Good afternoon valued partners and stakeholders, We invite you to join Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED) Department of Psychiatry Coordinating Centers of Excellence to recognize Schizophrenia Awareness Week: [A screenshot of a cell phone Description automatically generated] Please share Stories of Recovery and Hope<https://www.neomed.edu/medicine/psychiatry/centers/recovery-and-hope/> of how the programs and practices of the BeST Center, CJ CCoE and OPCSMH have helped people with schizophrenia and other serious mental illnesses recover. Submit a de-identified story through the online submission<file://fs2/staff/Psychiatry/2020%20Schizophrenia%20Awareness%20Week/Email%20newsletter/Please%20share%20your%20de-identified%20stories%20of%20how%20the%20Coordinating%20Centers%20of%20Excellence%20have%20helped%20to%20promote%20recovery%20and%20inspire%20hope.> by May 19 to be eligible for a prize drawing! We also invite you to join us for the 2020 Schizophrenia Awareness Week Webinar A New Way of Looking at Psychosis: Recovery! Wednesday, May 13, 2020 Noon - 1 p.m. ET Presenters: Crystal N. Dunivant, MSW, LSW BeST Center FIRST Consultant & Trainer Valerie A. L. Kreider, Ph.D., LPCC-S, LICDC-CS BeST Center Senior Consultant & Trainer Register for Webinar<https://neomed.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_p2W1T3DZRVKgxUPnwNJFhQ> This webinar will help law enforcement officers, first responders, college and university personnel and mental health professionals: * Recognize signs and symptoms of psychosis * Identify indicators of recovery in individuals living with psychosis * Identify habitual responses to stigma thinking in self and others * Recognize the importance of responding appropriately to stigma or discrimination to create an environment of cultural humility Jessica Jessica Zavala, MPA Manager, Ohio Program for Campus Safety and Mental Health (OPCSMH) Department of Psychiatry May is Mental Health Awareness Month #NotAlone #StampOutStigma Northeast Ohio Medical University 4209 St. Rt. 44 | PO Box 95 | Rootstown, Ohio 44272 v 330.325.6767 | f 330.325.5970| jzavala@neomed.edu<mailto:jzavala@neomed.edu> Website<http://www.neomed.edu/> | Campus Map<http://www.neomed.edu/map> | Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/NEOMED> | Twitter<https://twitter.com/NEOMEDedu> STAY CONNECTED! JOIN OUR LISTSERV-OPCSMH<http://opcsmh.neomed.edu/mailman/listinfo/opcsmh_opcsmh.neomed.edu> VISIT OUR WEBPAGE! www.neomed.edu/csmh/<http://www.neomed.edu/csmh/> VISIT OUR YouTube CHANNEL! YouTube-OPCSMH<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUf15GQPbeWeikAHLfLJaoQ> [cid:image006.jpg@01D61F00.2A619E70]