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NAMI CEO Dan Gillison Discusses Mental Health Equity at The Hill Panel Event

NAMI CEO, Dan Gillison, speaking at “Mind the Gap: The Cost of Mental Health Disparities” NAMI’s CEO, Dan Gillison, joined The Hill panel event “Mind the Gap: The Cost of Mental Health Disparities” to discuss how NAMI is bringing mental health equity to Black/African Ancestry communities. He shared, “With CHEA (Community Health Equity Alliance), we […]

Can Anxiety Cause Weight Loss? Experts Explain

Anxiety and stress are common experiences in our lives, but when they persist, they can profoundly affect our mental and physical health. While ���anxiety��� and ���stress��� are terms often used interchangeably, they differ in their origins and impacts. Ken Duckworth, MD, author and chief medical officer for the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)…

Hope Starts With Us: Strong Black Women Need Help Too

Jump To: Episode Video Featured Guests Share Transcript About the Guest Host The stereotype of the ���strong Black woman��� can be a barrier to mental health care. In this episode, guest host April Simpkins talks about the pressure of living at the intersection of Blackness and womanhood, as well as initiatives from NAMI to address […]

Four Decades of Resilience: One Family’s Perspective on Our Mental Health System

My daily work keeps me busy with priorities focused on developing strategies and initiatives launching and commercializing holistic therapies that have vast potential to impact lives in the mental health space. Healthcare has always been endlessly fascinating to me, but this work is especially close to my heart. Over the last four decades, my family […]

Regulatory Comment to the DOJ in Response to Proposed Rescheduling of Marijuana

Regulatory comment to the U.S. Department of Justice in response to its proposal to reschedule marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III of the federal Controlled Substances Act (CSA).

Congressional Hearing in Harlem Tackles Black Men’s Mental Health

On Friday, Congresswoman Frederica Wilson (FL-24), Chair of the U.S. Commission on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys, and Reverend Al Sharpton hosted a field hearing with top mental health leaders on Suicide and Mental Health of Black Men and Boys. Mr. Daniel H. Gillison, Jr., CEO of the National Alliance on Mental […]

NAMI Polling and State Legislative Brief Highlight Opportunities to Improve Federal and State Mental Health Crisis Response After Two Years of 988 Lifeline

NAMI report highlights states��� progress in addressing crisis response, but new NAMI/Ipsos polling finds Americans continue to have low familiarity of 988 while strongly supporting efforts to reimagine nation���s mental health crisis system Arlington, VA ��� On the eve of the second anniversary of the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline���s nationwide availability, the National Alliance […]

Poll of Public Perspectives on 988 & Crisis Response (2024)

A NAMI-Ipsos poll conducted in Summer 2024 found that most Americans remain unfamiliar with the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. However, people who are familiar show stronger trust in and likelihood of using 988, highlighting the need for increased public awareness and education. Additionally, the poll found consistently strong support for policies and funding to […]

2023 State Legislation Issue Brief Series: Trends in State Policy: 988 and Reimagining Crisis Response

Preventing suicides by Black males is focus of Harlem congressional hearing

It���s a difficult but important topic that often doesn���t get spoken about. However, on Friday, some leaders in Congress were on hand at a Harlem forum to listen to advocates give voice to the need for Black men and boys to have access to mental health resources. ���Only 33% of Black adults with mental health […]