Supporting Patients and Families Affected by Serious Mental Illness: The VA–National Alliance on Mental Illness Collaboration

Mary Jeanne Groesbeck, DNSc, ARNP, CS, Meg Bukanz, MSW, LCSW, Jacqueline Edelstein, MSN, ARNP, and Evelyn Fernandez, MS, OTR

At the time of this writing, Dr. Groesbeck was a psychiatric clinical specialist in ambulatory care and the leader of the VA-NAMI Project Group, Ms. Bukanz was a psychiatric social worker in residential programs, Ms. Edelstein was a psychiatric research nurse, and Ms. Fernandez was a psychiatric occupational therapist with the incentive therapy program, all at the Miami VA Healthcare System (Miami VAHS), Miami, FL. Dr. Groesbeck, Ms. Edelstein, and Ms. Fernandez have since retired from the VA.