December 8, 2023 Honorable Bernie Sanders Chair of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Washington, DC 20510 Honorable Bill Cassidy Ranking Member of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Washington, DC 20510 Dear Chair Sanders and Ranking Member Cassidy, On behalf of the 29 organizations, who are committed to improving the mental health […]
Cheri Rice Deputy Director, Center for Medicare Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Vanessa Duran Acting Director, Medicare Drug Benefit and C & D Data Group Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services V=A ELECTRON=C SUBM=SS=ON — [email protected]; [email protected] RE: CY 2025 Part D Redesign On behalf of the undersigned organizations representing patients and clinicians across […]
Transcript by Rev.com NAMI Ask the Expert – February 15 th, 2024 Page 1 of 26 NAMI Ask the Expert: "I Am Not Sick, I Don’t Need Help!" How to Help Someone with Mental Illness Accept Treatment Featuring Xavier Amador, Ph.D. February 15, 2024 Katie Harris (00:00:00): Thank you again for joining, and I will […]
M EDICATION FACT SHEET Lithium (LITH ee um ) American Association of Psychiatric Pharmacists (aap p.org) If you or someone you know is in crisis, please call 911 and/or the toll -free National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800 -273 -TALK (8255) to speak with a trained crisis counselor 24/7. A help line and other resources […]
988 Crisis Hotline • 1 Consensus Approach and Recommendations for the Creation of a Comprehensive Crisis Response System Crisis Hotline 988 Crisis Hotline • 2 For additional information, please contact [email protected]. Consensus Approach and Recommendations for the Creation of a Comprehensive Crisis Response System NOVEMBER 2021 Authored by leaders f rom the undersigned organizations who […]
November 2021 NAMI 988 CRISIS RESPONSE RESEARCH © Ipsos | NAMI Crisis Response Research CONTENTS 1. METHODOLOGY 2. SURVEY FINDINGS 3. GENERAL PERCEPTIONS 4. CRISIS RESPONSE 5. 988 AWARENESS AND FUNDING © Ipsos | NAMI 988 Crisis Response Research This Ipsos poll was conducted October 22 -25, 2021, on behalf of the National Alliance on […]
988 Mental Health Crisis Response 988 Implementation and W hy W e N eed 988 L egislation in O ur S tate In 2020, the Federal Communications Commission and Congress acted to make 988 the universal, three - digit number for mental health cris e s and suicide prevention , routed through the existing National […]
Where We Stand : NAMI believes that no one should be subject to practices that can cause or worsen mental health symptoms. NAMI opposes public policies and laws that ban, limit or criminalize access to clinically appropriate gender -affirming care. Why We Care: NAMI represents the interests of all people with, or at risk of […]
Where We Stand: NAMI believes that public policies and practices should promote access to care for people with mental health conditions. NAMI supports a nation- wide toll-free hotline that can adequately respond to people experiencing mental health crises. Why We Care: Mental health crises and suicides can be devastating for individuals, families and communities. When […]
Walter Wallace Jr., Ricardo Muñoz and Angelo Quinto were all experiencing mental health episodes when they were killed by the police officers their families called for help. More than 1 in 5 people fatally shot by police have mental illnesses, according to a Washington Post database of fatal U.S. shootings by on-duty police officers. Since […]
NAMI HelpLine is available M-F, 10 a.m. – 10 p.m. ET. Call 800-950-6264,
text “NAMI” to 62640, or email. In a crisis, call or text 988 (24/7).
