People,
Organizations,
and Services we
love and trust

The Academy is one part of a family's path, not the whole of it. These are the organizations we tell families about directly - the ones we trust enough to put our name beside.

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Mighty Champions Mental Health Education Intro to Mighty Champions webinar
Coaching for Families Affected By PsychosisMilt Greek, Lived Experience and MS Social Work
Team Daniel and the Clozapine CommunityMedical & Lived Experience Guidance
Glore Psychiatric Museum (St. Joseph, Mo)History of Psychiatric Care, Webinars, Group tours
Integrus HealthExpert Vision & Policy Advocacy for SMI Healthcare
Seizing PsychPeer connection, Education, Advocacy, Community
Johns Hopkins Schizophrenia SymposiumAnnual Event for Caregivers & Researchers

Residential Treatment Centers

ARTAUSA - American Res Treatment Ctrs

HOW WE CHOOSE

Nothing gets on this list for the asking

A recommendation from the Academy is a promise to the family receiving it, so the bar is the same one we would use with our own people.

Free, or low enough that a family already spending everything can still use it
Evidence-based, backed by rigorous neuroscience, psychiatric, and psychological research
Run by people who have lived this, not only studied it
No obligation to buy anything, and no pressure to keep a family connected

Where to find additional help and information

When a family needs more than just a Caregiver Class

Crisis and urgent help

Places a family can reach the same day when things have moved past what a conversation can handle.

Call 988 for Crisis
Call 9-1-1 for police/fire/ambulance

BEFORE you would ever need to call your local police, call them PROACTIVELY. Ask to visit the Chief of Police and/or a Social Worker on the force. Take a recent picture of your Loved One (LO) along with information about their diagnosis, age, name, height/weight, hair color, etc.

Advise them:

Of LO's delusions / hallucinations
Not to approach with threats / anger
Not to approach with weapons visible
Not to shine light directly into eyes
To ask, if Loved One (LO) feels safe
To ask, if LO feels like hurting self or others
To ASK your LO how they can help

Advocacy / Information Groups

Engaging Speakers & Open Q&A Sessions

Caregiver Peer Support

Groups where a caregiver can sit with other people who understand, without explaining themselves first.

Meds Resources / Info

KNOW A GROUP WORTH ADDING?

Tell us who has helped you

If an organization made a real difference for your family, email Michael. We meet organizations the same way we meet everything else - by listening first, and only recommending what we would use ourselves.

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People,Organizations,and Services welove and trust