Family Education Curriculum

Purpose: To provide reliable psychoeducational materials in a classroom setting for consumers of mental health services, their families and/or their chosen support system.

Duration:Takes place over several weeks and/or months

Components:Workshop model led by a mental health professional and peer consultant that follows a standardized syllabus.

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Resource Library

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Family Institute Training Materials Books Break the Bipolar Cycle The Bipolar Handbook: Real-Life Questions with Up-to-Date Answers Henry’s Demons: A Father and Son’s Journey Out of Madness Ben Behind His Voices: One Family’s Journey from the Chaos of Schizophrenia to Hope Living with Bipolar Disorder: A Guide for Individuals and Families Welcome to the Jungle: […]

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Who We’ve Trained

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2002-2005-  McFarlane’s Multifamily Psychoeducation Group Initiative This inititative consisted of 34 agencies throughout New York State with half of them organized into Learning Collaboratives. The Family Institute taught this evidence based practice model of multifamily group, provided technical assistance and on-site supervision supporting agencies with setting up, recruiting for and maintaining the groups within their agencies. […]

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National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)

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NAMI-NYS is the state organization of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, the nation’s largest grassroots organization for people with mental illness and their families. Founded in 1979, NAMI has affiliates in every state and in more than 1,100 local communities across the country. NAMI-NYS provides support to family and friends of individuals with mental […]

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