Mental Health Services NAMI Charleston Area (SC) offers free support groups, classes, and presentations to individuals and t A. To provide support, education, advocacy, and outreach to persons with mental illness. B. To promote better quality of care; to promote rights and interests of citizens with mental illness, particularly of those who cannot speak for themselves; and to advocate policies at the local, state, and national levels to accomplish these objectives. C. To help families and friends of persons with mental illness by providing emotional support, education, and information.