NAMI EAST BAY announces its Winter 12-week education series to be held Thursday evenings beginning January 19 and running through April 5. It will be held in Albany, CA near San Pablo Ave.  Presented by a team of NAMI East Bay specially trained family members the series provides education about major mental illnesses, medications and the brain, and skills training in communicating, problem solving, empathy and self-care. It provides support through networking with others who have mentally ill loved ones, and offers resource options in the community. You must be at least fourteen and have a mentally ill relative or significant other to qualify. Registration required.  Please leave your name and phone number with our office at 510 524-1250 or namieastbay@earthlink.net and a teacher will contact you. For more information about NAMI East Bay go to:

Info on website: www.nami.org/sites/namieastbay.