Mental Health Legal Forum Offered by NAMI on June 25
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Western Nevada is hosting a Mental Health Legal Forum designed to assist the families of children and adults with mental illness in knowing the services available in Carson City, Douglas, Lyon, Churchill, and Washoe counties and knowing their rights as family members.
Legal guardianships, jail diversion, and mental health courts will also be discussed. Kelly Ranasinghe, attorney and mental health advocate, as well as being an individual with mental illness, will close with forum with a keynote address: Your Rights as a Nevadan with Mental Illness.
The forum is free and open to the public. Question and answer periods will follow each section of the forum. For information, contact Linda Porzig, NAMI Western Nevada Education Coordinator 775.440.1626
The forum is June 25, 2016; 9 am – 1 pm, Brewery Arts Center Performance Hall, free admission.
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