What hope can Harvard and the University of Chicago generate in a person with schizophrenia? For me, it’s the years 2003 and 2006, when I attended my daughter’s graduation from Harvard and attended my son’s graduation from the University of Chicago.
In honor of Dr. Seuss’ birthday, NAMI is focusing on how mental health reform bills in Congress support children’s mental health.
NAMI urges an immediate end to the practice of separating families. The future well-being of vulnerable children is at stake. We believe it’s critical to children’s mental health to be with their families and caregivers.
The pandemic is the first time most children and teens have experienced major trauma, social isolation and grief which can significantly impact their emotional development. Our youth need mental health support and resources now more than ever.
Half of all mental illness begins by age 14. Many people do not know that. They also do not know that, on average, eight to 10 years will pass from the onset of symptoms to the time of intervention for those living with these conditions. In the life of a child, those are...
A school superintendent whose daughter once attempted suicide, a college student, a social worker, a board-certified child psychiatrist, and a clinical psychologist who served as a member of President Bush’s New Freedom Commission on Mental Health warned today that children’s...
My son has bipolar disorder and is mostly depressed. He did not tolerate Lamictal (lamotrigine) or Seroquel (quetiapine). What are some other options for treatment?
The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) today applauded passage of a Senate amendment designed to ensure that health plans offered to children as part of a new federal program do not discriminate against children with severe mental illnesses.
The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) has joined with the newly established Center for the Advancement of Children’s Mental Health to announce the creation of a national center dedicated to improving identification, assessment and treatment practices for children...
On September 8, 2000, the National Consortium for Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services will hold its quarterly meeting, and celebrate 30 years as the forum in the nation's capital that focuses on issues which today are at the forefront of national concern.
Children, and sometimes even toddlers, can experience depression. The clinical term is called pediatric depression, and around 3% of children aged 3-17 years old experience it. Sometimes it can be hard to know the difference between normal childhood feelings and symp...
Take a moment and imagine being a child, torn from the arms of your parents or caregiver and forcibly separated from them, for an undetermined amount of time, at an unknown distance. You now have no protection and no security for survival. You are surrounded by strangers a...
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) today released the following statement by executive director Michael J. Fitzpatrick:
The National Alliance on Mental Illness ( NAMI ) has launched a new, interactive, online resource center to support children and adults living with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) criticized the House of Representatives' Committee on Government Reform for scheduling a hearing tomorrow on the "Overmedication of Hyperactive Children" -- late in the waning days of the legislative session -- that "will lar...
8 Keys to End Bullying Strategies for Parents & Schools By Signe Whitson W.W. Norton & Company (2014) Purchase For parents and school personnel, dealing with acts of bullying can be a rocky road. Signe Whitson’s book 8 Keys to End Bullying is a helpful guide...