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Western Tidewater Local NAMI Affiliate - Franklin, Virginia (area includes Suffolk, Southampton County, Isle of Wight county, and Northeastern North Carolina)
Call any of the persons listed below to get answers to any questions you may have concerning our Western Tidewater local NAMI affiliate and the services we offer: Family to Family Education program, Support Group, other education programs, resource referral, public awareness, etc. Also feel free to call with any questions about membership in NAMI. If you would like to Email your questions to us, click here.
Carol Evans 757-562-2988
Rebecca Butler 757-562-4977
Cheryl Bradshaw 757-562-4037
Nearby Local NAMI Affiliates
The Virginia cities listed below each have their own local NAMI affiliate. The people listed for each city are designated contacts for those organizations. Feel free to call them with any questions you may have about NAMI and their local activities.
Norfolk Contact: Robert Armstrong 757-588-8966
Chesapeake Contact: Mary McQuown 757-487-6633
Portsmouth Contact: Bobbie Wahrenburg 757-638-3727
Hampton/Newport News Contact: Rufus Easter, Jr. 757-826-2797
Virginia Beach Contacts: Michael Poyner 757-424-0856; Gerald Lavandosky 757-518-9105
NAMI Virginia
NAMI VA provides support and technical assistance to local affiliates. The organization operates a help line that helps individuals in crisis get information and services they need. NAMI VA promotes family and consumer education by training folks interested in leading local educational programs and support groups. Annual conventions offer expert speakers. NAMI VA is active in guiding and promoting legislation that will improve sevices for those with mental illnesses. Members are kept informed of gaps in services and issues before the state legislature, which call for individual advocacy.
PO Box 1903
Richmond, Virginia 23218
804-225-8264
888-486-8264
Fax 804-643-3632
Email: vaami@aol.com
Web Site: www.namivirginia.org
NAMI National
The national NAMI organization functions similarly to NAMI VA, but on a national level. Its web site contains a wealth of information on education, support, research, and legislative topics.
Colonial Place Three
2107 Wilson Blvd.
Suite 300
Arlington, Va. 22201
703-524-7600
Helpline: 800-950-NAMI(6264)
Web Site: www.nami.org
Western Tidewater Mental Health Center
Provides treatment and case managment for persons with severe and persistent mental illness. Also provides day programs offering psychosocial rehabilitation in Suffolk and Franklin, and a partial hospitalization program in Suffolk.
Franklin, Va.
757-562-2208
1801 S. Church St.
Smithfield, Va.
757-357-7458
Virginia Dept. of Rehabilitative Services
Helps persons with disabilities gain skills needed for employment, including interview and resume skills, and social skills. Supported employment helps with the transition to a workplace environment.
Franklin, Va.
757-562-6151
Toll Free: 800-552-5019
Virginia Dept. of Mental Health, Mental Retardation, and Substance Abuse Services
Site provides information on public mental health system in Virginia.
PO Box 1797
Richmond, Va. 23218
804-786-3921
800-451-5544
Fax: 804-371-6638
Web Site: www.dmhmrsas.state.va.us
Local Psychologists and Psychiatrists
Suffolk Psychiatric Group
2470 Pruden Blvd.
Suffolk, Virginia
757-539-1503
Richard A. Kaye, DO (psychiatrist)
1890 N. Main St.
Suffolk, Va.
757-925-1433
Comprehensive Psychiatric Services
79 E. Windsor Blvd.
Windsor, Va.
757-242-9988
Center Psychiatrists
4037 Taylor Rd.
Chesapeake, Virginia
757-483-6350
Churchland Psychiatric Associates
4053-J Taylor Rd.
Chesapeake, Virginia
757-483-6404
Churchland Psychological Center
3210 Churchland Blvd.
Chesapeake, Virginia
757-483-3404
Psychiatric Associates of Eastern Carolina
1112 N. Academy St.
Ahoskie, N.C.
252-209-8161
With offices in Franklin, Va. and Edenton, N.C.
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