[…] Services Block Grant program, an important resource to help states fill gaps in their mental health system (over four years) $150 million to help implement the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline (in Fiscal Year 2022) $1 billion split between the School-Based Mental Health Service Grant program and School-Based Mental Health Services Professional Demonstration Program […]
[…] education programs. In 2020, one in five U.S. adults experienced a mental illness. More than half of U.S. adults with a mental illness did not receive treatment. Suicide was the second leading cause of death among youth aged 10-14. “We are deeply grateful for the MacKenzie Scott gift,” said NAMI CEO Daniel H. Gillison […]
[…] available Monday–Friday, 10 a.m. – 10 p.m. ET, by phone at 1-800-950-NAMI (6264), via “Chat with us” online and email at [email protected]. (In a crisis, the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline is available 24/7 nationwide by calling or texting 988.) The NAMI HelpLine provides information, resource referrals and support to people with a mental […]
We are living through a crisis that doesn’t get the same attention as pandemics or wars, but it is very real — and getting much worse. It is a mental health crisis, and it disproportionality impacts youths, the LGBTQ+ community and other marginalized groups.
[…] severe mental illnesses. The report evaluates nine major public-sector managed behavioral health care companies against critical components of care, such as access to the latest drugs and suicide response. NAMI will announce its grade for the industry overall and present its core requirements for the treatment and management of severe mental illnesses. DATE: Wednesday, September […]
[…] announcing the Center, NAMI Executive Director Laurie Flynn noted that current policies and practices hamper treatment for people who are most at risk for homelessness, arrest, or suicide. "It's a national disgrace that, in this age of remarkable progress in brain research and treatment, so many individuals are left out in the cold," said […]
[…] "Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Peña Story"; Harvard Eating Disorders Center Advisory Board SENATOR HARRY REID (D-NV) – sponsor of Senate Resolution 84, which recognized suicide as a national problem worthy of a national solution REPRESENTATIVE LYNN NANCY RIVERS (D-MI) – worked closely with Michigan Alliance for the Mentally Ill on state […]
[…] range. Depression not treated. Fewer than half of the patients who also have depression receive antidepressant medication, despite the fact that 15 percent of people with schizophrenia commit suicide. Untreated side effects. Although the majority of study participants (74.2 percent of inpatients and 79.1 percent of outpatients) reported side effects from their antipsychotic medications, only about […]
[…] illness. {Note: Mrs. Carter will be signing copies of her book from 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. in the International Terrace.} Saturday, July 18th 8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Int’l. Ballroom RECOVERY PLENARY Special Guest: U.S. Surgeon General David Satcher, M.D., Ph.D., who will discuss his plans to make suicide prevention a national health priority.
[…] a non-profit legal center whose mission is to ensure timely and humane treatment for persons with serious brain disorders, incorporating current scientific knowledge, thereby decreasing homelessness, jailings, suicide, violence, and other devastating consequences of untreated mental illness. Dr. E. Fuller Torrey will discuss how NAMI-TAC will assist state and local NAMI affiliates to reform […]
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).
