• Sponsoring seminars and workshops on self-help and group support methods such as WRAP and BRIDGES

  • Hosting educational meetings featuring mental health professionals on various topics

  • Providing a web site with helpful information and links to useful sites

  • Having a Mental Health Self-help and Peer Support information booth at the Wayne County Fair since 2005

  • Sponsoring fellowship events, community awareness events, classes and support groups

  • Providing books to all Wayne-Holmes schools for teacher and student use to promote the mental health of children

  • Maintaining a mental health lending library open during office hours and by appointment


The purpose of the library is to provide information about mental health issues, as well as to encourage and entertain. Access to the library is possible during office hours on Mondays and Wednesdays from 9-2 (please call ahead if possible). In part of the library was funded through a grant from the Wayne County Community Foundation along with donations from many individuals.


  • Music CD’s & Cassette Tapes (more than 80 titles)

  • Videos & DVD’s - Educational (more than 21 titles) & Entertainment (more than 107 titles)

  • Informational Cassette Tapes (more than 52 titles including DBSA Conference workshops)

  • Books (more than 250 titles)


OUTREACH
Always consult a trained mental health professional before making any decision regarding treatment choice or changes to your treatment. Never discontinue treatment or medication without first consulting your physician, clinician or therapist.

If you are feeling like you want to harm yourself or others, please consult a mental health professional or other health care professional immediately. Online resources are not meant to (and cannot) replace the specialized training and professional judgment of a health care or mental health care professional.
Wayne Holmes Mental Health Coalition is a non-profit agency comprised of the local Chapters of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), Advocates for Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Coalition. Our mission is to promote recovery and improve the quality of life for persons with mental health issues through advocacy, education and support.

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Wayne Holmes
Mental Health Coalition
637 College Avenue
Wooster, OH 44691

330-264-1590
  
coalition@whmhc.info


The Mental Health Coalition is supported in part by funding from the Wayne Holmes Mental Health And Recovery Board.

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