Grading the States 2006: Newsroom

• NAMI Releases Grading the States: A Report on America's Health Care System for Serious Mental Illness. Nation's Mental Healthcare System Gets "D" Grade.
• Multimedia News Release
  Includes:
  • Video News Release (VNR)
  • Audio News Release (ANR)

  • B-Roll and  Soundbites
• If you are a member of the media and need more information contact Christine Armstrong at christinea@nami.org or at 703-312-7893.
• About NAMI
  Learn more about NAMI, our mission, our programs and how you can be involved.
• Mental Illness Facts
  Learn more about mental illness and get the facts.
• Acknowledgements and Authors
  Learn more about the Report Authors and the vast resources that contributed to this report.

Statement of National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (NASMHPD)
News of NAMI's Grading the States 2006 report from the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors.
3/13/2006

NAMI Report Card Blames Lack of Political Will for Failure of State Mental Health Systems
News of NAMI's Grading the States 2006 report from National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare.
3/09/2006

Analysis: U.S. mental healthcare gets a D
News of NAMI's Grading the States 2006 report from United Press International.
3/03/2006

Governor Rell Cites State’s Mental Health System
News of NAMI's Grading the States 2006 report from Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell - CT.
3/09/2006

Tennessee must do better by its mentally ill
News of NAMI's Grading the States 2006 report from The Tennessean - TN.
3/07/2006

Survey Gives Isles a 'C' for Mental Health Care
News of NAMI's Grading the States 2006 report from the Honolulu Star Bulletin - HI.
3/07/2006

N.H. tumbles in national rankings of mental health care
News of NAMI's Grading the States 2006 report from the Portsmouth Herald - NH.
3/07/2006

Mental health efforts get poor report
News of NAMI's Grading the States 2006 report from the Memphis Commercial Appeal - TN.
3/07/2006

State gets top score, but not an A, for mental health services
News of NAMI's Grading the States 2006 report from the Journal Inquirer - CT.
3/07/2006

Utah earns a D for helping mentally ill
News of NAMI's Grading the States 2006 report from The Salt Lake Tribune - UT.
3/03/2006

Crisis in mental health funding
News of NAMI's Grading the States 2006 report from the Louisville Courier-Journal opinion section - KY.
3/03/2006

Organization gives state failing grade for mental health treatment
News of NAMI's Grading the States 2006 report from The News-Gazette - IL.
3/03/2006

Mental Health Report
News of NAMI's Grading the States 2006 report from KVAL News - OR.
3/03/2006

Failing the mentally ill
News of NAMI's Grading the States 2006 report from The Louisville Courier-Journal - KY.
3/03/2006

Utah gets a D on mental health report card
News of NAMI's Grading the States 2006 report from The Deseret News - UT.
3/03/2006

Vermont mental health system gets poor ranking in national survey
News of NAMI's Grading the States 2006 report from The Vermont Guardian - VT.
3/03/2006

State gets 'D-' on mental health
News of NAMI's Grading the States 2006 report from KUAR radio - AR.
3/03/2006

Health system gets failing mark
News of NAMI's Grading the States 2006 report from The Sioux Falls Argus Leader - SD.
3/03/2006

NAMI Calls on NY Legislature to Investigate State Office of Mental Health
NAMI has called on the New York state legislature to investigate the state Office of Mental Health (OMH) after its refusal to participate in a national survey of state mental healthcare systems released on March 1, 2006.
3/02/2006

Mental care scores poorly
News of NAMI's Grading the States 2006 report from The Indianapolis Star - IN.
3/02/2006

Mass. gets low grade on national mental health report
News of NAMI's Grading the States 2006 report from The Boston Globe - MA.
3/02/2006

Mental health study gives S.C. faint praise
News of NAMI's Grading the States 2006 report from The Post and Courier - SC.
3/02/2006

Study outlines problems with mental health services
News of NAMI's Grading the States 2006 report from The Kansas City Star - MO.
3/02/2006

Services for state's mentally ill are ranked among best in U.S.
News of NAMI's Grading the States 2006 report from The Portland Press Herald - ME.
3/02/2006

Care for mentally ill merits 'B'
News of NAMI's Grading the States 2006 report from The Morning Sentinel - ME.
3/02/2006

D is for dismal report
News of NAMI's Grading the States 2006 report from The Star Press - IN.
3/02/2006

State gets low grade on mental health care
News of NAMI's Grading the States 2006 report from The Bradenton Herald - FL.
3/02/2006

Kansas earns F for mental health care
News of NAMI's Grading the States 2006 report from The Wichita Eagle - KS.
3/02/2006