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NAMI Poll: Parents Want Mental Health Education in Schools, Mental Health Days Off for Students
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.
https://www.nami.org/Press-Media/Press-Releases/2021/NAMI-Poll-Parents-Want-Mental-Health-Education-in-Schools-Mental-Health-Days-Off-for-Students 12/14/2021 2:51:02 PM
NAMI Condemns Congressional Hearing for Putting Children at Risk
The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) is protesting a recent Congressional hearing held on "Behavioral Drug Use in Schools" for presenting a "skewed, inflammatory perspective" on issues surrounding the roles and responsibilities of parents, physicians and schools...
https://www.nami.org/Press-Media/Press-Releases/2000/NAMI-Condemns-Congressional-Hearing-for-Putting-C 4/8/2015 2:45:49 PM
5 Tips to Help Young Children Understand Anger
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...
https://www.nami.org/Blogs/NAMI-Blog/June-2022/5-Tips-to-Help-Young-Children-Understand-Anger 6/10/2022 8:30:00 AM
NAMI Supports "Family Opportunity Act" to Secure Treatment for Children with Mental Illnesses
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...
https://www.nami.org/Press-Media/Press-Releases/2001/NAMI-Supports-Family-Opportunity-Act-to-Secure-T 4/8/2015 3:44:29 PM
How We Can Responsibly Talk to Children About Suicide
  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...
https://www.nami.org/Blogs/NAMI-Blog/September-2016/How-We-Can-Responsibly-Talk-to-Children-About-Suic 9/21/2016 2:58:10 PM
Register for NAMI's Ask the Expert Webinar: In-Person, Virtual And Everything In Between – Supportin
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.
https://www.nami.org/About-NAMI/NAMI-News/2020/Register-for-NAMI-s-Ask-the-Expert-Webinar-In-Person-Virtual-And-Everything-In-Between-–-Supportin 8/19/2020 3:45:38 PM
Children Should Not Have to Be Resilient
You’ve likely heard someone say that “children are resilient.” Historically, parenting and child psychology books have touted that young people have the ability to overcome and “bounce back” from hardship and trauma. However, as someone who experienced childhood trauma, I...
https://www.nami.org/Blogs/NAMI-Blog/February-2023/Children-Should-Not-Have-to-Be-Resilient 2/24/2023 8:59:35 AM
Statement on Child & Adolescent Mental Health
https://www.nami.org/Advocacy/NAMI-Advocacy-Actions/2021/Statement-on-Child-Adolescent-Mental-Health 10/26/2021 9:42:23 AM
How I Talk About Mental Health with My Kids
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...
https://www.nami.org/Blogs/NAMI-Blog/June-2022/How-I-Talk-About-Mental-Health-with-My-Kids 6/8/2022 8:29:19 AM
Letter to Congressional Bill Sponsors on Child and Adolescent Mental Health & Mental Health Workforc
https://www.nami.org/Advocacy/NAMI-Advocacy-Actions/2023/Letter-to-Congressional-Bill-Sponsors-on-Child-and-Adolescent-Mental-Health-Mental-Health-Workforc 7/19/2023 1:48:41 PM
Regulatory Comment to CMS Administrator and HHS Secretary on Health Coverage
https://www.nami.org/Advocacy/NAMI-Advocacy-Actions/2023/Regulatory-Comment-to-CMS-Administrator-and-HHS-Secretary-on-Health-Coverage 3/6/2023 3:15:16 PM
One in 10 Children Has Mental Illness; State-by-State Figures; Are Candidates Addressing the Facts?
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.
https://www.nami.org/Press-Media/Press-Releases/2010/One-in-10-Children-Has-Mental-Illness;-State-by-St 9/25/2014 1:25:05 PM
2010 NAMI Convention to Address Youth Mental Health; Pediatricians Call for Routine Screening
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.
https://www.nami.org/Press-Media/Press-Releases/2010/2010-NAMI-Convention-to-Address-Youth-Mental-Healt 9/22/2014 10:50:20 AM
Poll of Parents Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic (2021)
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.
https://www.nami.org/Support-Education/Publications-Reports/Survey-Reports/Poll-of-Parents-Amid-the-COVID-19-Pandemic-(2021) 12/14/2021 1:58:24 PM
I would like to have children. However, I am worried about stopping my antidepressant. Do you have a
I would like to have children. However, I am worried about stopping my antidepressant. Do you have any advice?
https://www.nami.org/FAQ/Mental-Health-Medication-FAQ/I-would-like-to-have-children-However-I-am-worri 10/16/2015 9:49:05 AM
Keeping Students Safe in Our Nation's Schools
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...
https://www.nami.org/Blogs/NAMI-Blog/March-2014/Keeping-Students-Safe-in-Our-Nation-s-Schools 3/6/2014 4:53:07 PM
Beyond Growing Pains: Children and Mood Disorders
  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...
https://www.nami.org/Blogs/NAMI-Blog/June-2018/Beyond-Growing-Pains-Children-and-Mood-Disorders 5/31/2018 3:50:45 PM
Modeling After Minnesota: Achieving Positive Results for Students
How do we implement mental health services in school? Minnesota's example may lead the way to improving student health around the country.
https://www.nami.org/About-NAMI/NAMI-News/2014/Modeling-After-Minnesota-Achieving-Positive-Resul 10/3/2014 8:36:27 AM
Letter to Congressional Committee Leadership on Child and Adolescent Mental Health
https://www.nami.org/Advocacy/NAMI-Advocacy-Actions/2022/Letter-to-Congressional-Committee-Leadership-on-Child-and-Adolescent-Mental-Health-en 7/13/2022 11:33:39 AM
Autism
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.
https://www.nami.org/Learn-More/Mental-Health-Conditions/Related-Conditions/Autism 8/10/2014 2:24:49 PM
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