Local Resources

If you are in need of help or guidance, the following are some suggestions of who to call.  You can also contact any of our board members, many of whom have been directly involved in their own care and treatment or the care and treatment of their mentally ill loved ones.


For all emergencies: 911

Information Referral Network: 211

Bloomington Hospital: 812-336-6821

Emergency Room: 812-353-9515

Crisis Care Center: 812-353-9449

Stress Care Center: 812-353-9250

Landmark Psychiatric and Counseling Services: 812-353-3450

Indiana State Police, Bloomington Post: 812-384-4624

Monroe County Sheriff: 812-349-3332

Bloomington City Police: 812-339-4477

Indiana University Police: 812-855-3075

Indiana University Health Service: 812-855-4011

Indiana University Counseling and Psychiatric Service: 812-855-5711

Center for Behavioral Health: 812-339-1691

Meadows Hospital: 812-331-8000

Mental Health Alliance: 812-339-1551

NAMI Indiana: 800-677-6442

NAMI Bloomington: 812-335-0459

Mental Health Association Indianapolis: 800-555-6424

Family Support Group Facilitator Lee Strickholm: 812-339-5440

Department of Mental Health and Addictions: 317-232-7800


The People of NAMI-GBA

We are a dynamic and hard-working group of people who are committed to improving the lives of our community's mentally ill and their family members.  We are some of those family members and consumers ourselves!


Please feel free to contact any of us with your ideas or concerns, or to seek help or advice, or even to share some of your experiences.


Meet the 2007-2008 Directors


Executive Board:

President Jill Bolte Taylor, Ph.D. teaches at the Indiana University School of Medicine, Bloomington campus.  She is also the consulting neuroanatomist at the Midwest Proton Radiotherapy Institute and the national spokesperson for the Harvard Brain Bank.  She has a brother diagnosed with schizophrenia.  Contact her at drjill AT drjilltaylor.com.

Treasurer Lee Strickholm is a long-term NAMI member and served as NAMI-GBA's Vice President for the last two years.  She is the parent of a consumer and a constant presence in the support groups and Family-to-Family classes, as well as a member of the Family Advisory Committee to the Center for Behavioral Health.  Lee is the board member who keeps track of our membership, and invites you to contact her if you have any questions about how to join our affiliate.  Contact her at leestrick AT aol.com.

Secretary Katherine Domingo teaches at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music and is the director of the International Vocal Ensemble.  She has been on the NAMI-GBA board since 2005.  Contact her at katdomingo AT comcast.net.

At-Large Directors:
Aris Beldavs is our consumer representative.  He is of Latvian descent and is studying at Indiana University. (arisbeldavs AT aol.com)

Jill Giffin is the department administrator for Germanic Studies at Indiana University and has a brother diagnosed with schizophrenia.  She has served on NAMI-GBA's family panel at CIT training sessions for the community's police officers. (jigiffin AT indiana.edu)

Janet James is the parent of a consumer and is an administrator at Indiana University who designs and manages academic conferences.  She was among the first participants in the Family-to-Family program and serves on the Family Advisory Committee. (jjames AT indiana.edu)

Cathy Spiaggia is a local musician and has been a mainstay in NAMI's support groups for years.  She is the parent of a consumer and is also on the Family Advisory Committee to the Center for Behavioral Health. (spiaggia AT sbcglobal.net)

Al Strickholm is serving a second term on the board.  He is the parent of a consumer and a retired professor of physiology and neuroscience.  He currently works half-time doing research in a laboratory studying mental illness with a focus on schizophrenia. (alstrickh AT aol.com)