What are the long-term effects of taking medication for mental illness? Will the medicine damage my brain, liver, kidney or other organs?
The National Alliance on Mental Illness ( NAMI ) has launched a new health education program to promote sound "mind and body" health practices among individuals who live with serious mental illness.
Providing both doctors and parents with complete information represents sound clinical practice. Discussion of benefits and risks in prescribing any medication or course of treatment is essential.
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NAMI released a report highlighting the impossible barriers millions of Americans living with mental health and substance use disorders faced prior to passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
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A common myth about suicide is that it happens without warning, but the reality is that there are often warning signs. These signs can be hard for a loved one to see, especially if they don’t know anything is wrong in the first place. However, a trained professional can eas...
NAMI released a report highlighting the impossible barriers millions of Americans living with mental health and substance use disorders faced prior to passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
NAMI opposes the death penalty for anyone with severe mental illness, and we hope that the jury will be persuaded not to compound further the profound tragedies that occurred in this case.
Amnesty International’s report today on people with serious mental illnesses and the death penalty represents a compelling step forward in making the case that profound injustice exists at the most painful intersection of the mental healthcare and criminal justice systems in ...
In recent weeks, a media circus and reckless speculation has surrounded events in the life of pop singer Britney Spears and her family.
The National Alliance on Mental Illness ( NAMI ) has issued the following statement on the death of John Patrick Bedell from his attack on Pentagon guards on March 4, 2010.
We share the sadness of other Americans over the Tucson, Arizona tragedy and extend our sympathy to the families of the six individuals who died. We pray for the recovery of U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords and the 13 other persons who were wounded.
The National Alliance on Mental Illness ( NAMI ) has issued the following statement which includes recommended links to trauma resources for families: