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Ways to Advance Your Mental Illness Education
Learning coping skills, information about medications, treatment options and new research prepares you to deal with the inevitable challenges of mental illness. For those who have already learned the basics and are ready to take a deeper dive into this complex topic, here are a few suggestions.
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Taking Another Look a Too-Often-Forgotten Treatment for Schizophrenia
We don’t endorse specific treatments at NAMI, but in my role as medical director, I always like to remind people about clozapine. The consensus in the medical community is that, generally speaking, it is an underutilized treatment.
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Understanding Psychotic Breaks
Psychosis is a complex mental health symptom that over 100,000 young people experience each year. Understand what causes psychosis, how to identify symptoms and how to support someone who may be experiencing it. -
A Day at the Washington Post
NAMI recently interviewed award-winning journalist Amy Ellis Nutt on her personal and professional experiences with mental illness. Get inspired here. -
MediaWatch: Don’t Forget the Children
Did you know that 50 percent of mental illnesses begin by age 14? Children need their parents and teachers to be able to recognize the symptoms. Can you? -
Leader of Landmark Gene Research on Schizophrenia to Speak at NAMI Convention
Dr. Steven McCarroll, who led the research team responsible for a study that examines the gene that may be a risk factor for schizophrenia, will speak at this year’s NAMI National Convention, July 6–9 in Denver. -
A Voice at the Table: NAMI and Community Partnerships
A twenty year NAMI member/supporter recounts the impact of NAMI's grassroots foundation and offers and insightful assessment of NAMI's community partnerships to encourage others to seek NAMI for support for mental health. -
Schizophrenia and Technology: Opportunities for Recovery
Discover the results of a recent survey about the use of technology among individuals who live with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder. -
Schizophrenia: Digital Technology Defies Stigma, Supports Recovery
NAMI has released the results of a survey showing that people living with schizophrenia use digital technology generally as much as the rest of the population—and in ways that help them cope with the effects of their condition. -
Schizophrenia: Digital Technology Defies Stigma, Supports Recovery
NAMI has released the results of a survey showing that people living with schizophrenia use digital technology generally as much as the rest of the population—and in ways that help them cope with the effects of their condition.