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Man with schizophrenia takes you into his world with powerful self-portraits
https://www.nami.org/Press-Media/In-The-News/2015/Man-with-schizophrenia-takes-you-into-his-world-wi 9/28/2015 6:33:03 PM
Naltrexone (ReVia)
Naltrexone is a medication that works in the brain to treat dependence on alcohol or opioids.
https://www.nami.org/About-Mental-Illness/Treatments/Mental-Health-Medications/Types-of-Medication/Naltrexone-(ReVia) 12/11/2017 1:44:32 PM
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 6/15/2022 9:56:21 AM
Why You Struggle with Self-Care
You may see self-care as a luxurious act of pampering yourself. You may have thought to yourself,  I should enact this ritual of personal dedication , resolving to begin a self-care practice immediately. That is, right after those things on your to-do list. And after you he...
https://www.nami.org/Blogs/NAMI-Blog/December-2019/Why-You-Struggle-with-Self-Care 12/16/2019 1:52:16 PM
Self Care University: Sound Therapy | Managing Your Mental Health
Self Care University: Sound Therapy | Managing Your Mental Health Welcome to Self-Care University, a show where we explore different self-care activities to help manage your mental health. NAMI ambassador Corinne Foxx meets with Sound Healer Danny Santos to learn what sound...
https://www.nami.org/Support-Education/Video-Resource-Library/Self-Care-University-Sound-Therapy-Managing-Your-Mental-Health 12/29/2021 12:38:01 PM
Are You a Chronic Self-Abandoner?
  Self-abandonment is a strange concept. How can you abandon yourself when you are always with you? If you're well-schooled in the world of self-development, you may have an educated guess at what self-abandonment is: It's when you don't support yourself, right? Kind of...
https://www.nami.org/Blogs/NAMI-Blog/April-2018/Are-You-a-Chronic-Self-Abandoner 4/30/2018 11:05:09 AM
From Self-Termination Watch to Recovery: "This Isn’t Me Just Being Broken"
From Self-Termination Watch to Recovery: "This Isn’t Me Just Being Broken" Unaware that he was struggling with a mental illness and having closed himself off from friends and family, Joel Richard didn’t want to live anymore. Joel shares his mental health journey with us fro...
https://www.nami.org/Support-Education/Video-Resource-Library/From-Self-Termination-Watch-to-Recovery-This-Isn-t-Me-Just-Being-Broken 9/20/2021 9:27:38 AM
Say It Out Loud: Speaking with Teens about Mental Health
Stigma about mental health prevents teens from seeking help. Learn how NAMI's Say it Out Loud can get teens talking and asking for help when they need it.
https://www.nami.org/Get-Involved/What-Can-I-Do/Become-a-Leader-in-the-Mental-Health-Movement/Say-It-Out-Loud-Speaking-with-Teens-about-Mental 9/28/2015 3:28:22 PM
CollegeGuide
https://www.nami.org/Support-Education/Publications-Reports/Guides/Starting-the-Conversation/CollegeGuide 8/29/2016 7:09:03 PM
Diverse New Coalition Launches Education Campaign To Counter Misconceptions About Depression
Frustrated and concerned by popular misconceptions that trivialize depression as “just the blues” or dismiss it entirely as an “imaginary disease,” seven prominent physician, patient and civic nonprofit organizations have joined together to launch a public education campaign t...
https://www.nami.org/Press-Media/Press-Releases/2006/Diverse-New-Coalition-Launches-Education-Campaign 9/29/2014 11:27:09 AM
New Report Finds Families Struggle Over a Decade to Get Help for Mental Illness
At least 8.4 million Americans are providing care to an adult with an emotional or mental health issue, and nearly three quarters report that caregiving causes high emotional stress, finds a new study from the National Alliance for Caregiving in collaboration with Mental Heal...
https://www.nami.org/Press-Media/Press-Releases/2016/New-Report-Finds-Families-Struggle-Over-a-Decade 2/22/2016 5:25:27 PM
Acamprosate (Campral)
Acamprosate is a medication that works in the brain to treat alcohol dependence. Acamprosate works by decreasing cravings and urges to use alcohol.
https://www.nami.org/About-Mental-Illness/Treatments/Mental-Health-Medications/Types-of-Medication/Acamprosate-(Campral) 12/11/2017 12:57:22 PM
Trying to Stay Positive
Chelsea's personal experience with OCD has taught her that while you can’t control others’ behavior or what they say, you can control your reaction to it.
https://www.nami.org/Personal-Stories/Trying-to-Stay-Positive 3/19/2015 2:47:32 PM
This Wounded Bird Can Still Fly
Whether you come from the same situation, or whether you are struggling with depression, suicide, anxiety etc., I want you to know that you are loved.
https://www.nami.org/Personal-Stories/This-Wounded-Bird-Can-Still-Fly 1/21/2016 1:42:08 PM
Drowning
One year ago today, I was pronounced dead from attempting suicide for the third time. Today will be a bittersweet day for the rest of my life.
https://www.nami.org/Personal-Stories/Drowning 3/23/2016 2:35:54 PM
My Depression in My Life
I am the author of my own life and I choose to put a semicolon instead of a period at every point that my depression tells me otherwise.
https://www.nami.org/Personal-Stories/My-Depression-in-My-Life 8/25/2016 1:16:18 PM
There is Hope!
Today, I am good. I won’t say great because there are days when I want to give up because I feel no one listens to me about mental illness. But I know I am helping some people.
https://www.nami.org/Personal-Stories/There-is-Hope 2/8/2018 1:36:10 PM
Getting Help For My Postpartum Depression
I knew I needed counseling and sought it out, but the eight months following were a blur of jumping from therapist-to-therapist and medication-to-medication with no improvement. In fact, I was getting worse. 
https://www.nami.org/Personal-Stories/Getting-Help-For-My-Postpartum-Depression 2/15/2018 1:20:15 PM
My Dark Place
When I am in my dark place, I can get settled here. It tells me everything I need to hear to make me believe I belong in this place.
https://www.nami.org/Personal-Stories/My-Dark-Place 1/13/2022 7:48:22 AM
The LGBTQ Community Wears Mental Resiliency with Pride
  Picture one of those slow motion videos of a tennis ball being hit by a tennis racquet and coiling inward before being released back to its original shape as the ball projects through the air. That’s what mental resiliency is: the ability to “bounce back” from conflict ...
https://www.nami.org/Blogs/NAMI-Blog/October-2016/The-LGBTQ-Community-Wears-Mental-Resiliency-with-P 10/17/2016 10:49:52 AM
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