Welcome to the Montana chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
NAMI Montana Webinar Series on Mental Illness
Due to COVID-19, the 2021 Montana Conference on Mental Illness is replaced with a webinar series sharing insights from leading researchers, clinicians and advocates to improve Montana’s mental illness treatment and recovery system. The webinar series will take place twice a month through February.
We are offering FREE continuing education units from the comfort of your own home or office. [Hourly credits for LCSW, LMSW, LBSW, LCPC, LMFT, LAC, and CBHPSS]
County Mental Health Resource Guides
Montana is a big place. NAMI Montana offers mental illness resources guides to help you get in touch with the offices and services you need. We have contact information for emergency response, healthcare providers, and other helpful agencies in all 56 counties, from Beverhead to Yellowstone, in addition to general state and national offices and helplines. These guides are based off the format of the resource guide developed by NAMI Flathead’s consumers.
Local NAMI Affiliates
Montana’s local NAMI affiliates hold a variety of support groups facilitated by individuals directly involved and impacted by mental illness. Local NAMI support groups are lifelines so you don’t have to feel alone. Click here to find your community and get connected.
Treatment Scout
Treatment Scout lists and allows users to review and rate their experiences about mental health and addiction therapy facilities and treatment methods across the United State and beyond.
Of all of NAMI Montana’s work, we are particularly proud of our education programs. Our 8-week courses offer powerful insight into mental illness and recovery that is incredibly valuable to individuals struggling with mental illness and their families. NAMI Montana believes that these courses save lives. We are happy to offer them free of charge to the people and families that need them.
In addition to the family to family and peer to peer courses, we are happy to host an annual conference featuring presentations by top researchers, authors, and other figures from the mental illness field. We can’t wait to shair details about our upcoming 2021 conference, located in beautiful Kalispell Montana, and scheduled for October 20th to 22nd.
How NAMI Montana Accomplishes its Mission
1. Helping concerned families and friends start up local support, education, and advocacy groups.
2. Educating the public to dispel mis-perceptions and overcome the stigma associated with mental illness.
3. Advocating for the interests of persons with mental illness, including advocacy for enlightened and effective laws and adequate funding for services.
4. Teaming with mental health service providers and other advocacy organizations to improve service delivery and encourage them to work with families as allies.
5. Promoting a range of support services in the community, including appropriate housing, income maintenance, low-stress employment and training, social networks, medical and rehabilitation services, and assertive case management.
6. Promoting research into the physiological, neurological, biochemical and genetic aspects of severe and persistent mental illness that could point to causes, treatment, and prevention.
How we keep the lights on.
Trans-Montana Charity Ride
The Trans-Montana Snowmobile Ride is an annual winter charity ride going across our great state of Montana raising awareness and money for NAMI Montana.
Annual NAMI Walk
Every year people across Montana come together for the Annual NAMI Walk, usually our largest fundraising event. It’s a fun way to support NAMI Montana and have healthy fun with the whole family.
Individual Donations Make It Work
We couldn’t do this work without the important one time and monthly donations from people like you. Your individual contributions pull it all together.
Stop Suicide: Save a Life
If you are feeling suicidal or you know someone who is demonstrating the warning signs of suicide, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255).