In 1995, when I was a 30-year-old basketball coach at the University of Maine, I received a diagnosis that changed my life forever. After living with bipolar disorder, and overcoming its hurdles for the last 26 years, I have come to recognize the importance of support, commu...
Ben Meiches and Josh Garen, students at The Blake School, Minneapolis, won the National Forensic League Championship in NAMI policy debate in Atlanta, GA this weekend. More than 91,000 students from more than 2,600 high schools nationwide competed throughout the 2002-2003 sc...
Members of NAMI on Campus at Florida State. (Photo: Megan Kasper/FSView) Check out some some of the recent news, events and happenings surrounding mental health advocacy. Congress Expected to Pass Short-Term Budget Resolution The new federal fiscal year begins next w...
Jaime Torres has been seeing his school social worker, Theresa Jones, for individual and family therapy for some time now. The bright, timid high school senior grappled with feelings of hopelessness and panic attacks for several years. His struggles started with palpitatio...
Alex Williams, Stephen Berkemeier, Dr. Terri Wright The following is an abridged and slightly edited transcript from a recent podcast by the Steve Fund , the nation’s only non-profit organization focused on the mental health and well-being of students of color. The...
Suicide rates for youth have been rising for years. More than 31% of high school students have experienced a persistent feeling of sadness or hopelessness, and over 17% have seriously considered attempting suicide. This may be due to the tremendous stress they face...
I am a suicide loss survivor. I have lost three family members to suicide — my cousin Craig in 2011 and his son, Aaron, in 2014. I also lost my dad, Dan, in 2012. I have felt all these losses deeply, and more than 10 years later, I still have moments that take me back to ...
"13 Reasons Why" shows why banning conversations about suicide following a suicide loss helps no one. The rate of teen suicide has steadily increased since 2005. Among youth ages 15-24 years old, suicide is the second leading cause of death. A ripple effect of n...
NAMI is pleased to announce that Christine Yu Moutier, M.D., will receive the NAMI 2022 Scientific Research Award for her tireless work in the mental health field at the Inspiring Hope Through Research event on Oct. 12, 2022.
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) applauds the commitment by National Public Radio to devote time to the ongoing and important topic of mental illness through their recent show "Colleges See Rise In Mental Health Issues," which highlighted the dramatic increas...
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), in partnership with The Jed Foundation (JED), today released “Starting the Conversation: College and Your Mental Health,” a guide to help students and parents talk about mental health.
In a typical high school classroom, three students - one boy and two girls - have attempted suicide over the past year.
As college students begin the new academic year, there is one subject that all of them should be focused on, regardless of their major. Suicide is a subject that most people don’t talk about until a tragedy happens, yet it remains the second leading cause of death among co...
Daniel H. Gillison Jr., CEO of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), is presenting the NAMI 2022 Scientific Research Award to Christine Yu Moutier, M.D., the Chief Medical Officer for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) for the past nine years, duri...
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), in partnership with The Jed Foundation (JED), today released “Starting the Conversation: College and Your Mental Health,” a guide to help students and parents talk about mental health.
NAMI publishes public and community surveys to explore and discover the experiences and perspectives of individuals, family caregivers and members of the public on an array of important topics.
NAMI publishes public and community surveys to explore and discover the experiences and perspectives of individuals, family caregivers and members of the public on an array of important topics.
Jump To: Episode About the Host In this encore episode of NAMI’s podcast, NAMI CEO Daniel H. Gillison Jr. speaks with Willa (NAMI ambassador, singer/songwriter and newly enrolled Harvard student) and Angel Zhong (NAMI Next Gen youth advisor, rising senior an...