Alert: Stem Cell Research Proposal Set for House Action
On January 11, 2007, the House is set to consider legislation lifting restrictions imposed by the Bush Administration in 2001 on federal funding for embryonic stem cells.

NAMI Comments to Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research June 5, 2006
NAMI comments to Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research on comparartive effectiveness of pharmacological treatment of depression report.

Federal Funding for Mental Illness Research
Learn more about federal funding of mental illness research and services through the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

NAMI Presses Congress for FY 2005 Funds for Mental Illness Research and Services
For too long severe mental illness has been shrouded in stigma and discrimination. These illnesses have been misunderstood, feared, hidden, and often ignored by science. Only in the last decade have we seen the first real hope for people with these brain disorders through pioneering research that has uncovered both a biological basis for these brain disorders and treatments that work.

Senators Fall Short in Effort to Funds Medical Research
The Senate on September 10 passed the FY 2004 Labor-HHS-Education bill (HR 2660) by a vote of 94 to 0, ending seven days of partisan, and at times bitter, debate over overtime pay and spending for education and health. Final passage occurred after the Senate rejected an effort to add an additional $1.5 billion to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) budget – including the National Institute of Mental health (NIMH).

Federal Funding for Mental Illness Research
A description of NAMI’s position on NIMH funding of mental illness research.

NAMI Policy Research Institute Task Force on Serious Mental Illness Research
NAMI's Policy Research Institute convened a task force on research to help identify the ways in which significant advances in research and treatment can be achieved. Their full report, "Roadmap to Recovery & Cure" is now available.

Federal Funding for Mental Illness Research
NAMI’s current advocacy goals and strategies regarding increased funding for research into severe brain disorders.

Protection of Human Subjects in Research
NAMI's current advocacy plans regarding protection of human subjects in research into severe brain disorders.

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2003 Convention Presentation by Dr. Thomas Insel
Slide presentation delivered by Thomas Insel, M.D., director, NIMH during the Research Plenary at the 2003 NAMI Convention in Minneapolis. This is a large file (3.69 MB) and requires Microsoft PowerPoint to view.

Mental Health America
A guide for decision-making about participating in a research study.

NIMH
The "For the Public" section of the site offers information for consumers and families about advances by NIMH-supported researchers, fact sheets about NIMH research, and educational materials about research on mental disorders.

Office for Human Research Protections
The office of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that oversees IRB compliance.

Outline of the Final Report for the President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health
Accelerating “research to cure and prevent mental illness” is a recommendation of the national commission to address mental illness.