Mental Health Through the Lives of Lived Experience

July 14, 2026

What Will You Learn?

  • Key data highlighting mental health service gaps throughout Iowa.
  • How personal experiences can reveal larger systemic challenges in mental health support.
  • The importance of postvention services for families and communities affected by suicide and homicide.
  • How the Compassion Team Coalition was created through the National Alliance on Mental Illness platform to address these needs.
  • Ways communities, organizations, and individuals can build partnerships to provide meaningful support, education, and awareness for those affected by tragedy.


Duration: 1 Hour, 3 Minutes, & 53 Seconds



CE Credit: 1.0


Presented by:  Roxanne Petersen, President & CEO of NAMI Central Iowa

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