NAMI-Northern Virginia

NAMI - Northern Virginia meets on the fourth Monday of the month (except in December, July and August) to conduct business and report on activities. Each meeting features a speaker on a topic of interest to consumers and families. Members of the general public will find these subjects informative and are invited and welcome.

7:00 p.m. Refreshments and socializing
7:30 p.m. Meeting Begins: Call to Order; NAMI-NoVa Business and announcements
7:45 p.m. Guest Speaker
9:00 p.m. Adjournment

7:00 p.m. Refreshments and socializing
7:30 p.m. Meeting Begins: Call to Order; NAMI-NoVa Business and announcements
7:45 p.m. Discussion
9:00 p.m. Adjournment

Location: First Christian Church, 6165 Leesburg Pike (Route 7) in Falls Church. (The church is just southeast of the Sears store at Patrick Henry Drive and Route 7 at Seven Corners. Park in the lot at the back; follow the up-hill driveway.)

NAMI Announcements

NAMI-NoVA Monthly Meeting

Monday, April 28, 2008, 7:00 p.m.

Guest Speaker: Dr. Colton Hand
"Ask the Doctor"

Location: Falls Church First Christian Church
6165 Leesburg Pike (Route 7), Falls Church.
(Just southeast of the Sears store at Patrick Henry Drive and Route 7 at Seven Corners; follow the up-hill driveway to park in the lot at the back of the Church.)

7:00 p.m. -- Refreshments and Socializing
7:30 p.m. -- Call to order
7:45 p.m. -- Guest Speaker
9:00 p.m. -- Adjournment

NAMI-Northern Virginia Monthly Meeting
April 28, 2008, 7:00 p.m.

Dr. Colton Hand will conduct a Q&A session at this month’s Forum. The evening will be entirely devoted to your questions about mental illnesses, medications or any other topic related to psychiatric disorders. Dr. Hand is also well-versed in the field of co-occurring disorders involving the combination of psychiatric and substance use disorders. If you have a particular question or subject you would like Dr. Hand to address, please email me and I’ll forward it to him. However, it isn’t necessary to submit your questions prior to the Forum.

As you well know, Dr. Hand will be unable to make specific diagnoses or recommend treatments during the session.

Colton Hand, M.D., is a psychiatrist with the Fairfax-Falls Church CSB and serves as their Medical Director. He received his medical degree from the University of Virginia School of Medicine and completed his internship and residency at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center. He has experience in a variety of work including: Staff Psychiatrist for an Intensive Case Management Team at Riverbend Mental Health Center in Concord, NH; Staff Psychiatrist for aTransitional Housing Program atNew Hampshire State Hospital; Staff Psychiatrist at Northern Virginia Mental Health Institute; and Staff Psychiatrist with the Fairfax CSB’s Northwest Center and Woodburn Mental Health Center.