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Questions about NCCOP? Want to help? Contact nccop@namigc.org.

For more information, referrals, support, and education about serious mental illness, call NAMI of Greater Chicago at (312) 563-0445, or visit the NAMI of Greater Chicago website, namigc.org.

Self Help

If you are experiencing what you think might be symptoms of mental illness, know that you are not alone. There is hope. Treatment works.

If you are currently in crisis—if you feel hopeless, lost, or overwhelmed—please go to the crisis contacts page and contact a crisis line as soon as possible.

For listings of resources that may be able to help, please visit Campus & Community Resources. For more fact sheets and information on specific mental illnesses, please visit Signs & Symptoms.

Please explore the links below.

Advice from people who have been there

What do you wish someone had told you when you first noticed signs and symptoms of a mental illness?

Is there hope? (for persons and/or families affected by mental illness?)

Tips for getting better

How to deal with stigma

What makes mental health issues harder to deal with on campus? what makes them easier?