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NAMI News

NAMI Frontline Wellness Launches on World Mental Health Day

Oct 10 2020

In an effort to support frontline professionals with their immediate and future mental health needs—today, the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) has launched NAMI Frontline Wellness: a COVID-19 mental health initiative in partnership with #FirstRespondersFirst. Read More.

Join NAMI this Mental Illness Awareness Week to Raise the Voices of Lived Experience

Oct 5 2020

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. Read More.

Register for NAMI's Ask the Expert Webinar: New Horizons in Schizophrenia Research

Sep 29 2020

Register for NAMI's Ask the Expert Webinar: New Horizons in Schizophrenia Research on Thursday, October 8, 2020 at 4:00 p.m. ET.

Congress Passes New Bill to Improve Veterans’ Mental Health Care

Sep 23 2020

On Wednesday, September 23, 2020, NAMI celebrated the U.S. House of Representatives’ unanimous passage of a landmark bipartisan bill, S. 785, The Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act. Read More.

“9-8-8” Bill Passes Congress!

Sep 22 2020

On Monday, Sept. 21, NAMI celebrated the passage of S. 2661: the National Suicide Hotline Designation Act of 2020. The bill establishes the plan to implement a universal three-digit number, 9-8-8, for mental health crises and suicide prevention. Read More.

NAMI Basics OnDemand Receives Four Excellence Awards

Sep 16 2020

NAMI received four Brandon Hall Group HCM Excellence Awards for our NAMI Basics OnDemand education program. The Excellence in Learning Awards recognize the best organizations that have successfully deployed programs and tools that have achieved measurable results.

NAMI Joins Public-Private Partnership to Advance Early Interventions for Schizophrenia

Sep 15 2020

Today, NAMI announced it has joined the Accelerating Medicines Partnership (AMP) Schizophrenia (SCZ), which brings together NIH, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and multiple non-profit and private organizations to work toward meeting the urgent need for early therapeutic interventions for people at risk of developing schizophrenia. Read More.

NAMI Announces New Website to Make Mental Health a Priority in 2020 Elections

Sep 10 2020

To help voters across the country, NAMI is pleased to announce the launch of a new website, Vote4MentalHealth.org, that provides information on how to ask candidates about their positions on important issues, updates on how to cast a ballot and reminders for key voting dates in a voter’s state. Read More.