This summer when we heard President Obama calling for a “national conversation on mental health” to get people talking about mental illnesses in a positive and productive way, we knew exactly what he meant. In Minnesota, plans were already under way for a very similar pr...
On March 27 this week, a JetBlue airline pilot experienced a medical emergency in flight. On March 10, an American Airlines flight attendant also experienced a medical crisis while aboard an aircraft.
Mental Illness Awareness Week is Oct. 7-13. This year’s theme is “Changing Attitudes, Changing Minds.” Every year, a truly grassroots mobilization occurs. What are you doing to observe it? In 1990, Congress proclaimed MIAW as a means of increasing public understand...
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) has honored the College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists (CPNP) with its Excellence in Community Mental Health Services Award in recognition of their outstanding efforts to educate people about the available medications f...
MIAW is a time for education about mental illness such as depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and other medical conditions that affect a person's thinking, feelings moods, ability to relate to others and daily functioning.
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) is partnering with Lifetime Television around the premiere of the movie Call Me Crazy: A Five Film on Sat., April 20, 2013, to promote public dialogue about mental illness.
After a tragic event happened in an affluent South Florida town, theories started to buzz about why an average college student would violently attack a couple completely unprovoked. The first theory was designer drugs, which was a growing problem in the area. Then an ...
NAMI is dismayed by the President’s FY 2018 Budget, which would slash funding for programs that deeply affect the lives of people with mental illness.
NAMI is a proud member of Mental Health For US , a nonpartisan, educational coalition elevating mental health and addiction in policy conversations. Today, the coalition released candidate responses to their survey which asked 11 questions addressing mental health, drug overd...
Education is to mental illness as training is for a job. Learning coping skills, information about medications, treatment options and new research is what prepares you to deal with the inevitable challenges of mental illness. Without education, recovery is a much slower, p...
You are probably familiar with the names of the various mental illnesses, such as major depressive disorder and schizophrenia. These names reflect what is called the “categorical” approach to mental illness, which is the dominant approach used in practice. However, emerg...
President Obama ordered a ban on the use of solitary confinement for juveniles and sharp limits on its use for people with serious mental illness.