• CHADD

Bipolar & Depression

• DBSA Sacramento

• Yolo Community

Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Dual Diagnosis

• NAMI Sacramento

• NAMI Yolo

• NAMI Placer

• NAMI Stanislaus

• NAMI Family to Family

• Adult Children of Alcoholics

• Alanon - Alateen

• Young People's Alcoholics Anonymous

• All California Young People's Alcoholics Anonymous (ACYPAA)

• Adult Sacramento Community of Alcoholics Anonymous

• Narcotics Anonymous (Sacramento Area)

On-Line Support

• Depression Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA) Sacramento meets the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month from 7:30-9:00 pm, at Sutter Center for Psychiatry, 7700 Folsom Blvd. Sacramento, CA 95826 View a Map; Donations are welcome but meetings are free. 

• Yolo County - 

  • Depression Support Group  

    • When:  Meets twice weekly: Monday 5:30-6:30pm; Friday 9-10am

    • Where: Woodland Christian Church, Education Department, 2nd Floor Library, 509 College, Woodland

    • Contact:  530-662-9356

    This is a faith-based support group that ends with a prayer. People of all faiths or no faith are welcome.  They are welcome to leave before the prayer if they want.

  • Bipolar Disorder Support - Woodland

    • When:  Every Monday beginning  Sept 13th from 7-8pm

    • Where: Destiny Hall, 124 Lincoln Ave in Woodland

    • Contact:  Gray Chavannes at (530) 661-7184 for details

  • Bipolar Disorder Support - Davis

    • When:  2nd and 4th Wednesday

    • Where: Phone for location

    • Contact:   Facilitator: Tensi (Hortencia) Torres: (530) 758-7076

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• Need help being an advocate for your child?  SAFE (Sacramento Advocacy for Family Empowerment) SAFE works with family members of children with mental illness to ensure their needs are being met in the public mental health system. This is done through empowering family members to have a voice at all levels of system care and public policy. SAFE also operates a bi-monthly support and education group called Family Night Out. For more information, please contact Janice Massie at (916) 875-4950.

• Dual Recovery Anonymous  FAIR OAKS - Serenity & Hope Group of DRA,  Saturday 6:30 - 7:30 p.m.  (Open Meeting)   8934 Madison Ave.  (At Clean and Sober Living )  Contact: Karl R.   Phone #: 916-863-9822   (Updated 2/2004)

• Roseville Double Trouble-Dual Diagnosis
  Thursdays, 1:30 - 3:00 pm Roseville Mental Health Offices
  1130 Conroy Lane, Suite 501 Phone:  (916) 784-6400

• Bereavement Outreach meetings held every Thursday 7:30 - 9 pm at Sutter Center for Psychiatry, 7700 Folsom Blvd., Sacramento. Educational meetings on grief related topics are held the first and third weeks of the month; open to professionals and the general public. Sharing meetings held two or three times a month for grieving persons and their support people only. All meetings are facilitated by a volunteer community professional.

• Yolo County - Adult Bereavement Support Groups Winter 2005

   Location: Yolo Hospice, 3rd floor of Mansion Square, 132 E Street

  Thursdays Dates: January 20–March 10 Daytime Group Time: 11:30AM–1:30PM

  Facilitator: Denise Rose, MS

  Evening Group Time: 6–8PM Facilitator: Robyn Burris

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• NAMI (National Alliance of Mentally Ill) Sacramento
  Support Group Meetings include: http://www.namisacramento.org/meetings.html

  • NAMI Family Support Group Held the third Wednesday of each month, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
    3135 Woodmark Ct., Sacramento Facilitator Heidi Sanborn (916) 485-7753

  • Family Members and Consumers
    Held the last Thursday of each month 5:30 - 7:00 p.m. in the conference room at Human Resources Consultants (HRC), 2220 Watt Ave., Suite B Contact Linda (916) 485-6500, ext. 204

• NAMI Placer County (Roseville-Auburn area)

• NAMI-Yolo  Monthly support groups are offered twice a month and are open to those who care for a family member or friend  living with a mental illness and who are seeking a supportive environment for sharing information, problem-solving strategies and empathy. A trained NAMI-Yolo family member leads these groups.

  • Woodland: 2nd Wednesday of the month at 7:30pm - 9pm
     Destiny Hall, 124 Lincoln Ave., Woodland MAP   (Lincoln is one block south of Main St.; Destiny Hall is on Lincoln, near McKinley Ave.)  Discussion Leader and contact:  Al Weiss
     Phone: Al at (530) 662-3548

  • Davis: 4th Wednesday of the month at  7pm-8:30pm
     Yolo Community Care Continuum  1950 5th Street, MAP (YCCC’s offices are at the southwest corner of 5th Street and Pole Line Road in Davis.)  Discussion Leader and Contact: Joan Beesley at (530) 666-8099 ext 9183

• NAMI Stanislaus   209-529-6880 PO Box 4120, Modesto, CA 95352-4120

  • Meetings are held twice monthly 6:00 – 8:00 PM
    Family Resource Center, 800 Scenic Drive, Modesto (view a map)
    2nd Wednesday – Family Support
    4th Wednesday – Speaker Meeting

This web site and bulletin board is the only authorized Internet resource written by and based on Anne Sheffield’s three books about depression fallout.