Caregiver to Caregiver: Mental Health Tips

Ten caregivers from the NAMI community speak out about taking care of their own mental health. As a caregiver, it is easy to overlook your own mental health. In line with NAMI’s core value of peers helping peers, these caregivers are on a mission to share their tips and perspectives on self-care to make sure that caregivers prioritize their own mental health. They all believe that a caregiver needs to take care of their own mental health needs to be able to provide the best possible care to their loved ones.
-
If you or a loved one is seeking mental health treatment or additional information on mental health:
• Visit our website at NAMI.org.
• Call our HelpLine at 1-800-950-NAMI (6264) or text “HELPLINE” to 62640, open Mon-Fri from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
• Find your local NAMI at nami.org/findsupport
• If you or a loved one is experiencing a crisis, please call or text 988, available 24/7
-
NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, is the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness.