NAMI HelpLine

NAMI fights for policies that promote effective interventions and stop harmful practices that worsen mental health conditions, such as conversion therapy, solitary confinement and restraints and seclusion.

Conversion Therapy


NAMI believes that no one should be subject to practices that can cause or worsen mental health symptoms. NAMI supports public policies and laws to ban the discredited, discriminatory, and harmful practice of conversion therapy.

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Criminalization Of People With Mental Illness


NAMI believes in minimizing justice system response to people with mental illness, while ensuring that any interactions preserve health, well-being and dignity. NAMI opposes laws and public policies that perpetuate the criminalization of people with mental illness.

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Death Penalty


NAMI believes that all people should be treated with respect and dignity and experience equitable outcomes. NAMI opposes the death penalty for people with serious mental illness.

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Gun Violence


NAMI believes that gun violence is a public health crisis that endangers the life, safety and mental health of people throughout the U.S.

Gun Violence Research

NAMI supports funding for research to understand the causes and effects of gun violence in the U.S., including self-directed violence, and opposes restrictions on gun violence research.

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Gun Violence: Safe Storage

NAMI supports laws and public policies that promote the safe storage of firearms to prevent unwanted use and self-harm.

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Gun Violence: Purchase Waiting Periods

NAMI supports public policies and laws that create waiting periods for purchasing firearms to reduce impulsive acts of gun violence and self- harm.

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Limits On Gender-Affirming Care


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.

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Police Use Of Force


NAMI believes in minimizing justice-system response to people with mental illness, while ensuring that any interactions preserve health, well-being and dignity. NAMI supports policies that reduce and prevent use of force by law enforcement during interactions with people with mental illness.

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Restraints And Seclusion: Schools


NAMI believes that no one should be subject to practices that can cause or worsen mental health symptoms. NAMI supports the elimination of restraints and seclusion in schools.

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Social Media Use and Impact on Mental Health


NAMI believes that no one should be subject to practices that can cause or worsen mental health symptoms, and that public policies to protect individuals should be guided by credible, evidence-based research. NAMI supports public policies that facilitate research into the risks and benefits of social media use and policies that mitigate the risk of social media use on mental health, with a focus on youth and young adults.

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Solitary Confinement


NAMI believes that no one should be subject to practices that can cause or worsen mental health symptoms. NAMI opposes the use of solitary confinement and equivalent forms of administrative segregation for people with mental health conditions.

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NAMI HelpLine is available M-F, 10 a.m. – 10 p.m. ET. Call 800-950-6264,
text “helpline” to 62640, or chat online. In a crisis, call or text 988 (24/7).