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“Like Gasoline on a Fire”: NAMI Testifies on Dangers of Solitary Confinement and Mental Illness
[…] for punishment. Prolonged isolation usually intensifies already chronic symptoms. The result is the "worsening of psychiatric symptoms such as paranoia, extreme anxiety and depression, increased suicides and suicide attempts, sleep disturbances, hallucinations, and self-mutilation," Honberg said. New York and California, among other states, have already recognized the dangers and have enacted legislation to limit […]
The Presidential Debate: War, Peace and Mental Illness
[…] the human costs: One in five active duty military personnel have experienced symptoms of PTSD, depression or other mental health conditions. One active duty soldier dies by suicide every 36 hours and one veteran every 80 minutes. Suicides have increased within National Guard and Reserve forces, even among those who have never been activated […]
Mental Health and the Holiday Blues
[…] depressant. Don’t drink when feeling stressed or down. Local NAMI affiliates can be a source of support. It’s a myth that suicides increase during the holidays, but suicide risks are always serious. Children and teens get the blues too. The highest rate for child psychiatric hospitalizations occurs in winter. For tips on avoiding holiday […]
Mental Health Report: Good News, Bad News in State Mental Health Legislation Passed in 2015; NAMI Applauds Minnesota, New York and Virginia as Reform Leaders; Congress Slow to Act
[…] rooms, jail or living homeless on the street. They include young people whose symptoms aren't recognized early enough to avoid the worst outcomes. They include deaths by suicide.” The report surveys legislation topically. Under each topic, gold stars mark specific measures that NAMI considers especially notable and that can serve as models for other […]
NAMI Applauds Key Mental Health Investments Made in FY 2022 Federal Budget
[…] needs in their communities, including requiring states to spend at least 5% of their block grant funds for mental health crisis services $101.6 million for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (a $77 million increase from FY 21 — more than four times the previous amount), supporting the launch of 988 as the national hotline […]
NAMI Applauds President Biden’s Continued Focus on Mental Health in the State of the Union
[…] address, the White House released a fact sheet covering the White House’s priorities to address the ongoing mental health crisis. The fact sheet particularly focused on veteran suicide, connecting more Americans to mental health care, improving crisis response through the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline and strengthening the mental health system capacity and a […]
NAMI and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Collaborate to Promote Mental Health Awareness
[…] The partnership includes various initiatives from both organizations. DST chapters will host Sharing Hope Community Conversations, promote NAMI Support Groups, encourage chaplains to attend mental health and suicide prevention trainings, work with NAMI State Organizations and Affiliates to promote mental health awareness, and form or join NAMIWalks teams. DST will identify NAMI as one […]
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill Assails PacifiCare For Restricting Access to Effective Medications
[…] five California families will be affected by a serious mental disorder during their lifetime. It is also reported that 15 percent of people suffering from depression commit suicide and another 40 percent consider committing suicide. Mental illnesses are brain disorders that can be effectively diagnosed and treated if access to appropriate health care, including […]
Managed Care Puts Millions With Severe Mental Illness at Risk, Landmark Study Reveals
[…] managed behavioral health care companies and grades each against critical components of care – NAMI’s measures of success – such as access to the latest drugs and suicide response. NAMI fails the industry overall. Particularly alarming, notes the NAMI report card, is the degree to which managed care companies ignore core life-saving treatment requirements: […]