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NAMI Publications

NAMI Minnesota ADVOCATE Newsletters are available here.   

NAMI Minnesota DVDs are available here.

NAMI Minnesota Fact Sheets are available here.

NAMI Educational Booklets

• Children's Psychiatric Hospitalization (Just Updated!) What you need to know when a child is hospitalized. (Published June 2013) Download, here.

• Hope For Recovery (Just Updated!) A resource booklet for navigating the mental health system in Minnesota. (Published April 2013) Download, here.

• Advocating for People with Mental Illnesses in the Minnesota Criminal Justice System For anyone trying to advocate for a person with mental illness who has been arrested, is in jail, or is returning to the community after incarceration. (Published Dec. 2012) Download here.

• Adult Psychiatric Hospitalization - What you need to know when a loved one is hospitalized. (Published July 2012) Download, here.

• Understanding Data Practices Laws (July 2012), here.

• Advocating for a Child with a Mental Illness in the Minnesota Juvenile Justice System (Dec. 2011). Answers questions such as: What if my child is sent to a juvenile detention center? What does my child’s attorney need to know? What can I expect in court?  How can I help my child prepare to leave a correctional or treatment facility? How should I handle a mental health crisis? What do I need to know about calling law enforcement? For a copy, call NAMI at 651-645-2948 or download here.

• Mental Health Crisis Planning for Families: Learn to recognize, manage, prevent and plan for your child's mental health crisis. See booklet for children (published Feb. 2010). Crisis Planning booklet for adults (published Aug. 2010).

• Understanding the Minnesota Civil Commitment Process: Booklet on dealing with crisis situations, the steps in the process, pre-commitment screening, hospitals and emergency treatment, commitment standards, common questions, and alternatives to commitment (published Sept. 2010).

• Family Involvement Law: A booklet to help families and professionals understand changes in the data privacy laws that allow limited but important information to be released to families. Download here.

• Keeping Families Together: A resource guide for families to understand intensive treatment options for children with mental illnesses. Download here.  Voluntary Placement Form, here.

(Single copies are available free; multiple copies are available for a small fee.)

NAMI Minnesota's 5-Year Strategic Plan (2007-11) summary is available here, as is a more detailed copy of the plan here. 

Other Publications

Making and Keeping Friends - A Self-Help Guide, here.