Our panel of experts and advocates will share insights on mental health and mental illnesses in communities of color in the context of structural inequities, the pandemic and the economic crisis.
NAMI Ask the Expert welcomes the Me2/Orchestra, an orchestra of people with and without mental illness working side-by-side in a supportive atmosphere. Their mission is to erase mental health stigma one concert at a time. The orchestra was recently featured in the documentary...
“By responding to a mental health crisis with mental health professionals, lives will be saved and people in crisis can get the right care when they need it most,” said Daniel H. Gillison Jr, NAMI CEO.
With today’s decision to require providers to support text messaging to 988, the FCC has created a new vehicle for people to access help. The ability to text 988 will support at-risk communities, including youth and young adults, marginalized and underserved populations, and ...
NAMI Ask the Expert welcomes Dr. Christine Crawford, Associate Medical Director at NAMI, who will provide an overview of the various stressors that people can experience over the winter months.
NAMI’s poll finds that parents are deeply concerned about their children’s mental health and, importantly, understand the value of mental health awareness and treatment. We encourage parents to seek help for their children if they see signs that concern them.
This report shines a spotlight on the disparities that remain for people affected by mental health conditions, despite the tremendous progress we’ve achieved. NAMI will not rest until we can achieve equitable mental health coverage in all forms of health coverage.
Mental health is physical health — and our decision to shift our convention to a virtual format is driven by our commitment to prioritizing both, especially given the unique vulnerabilities of those with mental illness regarding COVID-19.
NAMI Ask the Expert welcomes Diana Chao, founder of the nonprofit Letters to Strangers (L2S), who will share her personal mental health journey and present actionable strategies for maintaining mental well-being gathered from eight years of interviews and frontline interventi...
Join NAMI for the kickoff of the Help Not Handcuffs: A Day in the Life series featuring an abbreviated version of the Emmy award-winning HBO documentary “Ernie and Joe: Crisis Cops.”
NAMI strongly opposes any policy or legislation that limits or denies access to medical or mental health care or education based on someone’s sexual orientation or gender identity. While there’s a higher prevalence of mental health conditions among LGBTQI youth and adults, on...
NAMI Ask the Expert welcomes Robert O. Cotes, M.D., Director of the Clinical & Research Program for Psychosis at Grady Health, Emory University School of Medicine, who will discuss the unique and potentially life-changing benefits of clozapine, an antipsychotic medication use...
NAMI Ask the Expert welcomes Dr. Tom Insel, a psychiatrist and neuroscientist who has been a national leader in mental health research, policy and technology. In this webinar, Dr. Insel will share his experience working in the mental health field and address critical social, ...
NAMI is seeking adults with a diagnosis of schizophrenia and adult family members/care partners of people with a diagnosis of schizophrenia to participate in an anonymous online survey.
NAMI is pleased to announce the first day plenary speaker for NAMICon 2022, actor, author and mental health advocate Mayim Bialik.
NAMI urges we all come “Together for Mental Health” — our theme for Mental Health Awareness Month in May — to fight stigma, raise awareness and advocate for a better mental health care system.
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) is deeply saddened by the horrific and avoidable school shooting that occurred yesterday in Uvalde, Texas. The mass killing of at least 19 children and two adults at the elementary school impacts all of us. It impacts the mental ...
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) today announced that its free, signature education program for middle school and high school-aged students, NAMI Ending the Silence , is now available on a virtual platform that can be used anywhere.
This July, the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) honors Bebe Moore Campbell National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month — designated in 2008 by the U.S. House of Representatives — by advocating for underserved groups to have early access to quality mental health c...
After years of advocacy and preparation, 988 is now available nationwide as the new number to contact for mental health, substance use and suicide crises, a simple, easy-to-remember way for people to get help.