NAMI believes that the mental health and substance use workforce must be sufficient in supply, diversity and cultural competency to meet the needs of people with mental health conditions. NAMI supports public policies and laws that create, expand and sustain loan repayment pr...
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Dear HelpLine, I'm looking for information about which colleges/universities—if any—have addressed student mental health in a proactive way. My daughter lives with bipolar II, takes daily medication and attends weekly therapy. She has been compliant with this protocol for...
NAMI (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill) has inaugurated a new technical assistance center to help improve and increase the capacity of consumer-operated programs to meet the needs of persons living with mental illnesses in diverse communities.
The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) today testified before President Bush's "New Freedom" Commission on Mental Health -- pointing to a recent, offensive headline in the Trentonian as an example of how people with mental illness are devalued by stigma, which...
The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI), the nation’s largest organization dedicated to improving the lives of individuals and families affected by mental illnesses, convened a symposium on American Indian & Alaska Native Mental Health Care at its annual convention...
NAMI applauds President Biden for his unprecedented focus on mental health in the State of the Union address, providing the national attention that our ongoing mental health crisis deserves.
Far too often, young people experience stigma that invalidates their struggles with mental health. Far too often, young people are treated as if they are incapable of experiencing mental illness. Far too often, young people don’t get the help they need. Moonglas...
A trained peer — someone who also wears scrubs and knows exactly what you’re going through — can be an invaluable resource. They understand the daily challenges and frustrations of the profession and are able to lend support in tough times. Peer support offers you a shared per...
Alex Williams, Stephen Berkemeier, Dr. Terri Wright The following is an abridged and slightly edited transcript from a recent podcast by the Steve Fund , the nation’s only non-profit organization focused on the mental health and well-being of students of color. The...
A couple of months ago, I quit my prestigious corporate job I held for years. At the same time, I also began to write and advocate for mental health awareness, this empowered step was years in the making. It was my first time going public with my bipolar disorder. I had bee...
Thank you, Taraji, for your time and joining us today. We appreciate all the work you are doing in this space. Why is embracing the mental health movement important to you, and why now? Taraji P. Henson: Given the social and political climate we live in today, if not now...
Despite our nation’s growing diversity and the disproportionately higher rate at which people of color (POC) experience adverse mental health outcomes and barriers to care, the mental health workforce is largely white. According to a report from the American Psychologi...
As a Black woman living with mental illness, I’ve been told plenty of times by other Black people that I should not talk about my experience managing my mental health condition. That sentiment is always frustrating and discouraging to hear. The pervasive stigma surroundin...
In 2013, I was hospitalized — and my entire outlook on life shifted. My doctor diagnosed me with bipolar disorder. My mind was spinning; I didn’t think that someone like me could have that illness. There’s no way I could be crazy, I thought, because I am not weak. Looki...
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Jump To: Episode <!-- Share --> Transcript Chrissy Barnard was repeatedly hospitalized and was never told that recovery was possible. It was only when she went to NAMI Connection in Duluth, Minn., that recovery was mentioned as an option. Chrissy began to...
As college students begin the new academic year, there is one subject that all of them should be focused on, regardless of their major. Suicide is a subject that most people don’t talk about until a tragedy happens, yet it remains the second leading cause of death among co...