34th NAMI Franklin County Annual Meeting

2886 Airport Drive,Columbus OH 43219

06 October, 2021

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Join us for our 34th Annual Meeting! We are pleased to invite you to the NAMI Franklin County 34th Annual Meeting as we celebrate our volunteers and accomplishments over the past year. We are honored to have as our keynote speaker, Dr. Xavier Amador! Dr. Amador is an internationally renowned clinical psychologist, author, and leader in his field. His books, published clinical research, worldwide speaking tours and extensive work in schizophrenia, bipolar and other disorders have been translated into 30 languages. He is also the CEO of the Henry Amador Center on Anosognosia and a family caregiver of two close relatives with serious mental illness. Dr. Amador is a Visiting Professor of Psychology at the State University of New York, and over the course of two decades he was Professor of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology at Columbia University and Director of Psychology at the New York State Psychiatric Institute. His expertise has been called upon by government, industry and the broadcast and print media where he has appeared as a frequent expert for CNN, ABC News, NBC News, NBC Today Show Fox News Channel, CBS 60 Minutes, New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, Cosmo, Wall Street Journal and many other national and international news outlets. He is the Founder of the LEAP Institute. (www.LEAPinstitute.org). NAMIFC is the local affiliate of the National Alliance on Mental Illness and is dedicated to improving the lives of family members, friends and persons with mental illness through education, outreach, support, referral, and advocacy in Central Ohio.