[…] access to treatment and care are major themes, framed against colorful, emotionally powerful backgrounds. Approximately 450 million people live with mental illness worldwide. About 800,000 die from suicide, mostly in low and middle income countries—where as many as 85 percent of people living with severe mental illness receive no treatment. In high income countries, […]
[…] that you had to be ashamed. In later years, out of my five best friends from those days, I discovered that one’s mother had bipolar and multiple suicide attempts, another had a father with OCD who they said was a teacher but really stayed home all day polishing doorknobs. Secrecy and the shaming is […]
[…] around mental health issues in ethnic minority and religious communities? First off, it’s important that we recognize that our silence has consequences, and those consequences are deadly. Suicide is a serious risk factor when it comes to mental illness, and no community is immune. I encourage communities to start educating themselves and talking about […]
[…] to tears by first-person accounts of failings in the mental health care system—and by the convention’s candlelight vigil in memory of the 22 veterans who die from suicide every day. Participants in the candlelight vigil held in memory of the 22 veterans who die from suicide every day. While the convention began with the […]
[…] & @MarthaRaddatz: Mental health care is denied at 2x’s the rate of other medical care in the U.S. Ask about this. #Debates .@AndersonCooper & @MarthaRaddatz: The U.S. suicide rate is the highest it’s been in 30 years. Ask about this. #Debates .@AndersonCooper & @MarthaRaddatz: 1 in 5 people live with mental illness. About 50% […]
[…] conditions cost the economy an estimated $193 billion dollars in lost earnings each year. Mental health conditions are the number one cause of disability and workplace absenteeism. Suicide is at a 30-year high. Every day, an average of 117 people die by suicide. Up to 25% of people who are homeless live with a […]
[…] present our first Ask the Expert. Senator Joan Freeman is a psychologist from Ireland who has been a psychotherapist and founder and CEO of Pieta House (The Suicide and Self-Harm Crisis Centers). She is currently an Irish Senator, founder and CEO of Solace House (Suicide Prevention Center) in New York, and is the author […]
[…] call for bipartisan support and systematic change through grassroots activation. Mental Health for US calls for substantial increases in federal funding for research on mental health conditions, suicide prevention, more effective treatments and better diagnostic tools. There is a crisis, and we need specific policy proposals around these issues and how both presidential and […]
This week, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will consider a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to designate 9-8-8 as the 3-digit number for a national suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline. NAMI applauds Chairman Ajit Pai and the FCC for their leadership on this issue and strongly supports the creation of a national […]
[…] shot 14 times. NAMI is resolved and continues to work towards the goal of an equitable and accessible mental health system. There is hope with the National Suicide Designation Act of 2020, which by July 2022, will establish 9-8-8 as a universal number for mental health crises and suicide prevention. For 9-8-8 to be […]
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