NAMI – Geauga County is for individuals, family members and friends of individuals diagnosed with major Depression, Bipolar Disorder, Schizophrenia and Schizoaffective Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorders, Panic Disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Co-occurring Brain and Addictive Disorders.

NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness is a grassroots, non-profit education, support, and advocacy organization of families, friends, consumers, and professionals dedicated to improving the quality of life for all whose lives are affected by mental illness.

NAMI Support Groups
Our Chardon Peer Support Group meetings are held on the first Thursday of each month. We meet at 7:00 p.m. at: The Geauga Board of Mental Health and Recovery Services, 13244 Ravenna Rd. (Rt. 44 – across from Geauga Hospital), Chardon OH, 44024. This groups is for persons living with mental illness.

Starting in January 2012 our Family and Friends Support Group is moving to the West Geauga Library at 13455 Chillicothe Road in Chesterland at 7:00 p.m. on the second Thursday of the month. This group is for family members and friends of persons with mental illness.

SUPPORT FOR ALL
Our Middlefield Support groups meet on the Fourth Wednesday of each month at 7pm at the Middlefield Library on Rt. 87 just east of Rt. 608. Peer Support group and Family Friends Support group meet in separate rooms.