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Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Young Adults: An Interview with a CBT-trained Clinician
A CBT-trained clinician describes the basics of cogntive behavior therapy and how it can be an effective treatment tool for young adults with mental illness. -
Family Caregivers and the Gift of Hope and Healing
Caregivers who are active in NAMI’s Family-to-Family education program gathered in Dallas recently to participate in a video project aimed at capturing the essence of their life experiences. -
Having an Impact: Reporter Meg Kissinger and Her Brother Jake
The Association of Health Care Journalists presented its top award this past weekend to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (MJS) for a series published earlier this year, titled “Imminent Danger.” -
Does the White House Read the Washington Post?
Bureaucracies move slowly. -
It Is What It Is
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?” -
Go Away Evil: Global Mental Health and Traditional Healers
While making Unlisted, a documentary about the impact of my father’s mental illness on our relationship, I became interested in global mental health. -
Health Care Reform, the Supreme Court and Implications for People Living with Mental Illness
This week, the U.S. Supreme Court is hearing arguments on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the health care reform law enacted in 2010. -
Language, Stigma and Political Correctness: How We Talk about Mental illness
NAMI recently engaged in a dialogue with National Public Radio (NPR) over language, stigma and mental illness. It in turn led to discussion of what is meant by “political correctness.” -
The New Normal: Actress Claire Danes, Homeland and Hollywood’s New Take on Mental Illness
Showtime’s original series Homeland is one of the first TV shows to feature a female protagonist living with bipolar disorder—and one many say isn’t wholly defined by her illness. -
Improving Lives, Improving America
Mental illnesses are bipartisan, pervasive and have profound consequences for people’s lives.