NAMI and the NCAA co-hosted a webinar sponsored by SAMHSA on July 18 which highlighted important information in NAMI’s college guide and the NCAA’s commitment to the mental health and wellbeing of student-athletes through the Sport Science Institute.
Many parents do not know the legal obligations of school faculty when a student reports having suicidal ideations. While schools do differ on their policies regarding suicide, there is a legal obligation for them to react in a way that gets the child help and ensures ...
Talking with parents is something I rarely did when I began my job as a college psychiatrist twenty-five years ago. However, in response to students coming to my office with more complex problems and severe symptoms, I have tried to get parents involved with the hope of stre...
A recent survey reports that 47% of adults living with schizophrenia drop out of college, compared to the 27% college dropout rate in the U.S. overall. Another study reports that students diagnosed with bipolar disorder are 70% more likely to drop out of college than stud...
In this episode of NAMI’s podcast, NAMI CEO Daniel H. Gillison Jr. speaks with Willa Amai (NAMI ambassador, singer/songwriter and newly enrolled Harvard student) and Angel Zhong (NAMI Next Gen youth advisor, rising senior and newly elected class president at University of ...
Even after receiving treatment, suicide remains a risk for teens with mental illness. Does this mean current mental health treatments for adolescents need an overhaul?
Teen suicide is an often preventable tragedy. It is an appropriate focus of research and inquiry. Two new studies focused on the issue raise both important clinical and policy questions.
Jump To: Episode Share Transcript Pooja Mehta has dealt with severe panic attacks and, when she was younger, voices in her head that were intensely negative. It was scary, but her parents were supportive and got her help. The reception in her cultural com...
I remember the first time I experienced the feeling of not being able to get out of bed. Not because I was too tired, but because I was too sad. It was during a time in my life when I was coping with a lot: My parents were getting a divorce, I had been in a car accident an...
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) is calling on college and university students to take a StigmaFree pledge and fight discrimination against mental health conditions as part of a growing nationwide movement.
A new study shows that negative thoughts of students vulnerable to depression can increase the likelihood that their roommates will also experience
When my sister died by suicide five years ago, I struggled to remember her. It wasn’t that I couldn’t remember her face or the way her glasses slid down her nose or her perfectly-formed curls. I struggled to remember her : The way she would dance and make up silly songs...