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The Recovery Trust Forum for Families of People with Serious Mental Illness

The Recovery Trust Forum for Families of People with Serious Mental Illness. Use the links to learn more about the forum and how it works. Purpose of the Forum. A free, safe place to: get support share personal experiences learn more about serious mental illness and its management

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The Recovery Trust Forum for Families of People with Serious Mental Illness

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  1. The Recovery Trust Forum for Families of People with Serious Mental Illness Use the links to learn more about the forum and how it works

  2. Purpose of the Forum A free, safe place to: • get support • share personal experiences • learn more about serious mental illness and its management • get help with solving problems http://www.recoverytrust.org/familyforum.html

  3. Meet the Forum Team Forum Administrators: • Kate Wright - an individual with bipolar disorder, who has experienced episodes of psychosis • Maureen Makar-Olson LCSW- therapist with over 9 years of experience in the mental health field

  4. Meet the Forum Team Forum Facilitators: Karen Sturgis MA, LPC – over 20 years of experience in mental health and addiction recovery Nicole Clayton MS - over 10 years of experience in working with adults with serious mental illness Phoebe Norton – former mental health center director, former president of NAMI Colorado and sister to someone with a mental illness Rev. Alan Johnson – minister and family member of someone with serious mental illness; director of INMI Dr. Julia Maximon MD – psychiatrist

  5. Role of the Forum Administrators 1. Enroll new participants 2. Organize topic threads 3. Edit or remove postings that do not follow forum participant guidelines. 4. Caution or disable log-in privileges for participants who do not follow forum guidelines

  6. Role of the Forum Facilitators 1. Invite new forum participants to introduce themselves 2. Direct participants to educational material in the forum resource library http://www.recoverytrust.org/resourcelibrary.html 3. Contribute to online discussions and problem-solving

  7. IMPORTANT NOTIFICATION: The forum is not a treatment resource.It is a source of accurate information and mutual support around difficult issues.Please take personal treatment questions directly to proper therapist and/or psychiatrist.

  8. Security and Anonymity Family members may enroll in the forum to view and participate in forum discussions You may choose a username which does not reveal your identity to anyone except the facilitators Facilitators will not be anonymous

  9. Tour of the Forum How to get a username and password – write to forum@recoverytrust.org How to log on Accessing the discussion Posting a new discussion thread Replying to a previous post Updating your profile Getting email notifications when others respond to your post How to express concerns about someone else’s post How to access the resource library from the forum

  10. The Participant Agreement To help this group remain a happy, pleasant place where every participant feels comfortable, we ask that you please follow the following guidelines for your participation.

  11. How to Enroll in the Forum We recommend watching two training videos online at http://therecoverytrust.org/videos.html Write us at forum@recoverytrust.org Tell us who you are The forum administrator will email you a copy of the participant agreement Confirm that you have watched the training and read the agreement Tell us what you would like your username to be (you may be anonymous) We will enroll you and send you a temporary password which you may change to something more personal

  12. Thank You! Any Questions? Write us at forum@recoverytrust.org

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