond to the shooting at Virginia Tech in April 2007. Since that time these employees have received additional training in preparation for future local disasters. The role of "mental health responder has evolved over the last decade as more school shootings, the 9/11/01 attack and other disasters effecting large numbers of people have gotten public visibility and concern. This BRBH component is developing as resources become available and partnerships with other local emergency response organizations are institutionalized. Training and Staff Development provides education and training to BRBH employees and other nonprofit organizations. Training in new evidence based models, to meet licensure requirements, to enhance professional skills and to address performance issues is all coordinated through this component.

Ending the Silence is a free 50-minute presentation suitable for middle-school through high school students, and general audiences. It is designed to raise mental health awareness and reduce the stigma surrounding mental illness, thus ending the silence.

Prevention Services provides initiatives around the following areas of focus: Community Coalition work, Lock and Talk - suicide prevention, Medication storage & disposal resources, school-based education programming, and trainings: Mental Health First Aid, Youth Mental Health First Aid, SafeTALK, REVIVE, Understanding Adverse Childhood Experiences, and Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training.

Host monthly Lunch & Learns to educate the public about important topics like suicide prevention, provide Mental Health First Aid to the community, provide Resource Guides to help those in need find therapy and resources quickly and easily, and bring together leaders from partner organizations to set community-wide goals to improve mental health access. Provide referrals to local services and providers.

The NAMI HelpLine is a free, nationwide peer-support service providing information, resource referrals and support to people living with a mental health condition, their family members and caregivers, mental health providers and the public. HelpLine staff and volunteers are experienced, well-trained and able to provide guidance.

Outpatient mental health and substance abuse treatment services for adults, children, adolescents, and families. Services include individual and group psychotherapy, family therapy, parenting classes, psychiatric services, medication monitoring, crisis services, case management, home-based support services, substance abuse recovery services and intensive in-home services. Also provided at this site are Project LINK, an outpatient program for pregnant, substance-abusing women or mothers with dependent children. Service in Lee County is provided in partnership with Planning District One Behavioral Health Services.

Behavioral Health services include: Brief interventions Solution-focused therapy Single session and same-day appointments Psychiatric medication management Trauma therapy Psychiatric consultations Care management No two people are the same, and tailoring our mental health services to each unique circumstance is a vital part of our philosophy. And moreover, we do everything we can to treat the whole person. We integrate behavioral health care with primary care to ensure each patient’s needs are holistically addressed. Community Access Network offers telehealth options for behavioral health services.

National Alliance on Mental Illness - Mid-Tidewater offers support, education, and advocacy for persons with mental illness and their families.

VHBG's Therapeutic Resource Center provides counseling, consultation, and psychoeducation services to individual youth, families, and groups. All of these services are supervised by a licensed professional. These services effectively and directly meet the needs of youth and families served through VHBG and better mirror a youth's Individual and Family Service Plan (IFSP). VHBG provides a Youth Mental Health First Aid USA eight-hour public education program free to the community each month. This program introduces participants to the unique risk factors and warning signs of mental health problems in adolescents, builds an understanding of the importance of early intervention, and teaches individuals how to help an adolescent in crisis or experiencing a mental health challenge. Mental Health First Aid uses role-playing and simulations to demonstrate how to assess a mental health crisis, select interventions and provide initial help, and connect young people to professional, peer, social, and self-help care. The course is designed for adults who regularly interact with youth (teachers, school staff, coaches, church and youth group leaders, parents, social workers, hospital staff, law enforcement, employers, etc.). The Youth Mental Health First Aid USA curriculum is primarily focused on information participants can use to help adolescents and transition-age youth, ages 12-18. The course teaches participants the risk factors and warning signs of a variety of mental health challenges common among adolescents, including anxiety, depression, psychosis, eating disorders, AD/HD, disruptive behavior disorders, and substance use disorders.

Peer-to-Peer (P2P) is a 12-hour, 8-week recovery education course for adults living with a mental health condition. Some classes are targeted towards young adults (ages 18-32.) Please visit https://www.nami-northernvirginia.org/whats-new or email [email protected] for current class offerings. Registration with facilitator is required.

Plans, develops, and implements services for Virginia Beach residents with intellectual disabilities and their families through the provision of consumer centered services designed to provide opportunities to individuals who have intellectual disabilities to become self-directing and contributing members of our community; support families living with family member with intellectual disabilities; provide early intervention when developmental delays are identified in young children; and, promote the value of persons with intellectual disabilities living and working in the community.

Mental health community support services to individuals 18yrs and older who suffer from serious mental illness.

Provides information, activities, and trainings in conflict management, mediation, and other life skills that prevent the onset of mental disabilities, substance abuse, problem gambling, HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases.

NAMI BASICS is a free, 6-session educational program for parents of children who developed the symptoms of mental illness prior to the age of 13 years.

A community-based outreach and prevention program designed to reduce suicide risk and improve mental health and wellbeing for veterans and their families in need.

Provides the following services: * Individual, family, and couples therapy for children, adolescents, and adults * Psychiatric Evaluation and Medication Management * Psychological Testing--Intelligence, Personality, and Educational * Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy * Substance Abuse/Addictions Assessment and Treatment

Individual, family, and group therapy. Psychological Testing and reports to the court Crisis Debriefing after school or industrial accidents/tragedies Mental Health Consultation for Head Start programs Representatives to participate on all five Family Assessment and Planning Teams(FAPT) Provides Case Management Services

NAMI Virginia offers an array of outstanding peer-led programs that provide free education, skills training and support.

Provides numerous services to at- risk youth and families including community education, school based programs, consultation, training sessions and targeted prevention programs.