Generally, anger is a natural response to distressing issues or situations — yet, it is often felt or expressed in ways that are scary, confusing or even unhealthy. As a result, we often consider anger to be a “ bad” emotion, and we view its expression as destructive. Ac...
NAMI commends Senators Charles Grassley (R-IA) and Edward Kennedy (D-MA) and Representatives Pete Sessions (R-TX) and Henry Waxman (D-CA) for today introducing the "Family Opportunity Act of 2001" to help families with children who have severe and chronic disorders, includin...
For every suicide that occurs, there is usually at least one child impacted. For the roughly 40,000 suicides that occur annually , there are thousands of child survivors who live with the emotional consequences. I lost my father to suicide when I was eight years old. My...
Register for NAMI's Ask the Expert Webinar: "In-Person, Virtual And Everything In Between – Supporting Families And Children Returning To School" on Thursday, August 27, 2020 at 4:00 p.m. ET.
Mental health — and mental illness specifically — can be very difficult to understand and navigate for anyone, but especially for children. Children, more so than adults, have difficulty processing emotions and psychological changes. As a result, they often exhibit behaviora...
One in 10 children has a mental health condition that causes significant impairment and more than half of all lifetime cases begin by age 14, the National Alliance on Mental Illness ( NAMI ) reported today, but only one-third get the help they need.
The National Alliance on Mental Illness ( NAMI ) will address concerns for child and adolescent mental health at the 2010 NAMI National Convention in Washington, D.C., July 1-3.
I would like to have children. However, I am worried about stopping my antidepressant. Do you have any advice?
A poll conducted by Ipsos on behalf of NAMI finds that an overwhelming number of parents support mental health education in schools and “mental health days” for their children.
As a parent, you know your child—their behavior, their character, their attitude—better than anyone. You’ve watched them grow, taken care of them and gotten to know who they are. But what do you do if you notice that they start to change in unexpected ways and begin beh...
How do we implement mental health services in school? Minnesota's example may lead the way to improving student health around the country.
Children have been seriously injured, traumatized, and some have even died from the use of restraint and seclusion in our nation’s schools. This is well documented in media stories and reports issued over several years. These stories reveal that the use of restraint in sch...
Autism is a complex developmental disorder that can cause problems with thinking, feeling, language and the ability to relate to others. Many individuals with autism also live with mental illness like anxiety or depression.
The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) has requested an investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice into Florida's treatment of children with serious brain disorders, following the February 5th death of 12-year-old boy with mental illness at a wilderness camp ...
Today, the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) published a review of all major studies involving anti-depressants in children and adolescents by a team of researchers from Western Psychiatric Institute in Pittsburgh.
Parents of adult children with mental illness who participate in education and support groups such as those offered by the National Alliance on Mental Illness ( NAMI ) experience more positive outcomes and fewer burdens than those who do not, according to a study in the curre...
A study published in the Journal of Child and Family Studies (August 2011) has found that a family education program offered by the National Alliance on Mental Illness ( NAMI ) for parents and caregivers of children and adolescents living with mental illness produces "signi...
The National Alliance on Mental Illness ( NAMI ) has released a survey on family experiences with primary care doctors in treating children and adolescents living with serious mental illness-exposing a broad gap between family needs and practitioner knowledge and resources.