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Hope Starts With Us: Living with Bipolar Disorder
March 30 is World Bipolar Day, and NAMI CEO Daniel H. Gillison, Jr. is chatting with speaker Gabe Howard, who hosts the podcasts “Inside Mental Health” and “Inside Bipolar,” about living a full life with bipolar disorder.
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NAMI Ask the Expert: How Employment Supports Mental Health Recovery
This NAMI Ask the Expert webinar took place on April 18, 2024. The recording is available below. Registration for the event is now closed. Thursday, April 18 | 4:00 – 5:30 PM EST Employment provides many benefits to support recovery journeys, such as adding purpose and structure to one’s day. Please join us for a […]
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Criminal Justice And Mental Illness: A Webinar On The State Of The Issue
Wednesday, March 20 | 4:00 – 5:30 PM EST People with mental illness are overrepresented in our nation’s jails and prisons. Nearly 80% of people released from prison in the U.S. each year have a chronic medical, substance use, or psychiatric condition, and the justice system faces difficulties creating meaningful connections to care. During this […]
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Soulful Conversations: Navigating the Intersection of Faith, Spirituality and Mental Health
Wednesday, February 28 | 3:00 – 4:00 PM EST Join us for “Soulful Conversations” as we navigate the intersection of faith, spirituality and mental health. Our esteemed panelists, each possessing unique perspectives rooted in diverse faith traditions and spiritual practices, will engage in a dialogue that transcends boundaries. Meet Our Panelists More episodes
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Hope Starts With Us: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum
You can find additional episodes of this NAMI podcast and others at nami.org/podcast. We hope this podcast encourages you, inspires you, helps you and brings you further into the collective to know: you are not alone. Episodes will air every other Wednesday and will be available on most major directories and apps. Episode Audio: Share […]
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Hope Starts With Us: Racism as an Adverse Childhood Experience
For the first episode of Black History Month, NAMI CEO Daniel H. Gillison Jr. speaks with Dr. Mikah Owen and Dr. Roy Wade Jr. about the long-term mental and physical health effects of racism and adverse childhood experiences, and what we can do on an individual and societal level to address the symptoms and causes of these toxic stressors.
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NAMI Ask the Expert: A Fireside Chat with Dr. Marlene Freeman and Dr. Ken Duckworth
A Fireside Chat With Dr. Marlene Freeman And Dr. Ken Duckworth: Psychiatric Medications And Considerations For Individuals Across Pregnancy, The Postpartum, And Reproductive Years Thursday, March 7, 2024, 4:00pm – 5:30pm ET This will be a live Q&A event with Dr. Marlene Freeman, Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and Associate Director of the Center […]
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Making Mental Health Benefits Work for YOU
Thursday, February 27 | 8:00 PM EST Join us for our next session, NextGen@Work: Making Mental Health Benefits Work for You, featuring an insightful conversation with NAMI’s Workplace Mental Health Director, Meg Delp, NAMI NexGen graduate Alex Ang, and The Hartford’s Clinical Manager, Anabel Cloutier-Perez on all things mental health benefits. Our panelists explore common […]
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NAMI Ask the Expert: How To Help Someone With Mental Illness Accept Treatment
Thursday, February 15, 2024, 4:00pm – 5:30pm ET About half of all people with schizophrenia, bipolar, and related disorders suffer from a symptom that leaves them unable to understand that they have a mental health condition. This is a symptom of these brain disorders, not denial! As such, how we approach and communicate with people who […]
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Hope Starts With Us: Pressure, Professional Football and Pivoting
As we gear up for the superbowl, NAMI CEO Daniel H. Gillison Jr. speaks with former NFL players Rob Robertson and Devin Funchess about their personal journeys with mental health, the pressures of professional sports and life after football.