Mental Illness Awareness Week

Mental Illness Awareness Week
October 2014
Photo taken at Camp Mariposa,
an Oaklawn-sponsored camp for children
whose families are affected by addiction.
Children can attend six times a year for free.
Join us on the journey
toward health and wholeness
Mental health matters
It's easy to measure our community's health in terms of high cholesterol, diabetes or heart disease. What is harder
to measure – and for many, harder to face – is depression, post-traumatic stress or bipolar disorder. These are just as
important to our community's health, yet carry a stigma that is all too often a barrier to care.
In celebration of Mental Illness Awareness Week, October 5-11, Oaklawn will host three events and two nationally
renowned speakers to help end the stigma of mental illness in our community. Please join us in improving the health
of Michiana by caring for the whole person – body, mind and spirit.
Guest speakers
PETE EARLEY
Author, advocate, father to a bipolar sona
Pete Earley spent years writing about crime as a journalist. But when his son, who has a mental
illness, broke into a stranger’s house during a manic episode, he got an entirely different look
at the law. Earley chronicled his attempts to help his son navigate the system in “Crazy: A
Father’s Search through America’s Mental Health Madness.” He is now an advocate for reform in
America’s mental health and legal systems.
MICHAEL SHERBUN
Hospital executive, clinician and author
Michael Sherbun is a healthcare executive and clinician with more than 25 years of experience
in hospital management and behavioral health care. He is the author of “Caring for the Caregiver: 8 Truths to Prolong Your Career.” He speaks nationally regarding staff stress and burnout.
Mental Illness Awareness Week events:
Monday, October 6, 2014
Tuesday, October 7, 2014
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
See back cover for sponsorship and ticket information.
Caring for the Caregiver: A Guide to Survive and Thrive,
featuring Dr. Michael Sherbun, is a professional Lunch and
Learn to help caregiving professionals improve work/life
balance through identifying personal strengths and
weaknesses.
Where: Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center
Time: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Cost: $25.00
CEUs: 1.0
Buffet lunch provided.
Healthy Me, Healthy Community, featuring Dr. Michael
Sherbun, is an opportunity for family caregivers to learn
more about avoiding burnout, as well as share tips and
network
with each other.
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Where: Oaklawn, 415 East Madison St., South Bend
Time: 7 p.m. Cost: Free, snacks and drinks provided
*No registration needed
Crazy: A Father's Search Through America's Mental Health
Madness will be a riveting lunch featuring New York Times
best-seller Pete Earley, as he shares his personal journey
through the mental health system in America. His speech
is an opportunity to learn more about how families in our
community may be experiencing mental health issues and
provide support for the services that Oaklawn currently
offers.
Where: Palais Royale, South Bend
Time: Noon to 1:30 p.m.
Event registration can be found online at www.oaklawn.org/miaw
In 2013, Oaklawn served
16,000 clients across four
campuses, including over
South Bend Campus
Oaklawn, The Children's Campus, Mishawaka
Elkhart Campus
Goshen Campus
8,000 from St. Joseph County.
About Oaklawn
Toward health and wholeness for over 50 years
Who we serve
Our values
For more than 50 years, Oaklawn has provided
As part of a faith-based organization, the people of
comprehensive mental health and addiction treatment
Oaklawn are committed to:
to children, adolescents and adults in Northern
Compassion: Those we serve deserve compassionate
Indiana. In 2010, Oaklawn became the state-designated
treatment free of blame or stigma.
Community Mental Health Center for St. Joseph County,
bringing with it decades of experience and hundreds
Integrity: We are truthful and as transparent as pos-
of professionals who are experts in the field of mental
sible in our treatment, our partnerships, our work with
health. More information can be found at
each other and our financial operations.
www.oaklawn.org.
Our mission
With uncommon expertise in mental health and
Human dignity: Many of our clients have been impacted by traumatic experiences. Addressing those
traumas is key to healing and restoring dignity.
addiction services, Oaklawn joins with individuals,
families and our community on the journey toward
Professional expertise: We value well-trained and
health and wholeness.
credentialed staff who use up-to-date and evidence-
Our vision
based practices.
To help people live in harmony with self, others and
Community partnerships: We are eager to work with
God, through healing and growth of the whole person.
like-minded community partners to extend our care
and reach into the community.
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‘They saved my life’
One young man goes from jail cell to college classroom —
with a little help from Oaklawn, The Children’s Campus
A
t 17, Gus Martinez was on a destructive path.
He had been convicted of a nonviolent sexual
offense, violated his probation and had a severe
substance abuse problem, which landed him in
jail.
That’s when his probation officer referred him to Oaklawn,
The Children’s Campus.
“If I wasn’t in treatment, I wouldn’t have seen my 19th
birthday,” Gus said. “Every day I think about it. They saved
my life.”
Those honest words are a far cry from the feelings Gus, 19,
had when he first arrived at TCC in November of 2012. Gus,
like many addicts, didn’t think he had a problem. But Gus
is one who accepts his circumstances, so he participated in
treatment and became a leader among the others on his unit.
Six months later, he was doing so well that staff considered
releasing him — until he failed a polygraph. Gus admitted
to having relapsed several times. He had to stay, but he was
glad for it.
“He just said, ‘I don’t feel safe enough to go home. I think I’ll
relapse,’ ” said Adrienne Sailor, a team leader for TCC’s care
facilitators. “So, even though he didn’t get to go home, he
was still positive, he was still appropriate and he was still
encouraging to the other residents.”
Several months later, Gus moved from the residential unit
to a group home, where he had more responsibility and
autonomy.
“That’s when it really started hitting me,” Gus said. “I realized,
‘I do have a problem with drugs, and I do have a problem
with relationships.’ ”
Gus vowed to get better for himself and for his family. With
the help of TCC’s therapists, skills trainers and care facilitators, he did. They helped him develop a plan for success
to take with him after treatment: “Keep my faith strong, be
selfish in my recovery and keep my supports.”
Today, Gus has successfully completed treatment, has his
own apartment and is the first person in his family to graduate from high school. And he isn’t stopping there.
Gus is enrolled in a four-year college studying social work.
He wants to help others battling addiction, the same way the
professionals at TCC helped him.
“The staff were very kind, understanding, they didn’t judge,"
Gus said.
Without them, he wouldn’t be here, he says. “That’s an honest-to-God blessing. It took me a long time to realize it, but
they really did save my life.”
Story given with permission, name changed
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Focused on community
Moving mental health care forward
Complete, quality care
Mental health is inextricably linked to the physical and economic health of our community. Mental health disorders have a direct impact on chronic diseases, such as heart
disease and diabetes, and depression is one of the leading causes of disability in the
United States. Mental health disorders are also very common. According to the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services, as many as 1 in 4 adults and 1 in 5 children
have a mental health disorder, and 1 in 17 have a serious mental illness.
The effect of quality mental health care delivered to the people who need it is, indeed,
profound. You can help improve quality of life in Michiana by supporting Oaklawn, the
state-designated Community Mental Health Center for St. Joseph and Elkhart counties.
80%
of clients rely on some form of payment or
prescription fee assistance.
.
$50 million
operating budget
$15 million
33 apartments,
in charity care in 2013
and scattered housing sites
provided
provided
supervised group living
$327,311
838 employees, 24 psychiatrists,
each year
employers in the county
for employee education
one of the largest
the highest doctor to
client ratio in the state
Clinical expertise
Oaklawn is committed to providing the highest quality care through clinicians and
staff who are experts in their field. Well-informed and skilled clinicians are crucial to
delivering the highest level of care possible. Oaklawn clinicians stay up-to-date through
continuing education, professional development, conferences, independent reading
and case-by-case supervision. That ongoing education and training both standardizes
and elevates the care our clients receive.
100%
of our programs are evidence-based
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What illness
affects 1 in 4
Americans, but
no one wants to
talk about?
Locations
#talkitupmichiana
24/7 Emergency Access
Center
574-533-1234
574-283-1234
Toll-free: 800-282-0809
talkitupmichiana.org
Become a sponsor
Oaklawn sponsorship levels
All sponsors will receive:
tickets to a meet-and-greet with Pete Earley and tickets to all three events
special recognition at all events
name display in the printed program, ads and displayed during the events.
The following indicates the donation amounts and the number of tickets received:
Platinum Sponsor – $10,000 (16 guests)
Gold Sponsor – $5,000 (12 guests)
Silver Sponsor – $2,500 (10 guests)
Bronze Sponsor – $1,500 (8 guests)
Patron Sponsor – $1,000 (6 guests)
Event Sponsor – $500 ( 4 guests)
Community Partner – $250 (2 guests)
Count me in
I would like to be a sponsor at the following level
☐ Platinum Sponsor – $10,000 (16 guests)
☐ Gold Sponsor – $5,000 (12 guests)
☐ Silver Sponsor – $2,500 (10 guests)
☐ Bronze Sponsor – $1,500 (8 guests)
☐ Patron Sponsor – $1,000 (6 guests)
☐ Event Sponsor – $500 ( 4 guests)
☐ Community Partner – $250 (2 guests)
Company:
Contact Name:
City: Address:
State: Zip:
Phone: Email:
How would you like your name listed in the program?
Please return this form by October 1, 2014. Please make checks payable to the Oaklawn Foundation for Mental Health,
415 East Madison Street, South Bend, IN, 46617.
If you have questions, please contact Matt Lentsch, 574-283-1234, ext. 645, or matt.lentsch@oaklawn.org
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P.O. Box 809
Goshen, IN 46527
Locations
South Bend Campus Oaklawn, The Children’s Campus Elkhart Campus
415 E. Madison Street
South Bend, IN 46617
574-283-1234
1411 Lincoln Way West
Mishawaka, IN 46544
574-259-5666
Stay in touch
oaklawn.org
2600 Oakland Avenue
Elkhart, IN 46517
574-533-1234
Goshen Campus
PO Box 809
330 Lakeview Drive
Goshen, Indiana 46527
574-533-1234
24/7 Emergency Access
Center
574-533-1234
574-283-1234
Toll-free: 800-282-0809