CT Cleaninghouse in Plainville CT is Connecticut’s resource center on drugs, alcohol and mental health. In April, NAMI FV donated 20 books worth $550 to help expand their collection. Pictured here is Agnes Skowron, librarian, Mary Latina-Smoolca, NAMI FV President and Aisha Hamid, Program Manager. They were grateful to receive Read more…
Tuesday, March 23, 20216:30-7:30 pm In partnership with the Prosser Library in Bloomfield, join us for a lively discussion of Heavy by Kiese Laymon. Laymon writes eloquently and honestly about the physical manifestations of violence, grief, trauma, and abuse on his own body. He writes of his own eating disorder and gambling Read more…
Monday, March 8, 20217:00-8:00 pm Did you miss this event? Some in attendance say it was “mesmerizing!” Watch the replay and see for yourself! NAMI Farmington Valley and NAMI CT will co-host young adult author and activist Julia Tannenbaum for a first-hand look at how writing helped her cope with mental Read more…
Monday, February 10, 20206:30 PM – 7:45 PMProsser Public Library Community RoomBloomfield, CT Insanity Plea: On Race, Mental Health, and the Judicial System, by LaShawne Houston Sowell, 2019 is the story of a teenager’s journey dealing with the mental health and judicial system in America seen through a mother’s eyes. Read more…
Monday, February 25, 2019 at 6:30 PMProsser Public Library1 Tunxis Avenue, Bloomfield, Connecticut 06002 In Another Kind of Madness, author Stephen Hinshaw explores the burden of living in a family “loaded” with mental illness and debunks the “stigma” behind it, explaining that in today’s society, mental health problems can result Read more…