February 9, 1998
By putting Tennessee families first and not bending to the scare tactics of a few select special interests, Senate bill 2798 has the ability to validate in legislation what researchers have proven in science: Mental illnesses are brain disorders and treatment works.
READ MOREFebruary 6, 1998
For too long, people with severe mental illnesses have been denied adequate health insurance coverage. HB 315 would establish nondiscriminatory parity coverage in health care plans for major mental illnesses among its state employees.
READ MOREFebruary 4, 1998
NAMI Executive Director Laurie M. Flynn today urged Congress to increase overall funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) by 15 percent in FY'99.
READ MOREJanuary 27, 1998
The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) will conduct its annual legislative conference January 30 - February 1, 1998, at the Arlington Hilton Hotel.
READ MOREJanuary 22, 1998
Schizophrenia is a brain disorder that affects approximately two million Americans today.
READ MOREJanuary 22, 1998
NAMI praises the U.S. Department of Justice for agreeing to a plea arrangement in the prosecution of Theodore Kaczynski.
READ MOREJanuary 12, 1998
While people must be held responsible for their actions, we believe the death penalty is never appropriate for a defendant suffering from schizophrenia or other serious brain disorders.
READ MOREDecember 31, 1997
As Americans ring in the New Year tonight, they will usher in a new era of health coverage for those suffering from severe mental illnesses. The Mental Health Parity Act of 1996 will take effect at the stroke of midnight, allowing millions of Americans to break free from decades of unfair discrimination.
READ MOREDecember 31, 1997
Thanks to a new generation of atypical antipsychotic drug therapies, millions of Americans suffering from severe brain disorders can lead more independent lives today without the devastating physical side effects of older medications, reports the fall issue of The Decade of the Brain, a quarterly science-based publication of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI).
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