NAMI - The National Alliance on Mental Illness

Anorexia Nervosa
8/26/2008
NAMI's Fact Sheet on Anorexia Nervosa

Bulimia
8/26/2008
NAMI's Fact Sheet on Bulimia

U. S. Army Suicide Report
8/20/2007
The Army reports the highest suicide rate in 26 years.

Recovery at Age 91
12/03/2003
Mary Ann's tribute to her mother, Grace, telling the story of recovery at 91 years of age.

NAMI Launches National Campaign
11/10/2003
Law enforcement, education, business, and health care leaders join forces. State campaigns to go in Florida, Iowa, W. Virginia, Maine, Kentucky, and Mass.

Mental Health Crisis Demands Sweeping Transformation
6/30/2003
New national survey data shows 67% of mental health consumers in the prime of their lives are unemployed: 55% have an annual income of less than $10,000. Nation's grassroots, state and federal leaders call for unified commitment for immediate change.

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
10/30/2001
OCD is often described as "a disease of doubt." Sufferers experience "pathological doubt" because they are unable to distinguish between what is possible, what is probable, and what is unlikely to happen.

Dual Diagnosis - Substance Abuse and Mental Illness
6/07/2001
Those who struggle both with serious mental illness and substance abuse face problems of enormous proportions. Mental health services are often not well prepared to deal with patients having both afflictions.

Sleep Disorders
10/18/1996
Insomnia is characterized by the inability to get the amount of sleep needed to function efficiently during the day.