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Local Meetings & Support Groups

NAMI Washtenaw County
(734) 994-6611 | info@namiwc.org

Office hours:

Mondays: 9:30am - 2:30pm
Tuesdays: 11am - 4:00pm

Thursdays: 9:30am - 2:30pm

Program meetings: Second Mondays, 7:30 pm except June, July, August and December.
St. Clare's Episcopal Church/Temple Beth Emeth, 2309 Packard, Ann Arbor.

Support Groups: 4th Wednesday (except Nov/Dec--3rd Wed), 7:30pm, St. Clare's Episcopal Church/Temple Beth Emeth, 2309 Packard, Ann Arbor. For parents, spouses, siblings, adult children and mental health consumers (people with mental illness).  Meets all year.

Details, see Services

Fresh Start Clubhouse
(734) 929-9992

A clubhouse which is run by (in large part) and serves those recovering from a mental illness. Information: call Bill Ruterbusch.

Location: 2051 S. State St., Ann Arbor.

Hours: MTWT 9-4:30; F 9-3; outings on Wed. after 3pm, Women's Group on Wed. 1-2pm

Full Circle Community Center
Faith Freeman, Director - (734) 485-2020

Consumer-Run Activity Center.

Location: 750 Towner, Ypsilanti.

Hours: Mon, Tue, Thur, Fri - 8-5, Wed. 8-8

Dual Recovery Groups

Dual Recovery Treatment Groups

Mondays 10:30am - noon.  Fresh Start Clubhouse, 2021 S. State St. Ann Arbor.

Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, 8:45am at St. Andrews Church 306 N. Division, Ann Arbor.  PORT staff. 

Co-Occurring Discovery Group, Thursdays 1:00 pm, Tuscan Creek 212 Stevens Drive, Ypsilanti.

Dual Recovery Anonymous (DRA)

Wednesdays 2-3:30 pm, Alano Club 995 Maple Road, Ann Arbor.  Consumer-run.

Fridays 1-2pm, Mich. Ability Partners (MAP) office 3810 Packard St., Ann Arbor.  Cons'r-run.

Saturdays 1-2:30 pm, First Baptist Church, 512 E. Huron St., Ann Arbor.  Consumer-run.

Dual focus AA Meeting, Wednesdays 5:30 - 6:30 pm, CSTS Building, 2140 E. Ellsworth, Ann Arbor.  Consumer-run.

Women's Issues Recovery Treatment Group, Wednesdays 1-2:30pm, 110 N. Fourth Ave, Ann Arbor.  Only for Women.

Co-Occurring Disorders Education Lecture Series:  Wed. 7-8:30 pm Huron Valley Child Guidance Center, 2940 Ellsworth, Ypsilanti.

Full Circle Community Center, 750 Towner, Ypsilanti. Information: call Faith Freeman, Director, Monday and Thursday, 10-11, (734) 485-2020.  Please call to make sure the group still meets.

Depression Peer Support Groups

MDDA Support Group, Providence Hospital, Novi. 1st & 3rd Wednesdays, 7:30pm. Information: call Vicki Edwards (248) 960-1288.  Call before coming.

Fresh Start Clubhouse, 2051 S. State St., Ann Arbor. Tuesdays 3-4pm. Information: (734) 929-9992.  Call before coming.

St. Joseph Hospital Senior Health Building, Room 1335. Wednesdays 7-9pm. Information: call Jenny (734) 485-3870

Manic Depressive and Depressive Assocation, 2140 East Ellsworth, Thursdays 12-2pm. Information: (734) 971-2385. Call before coming.

Parents Supporting Parents
Betsy Soden, (734) 662-2906

Location: St. Joseph Hospital Education Center, Classroom 5.

When: 4th Wed., 7-9pm.

Support group for caregivers of fetal alcohol affected children/adults.

Project Transition
(must have a referral from a case manager)
Mary Browning, (7340 665-8167

A group of volunteers and mental health consumers who enjoy social activities together.

Location: Church of the Good Shepherd, 2145 Independence, Ann Arbor.

When: Tuesdays 1-3pm

Schizophrenics Anonymous

A support group for those diagnosed with schizophrenia.

Full Circle Community Center, 10 S. Prospect, Ypsilanti, Tuesdays 10-11am. Information: call (734) 485-2020, ask for Faith Freeman, Director.

Fresh Start Clubhouse, 2051 S. State St., Ann Arbor, Wednesdays 12:30-1:30pm. Information: call (734) 929-9992

Survivors of Suicide Support Group

Meets for 8 weeks several times a year.

To enroll, contact Mary Jane Bottonari at (734) 761-2988.

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National Suicide Prevention Hotline:  1-800-273-TALK (8255)

Survivors of Suicide:  7:00-8:30pm on the 3rd Wed of every month.

Where:  UM Outpatient Psychiatry, Rachel Upjohn Building, 4250 Plymouth Rd,

Ann Arbor, MI  48109

The group is faciliated by a social worker and is open to anyone who has lost someone to sucide. It is offered free of charge.

For information about Social Work Family Programs, call Susan Wonnacott at

(734)764-0250.

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Goals Group:  Thursdays 10-11am, Full Circle Community Center, 10 South Prospect, Ypsilanti, Info: Teri 485-2020.

Employment Group:  Mon. 11-12am & Wed. 2-3pm, Fresh Start Clubhouse, 2151 S. State St. Ann Arbor, Info:  929-9992.

Organization Web Site Links

NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness)
http://www.nami.org/

NAMI Michigan (National Alliance on Mental Illness Michigan)
http://mi.nami.org/

U of M (University of Michigan)
http://www.umich.edu/

WCHO (Washtenaw Community Health Organiztion)
http://www.ewashtenaw.org/government/departments/wcho

CSTS (Community Support and Treatment Services: our local Community Mental Health agency)
http://www.ewashtenaw.org/government/departments/wcho/ch_washcom.html

Michigan Prevents Prodromal Progression (M3P) is a treatment research program providing assessment and services for young people in the Washtenaw County area.

http://preventmentalillnessmi.org/

Link to Brilliance

Morley Safer interviews Daniel Tammet, a 27- year old math and memory wizard, who has a rare brain disorder called savant syndrome. 

http://60minutes.yahoo.com/segment/44/brain_man

Morley Safer reports on ADD- a disorder that affects 8 million adults

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/12/03/60minutes/main658996.shtml

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NOTE:  IF ANY OF THESE RESOURCE LISTINGS ARE INCORRECT OR HAVE CHANGED, PLEASE NOTIFY THE NAMI OFFICE:  994-6611.