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Lurasidone (Latuda)
Lurasidone is a medication that works in the brain to treat schizophrenia. It is also known as a second generation antipsychotic (SGA) or atypical antipsychotic.
https://www.nami.org/About-Mental-Illness/Treatments/Mental-Health-Medications/Types-of-Medication/Lurasidone-(Latuda) 1/12/2015 8:09:54 AM
Metabolic Syndrome
Lifestyle choices and the use of second generation antipsychotics can increase the risk for developing metabolic syndrome. Learn what it is, how to prevent it and how to treat it.
https://www.nami.org/Learn-More/Treatment/Mental-Health-Medications/Metabolic-Syndrome 9/23/2015 4:45:42 PM
Massachusetts Advocate Honored For Personal Courage, Leadership, And Advocacy On Behalf Of Others Li
The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) today presented the Lionel Aldridge Award to Moe Armstrong of Boston, Massachusetts for his tremendous courage in successfully living with schizophrenia and extraordinary efforts to advocate on behalf of consumers and family ...
https://www.nami.org/Press-Media/Press-Releases/1998/Massachusetts-Advocate-Honored-For-Personal-Courag 4/7/2015 12:42:28 PM
New Atypical Antipsychotic Drugs Recommended As First-line Medications For People With Serious Brai
Thanks to a new generation of atypical antipsychotic drug therapies, millions of Americans suffering from severe brain disorders can lead more independent lives today without the devastating physical side effects of older medications, reports the fall issue of The Decade of ...
https://www.nami.org/Press-Media/Press-Releases/1997/-New-Atypical-Antipsychotic-Drugs-Recommended-As-F 4/6/2015 2:25:04 PM
Three New Advocates Elected to NAMI Board
Delegates to the national convention of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) in Chicago on June 30-July 4, 1999 elected three new members to the organization's board of directors, as well as three incumbents, for three-year terms.
https://www.nami.org/Press-Media/Press-Releases/1999/Three-New-Advocates-Elected-to-NAMI-Board 4/7/2015 4:25:00 PM
NAMI to Present Outstanding Media Awards at Annual Convention
NAMI will present its Outstanding Media Awards during its annual convention to select members of the media for their accurate and balanced presentation of people with mental illnesses.
https://www.nami.org/Press-Media/Press-Releases/2000/NAMI-to-Present-Outstanding-Media-Awards-at-Annual 4/8/2015 1:57:02 PM
Complementary Health Approaches
Complementary and alternative methods can help with recovery when traditional methods do not seem to be enough.
https://www.nami.org/About-Mental-Illness/Treatments/Complementary-Health-Approaches 8/10/2014 5:59:58 PM
Find Your Local NAMI
https://www.nami.org/findsupport 11/3/2014 3:43:45 AM
Find Your Local NAMI List
https://www.nami.org/Find-Your-Local-NAMI-List 11/7/2018 3:39:00 PM
Edith's Story
I never imagined that I would come to learn about mental illness through a family member—my daughter.
https://www.nami.org/Personal-Stories/Edith-s-Story 11/19/2014 12:28:36 PM
Library Night
I was struck by how far removed my son’s former facility was from current technology. I made it my mission to change that as much as one person can.
https://www.nami.org/Personal-Stories/Library-Night 8/14/2015 10:42:12 AM
A Groundbreaking Commitment to Psychiatric Research
Today I was fortunate to be on a panel to discuss the findings of a major piece of work published in Nature and the unprecedented $650 million dollar gift from Ted Stanley to the Broad Institute to further this type of work. The event was a celebration of Mr. Stanley’s ga...
https://www.nami.org/Blogs/NAMI-Blog/July-2014/A-Groundbreaking-Commitment-to-Psychiatric-Researc 7/23/2014 8:29:03 AM
It Is What It Is
Dawn and her son, Matthew My son was 8 years old the first time a doctor told me he had a psychotic illness. My stunned reaction and the look of confusion on my face prompted the doctor to ask, “Do you know what psychotic means?” Yes, I knew the meaning of the word psych...
https://www.nami.org/Blogs/NAMI-Blog/April-2012/It-Is-What-It-Is 4/10/2012 12:00:00 AM
The Arizona Tragedy: One Year Later
This week marks a sad anniversary. On January 8, 2011, U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords and 13 other people were gravely wounded—and six persons killed—in a shooting attack in Tucson, Arizona. Charged in the attack was Jared Lee Laughner, 23, who has since been diagnos...
https://www.nami.org/Blogs/NAMI-Blog/January-2012/The-Arizona-Tragedy-One-Year-Later 1/5/2012 12:00:00 AM
I’m Just a Dad with a Bicycle
Put simply, I am a single father, who is obsessed with cycling. I travel all over California and Arizona just to ride and race my bike. To get a little more complicated, I am considered a high functioning person with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and schizophrenia . ...
https://www.nami.org/Blogs/NAMI-Blog/January-2013/I’m-Just-a-Dad-with-a-Bicycle 1/8/2013 10:42:35 AM
How Shootings Stigmatize People Living with Mental Illness
On Sept. 20, CNN.com invited and published the following guest article by NAMI Executive Director Michael J. Fitzpatrick. NAMI also released statements on the Navy Yard tragedy on Sept. 17 and Sept. 19 . When tragedies occur, such as the one at the Navy Yard in W...
https://www.nami.org/Blogs/NAMI-Blog/September-2013/How-Shootings-Stigmatize-People-Living-with-Mental 9/23/2013 12:00:00 AM
John Nash and NAMI Mercer, a Personal Connection
John Forbes Nash Jr., Nobel prize-winning mathematician, and his wife, Alicia, died in a car crash on Saturday May 23. NAMI Mercer in Mercer County, N.J. has good reason to remember them both with affection and regret. John and Alicia attended NAMI Mercer’s first fund-raisin...
https://www.nami.org/Blogs/NAMI-Blog/June-2015/John-Nash-and-NAMI-Mercer,-a-Personal-Connection 6/11/2015 12:32:57 PM
The Strengths and Stigmas of My Culture
  As the son of Cuban immigrants, I was the first person in my family born in the United States. My mother’s family fled Cuba when she was six years old and my father came to the United States in his late-30s. They said goodbye to family and friends, learned a new language a...
https://www.nami.org/Blogs/NAMI-Blog/July-2017/The-Strengths-and-Stigmas-of-My-Culture 7/28/2017 12:38:44 PM
Haloperidol (Haldol)
Haloperidol is a medication that works in the brain to treat schizophrenia. It is also known as a first generation antipsychotic (FGA) or typical antipsychotic.
https://www.nami.org/About-Mental-Illness/Treatments/Mental-Health-Medications/Types-of-Medication/Haloperidol-(Haldol) 10/9/2014 1:26:15 PM
Loxapine (Loxitane)
Loxapine is a medication that works in the brain to treat schizophrenia. It is also known as a first generation antipsychotic (FGA) or typical antipsychotic.
https://www.nami.org/About-Mental-Illness/Treatments/Mental-Health-Medications/Types-of-Medication/Loxapine-(Loxitane) 12/17/2014 8:00:42 AM
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