NAMI News

he National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI), the nation's leading grassroots advocacy organization solely dedicated to improving the lives of people with severe mental illnesses, will host its annual convention July 15-19, 1998 in Washington, D.C. In keeping with the theme, From Discovery to Recovery.

The National Alliance for the Mentally (NAMI), the nation's largest organization dedicated to improving the lives of people with mental illnesses, presented awards to NAMI Idaho, NAMI New Jersey and NAMI Ft. Wayne, Indiana at its annual convention today.

The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) has presented its annual Lionel Aldridge Award to longtime NAMI member Bryce Miller of Topeka, Kansas.

Reverend Billy Graham drew 35,000 people to this city's Paul Brown Stadium last night. Statistically, according to the National Alliance of the Mentally Ill (NAMI), which is holding its own national convention, "Building Communities of Hope" in Cincinnati this week.

Keynote speakers at the opening plenary session of the 23rd annual convention of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) today warned that the nation's mental health treatment system is in severe crisis.

The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) has presented one of three annual In Our Own Voice: Living with Mental Illness awards to NAMI Southwest Missouri for successfully and creatively implementing a national program that significantly involves people with mental illnesses (consumers) within the organization, training them to deliver messages of hope and recovery to public audiences.

The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) has presented one of three annual In Our Own Voice: Living with Mental Illness awards to NAMI Clackamas County for successfully and creatively implementing a national program that significantly involves people with mental illnesses (consumers) within the organization, training them to deliver messages of hope and recovery to public audiences.

As the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) began its national convention today, with more than 2,000 members arriving, the NAMI Policy Research Institute (NPRI) unveiled plans for a state monitoring project to compile comprehensive data to create a new baseline by which to monitor the quality and progress of the nation's mental healthcare systems.

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.

The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) has presented one of three annual In Our Own Voice: Living with Mental Illness awards to NAMI Western Riverside County for successfully and creatively implementing a national program that significantly involves people with mental illnesses (consumers) within the organization, training them to deliver messages of hope and recovery to public audiences.