Connect 4 Mental Health™ Announces 2016 Community Innovation Award Recipients
For the third year, the Community Innovation Awards program honors four local organizations for innovative approaches to improving mental health.
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NAMI Asks Attorney General Reno for Investigation of State of Florida’s Mental Health Treatment of Children & Adolescents
The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) has requested an investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice into Florida's treatment of children with serious brain disorders, following the February 5th death of 12-year-old boy with mental illness at a wilderness camp for juvenile offenders.
NAMI Consumer Council to Host Consumer/Survivor Leadership Forum
[…] the mental health community, including the World Health Organization (WHO), President Bush’s New Freedom Commission on Mental Health, the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and the U.S. Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), as well as many consumer-led groups. NAMI respects the right of SCI/MF and others to their views. In recent […]
16 National Organizations Cite Crisis in Mental Health System, Release Roadmap for Reform
Today at the U.S. Capitol, the Campaign for Mental Health Reform released "Emergency Response: A Roadmap for Federal Action on America’s Mental Health Crisis." The coalition of 16 national organizations proposed 28 action steps as a "roadmap" for Congress and the Administration to transform the country's ailing mental health care system.
Mental Health Parity: Benefits Outweigh Costs and Risks of Untreated Illnesses
The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) thanks Chairman Billy Tauzin of the Committee on Energy & Commerce and Representative Michael Bilarakis, chairman of the Health Subcommittee, and their colleagues, for convening today's hearing on insurance coverage of mental illness.
Emergency Departments See Dramatic Increase in People with Mental Illness Seeking Care
A recent upsurge in people with mental illness seeking treatment in emergency departments is taking a significant toll on patient care and hospital resources nationwide, according to a new survey of emergency physicians conducted by the nation’s leading mental health organizations and the American College of Emergency Physicians.
Substance Use Disorders
[…] and/or drugs — often occur simultaneously in individuals with mental illness, usually to cope with overwhelming symptoms. The combination of these two illnesses has its own term: dual diagnosis, or co-occurring disorders. Either disorder (substance use or mental illness) can develop first. According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 17 million U.S. adults experienced both mental […]
Coming to Terms with Mental Illness and My Identity
In 2013, I was hospitalized — and my entire outlook on life shifted. My doctor diagnosed me with bipolar disorder. My mind was spinning; I didn’t think that someone like me could have that illness. There’s no way I could be crazy, I thought, because I am not weak. Looking back, I can understand […]
Mental Health Parity at Risk
NAMI released a report highlighting the impossible barriers millions of Americans living with mental health and substance use disorders faced prior to passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
Join NAMI this Mental Illness Awareness Week to Raise the Voices of Lived Experience
In honor of Mental Illness Awareness Week (MIAW) on Oct. 4-10, 2020, the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) and participants across the country are raising awareness and educating about mental illness warning signs and symptoms.