NAMI announced the nationwide expansion of their flagship teen program, Ending the Silence, due to a generous gift from Former Second Lady of the United States, Tipper Gore.
Bullying is never okay. It is not just kids being kids. It is not simply part of growing up. It is harmful and destructive and a major challenge to mental health. That’s why the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Education are sponsoring...
My symptoms started when I was ten years old. My heart would pound and I’d feel lightheaded. I would feel disoriented, like I was living in a fog or dream. I would be sweaty and shaky and feel as if I was going to faint. I knew these feelings weren’t normal, but I didn’t w...
Hear from world-renowned Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) expert Dr. Kathryn Korslund as she describes what a person can expect from DBT. Dr. Korslund will present the philosophy, principles and treatment components that define Dialectical Behavior Therapy. This webinar ...
On September 8, 2000, the National Consortium for Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services will hold its quarterly meeting, and celebrate 30 years as the forum in the nation's capital that focuses on issues which today are at the forefront of national concern.
Marsha Linehan NAMI is pleased to announce that Dr. Marsha Linehan will be one of the outstanding speakers who will join 2,000 NAMI members at the 2015 NAMI National Convention in San Francisco this July. Scheduled to speak on Monday, July 6 in the “Advancing Rec...
The Teacher's Guide to Student Mental Health By William Dikel M.D. Nortan's Books in Education (2014) Purchase For educational professionals seeking advice and direction on how to support students with mental health conditions, The Teacher’s Guide to Student ...
A report released today called "Short-Term Plans Do Not Cover Life-Saving Mental Health and Substance Use Treatment" highlights the barriers to mental health and substance use coverage in current short-term plans.
NAMI believes that no one should be subject to practices that can cause or worsen mental health symptoms. NAMI supports public policies and laws to ban the discredited, discriminatory, and harmful practice of conversion therapy.
In 2005, I returned home following a 12-month deployment to Iraq. Upon my return, I began struggling with post-traumatic stress, depression, anxiety, acute anger and sleep issues. Night terrors became a common occurrence and prevented me from having a normal night of sl...
“How are you? Really ?” This is my mom’s standard line of questioning any time I dye my hair darker. In her mind, darker hair is equivalent to a darker mood. She’s on to something, but in my case, she has it backwards. I’m best at hiding my depression when I’m blonde. Whe...
In 2009, my husband and I left Minneapolis and moved to Greater Minnesota—which is Minnesotan for any geographic space outside of the seven-county metropolitan area centered around the Twin Cities. Before we moved, I had conjured up a romantic view of being a therapist ...
More than 2,000 people are attending the 23rd annual convention of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI), in-cluding leaders from Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana, as well as national, state and local experts.