NAMI is the National Alliance on Mental Illness. NAMI Utah’s mission is to ensure the dignity and improve the lives of those who live with mental illness and their families through support, education and advocacy.
Treatment works, recovery is possible, there is hope, you are not alone!
Crisis Intervention Teams (CIT) are teams of specially trained law enforcement officers. These officers are trained in tactics to effectively deal with a person experiencing a mental crisis, as well as every day interaction.
A CIT Officer has successfully completed state-authorized training, and passes required testing, to become certified as a Crisis Intervention Team Officer through the Utah State Department of Health.
Chief Chris Burbank of the Salt Lake City Police Department speaking on CIT:
Saturday, September 19, 2009 Franklin Covey Field, Salt Lake City, Utah
10:00 am
The NAMI Utah NAMIWalks will be September 19, 2009. We
are currently looking for sponsors for our event. Citadel Broadcasting
and NAMI Utah are teaming together to stamp out the stigma associated with
mental illness. We are looking to the business community to form teams of
employees and collect donations for NAMI Utah to be able to continue providing
education, support, and advocacy to individuals struggling with mental illness
and their families. We also need family teams walking and contributing to
this important cause. Please pass this information on to anyone you know
that could be a sponsor or a team captain.
Contact Mary Gully, Walk Manager, for additional information at
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or 801 323-9900.
NAMI Utah will hold its annual State Conference on Thursday, November 12th, 2009 from 8:30 am to 5 pm. The conference will be held at Noah's South Jordan, 322 West 11000 South, South Jordan, Utah 84095. Registration will begin at 7:30 am. We are excited to announce that our Keynote Speaker will be Pete Earley, author of "Crazy". Please plan now to attend this educational event!
Reinvesting in the Community
REINVESTING IN THE COMMUNITY: A FAMILY GUIDE TO EXPANDING HOME AND COMMUNITY-BASED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND SUPPORTS
NAMI has released a publication titled, Reinvesting in the Community: A Family Guide to expanding Home and Community-Based Mental Services and Supports, to inform families about the importance of expanding the array of home and community-based services and supports available to children and youth with mental illness and their families.
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) has released a new
report, Grading the States, assessing the nation's public mental health
care system for adults and finding that the national average grade is a
D.
Fourteen states improved their grades since NAMI's last report card three years ago. Twelve states fell backwards.
"Mental health care in America is in crisis," said NAMI executive
director Michael J. Fitzpatrick. "Even states that have worked hard to
build life-saving, recovery-oriented systems of care stand to see their
progress wiped out."
"Ironically, state budget cuts occur during a time of economic
crisis when mental heath services are needed even more urgently than
before. It is a vicious cycle that can lead to ruin. States need to
move forward, not retreat."
List of Law Enforcement Agencies in Utah Participating in CIT
