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Science Meets the Human Experience: Integrating the Medical and Recovery Models
Can the first-person vision for hopefulness and reliance on experience be integrated with scientific knowledge to inform better care and outcomes? Yes. -
The Village: Opening Doors for Those in Need
High rates of homelessness and the revolving door of jails for many who live with serious mental illness are challenges many communities face. MHA Village offers a nationally-recognized program that helps close the gap and encourages the reality of recovery through an approach that aims to provide consistent treatment. -
Modeling After Minnesota: Achieving Positive Results for Students
How do we implement mental health services in school? Minnesota's example may lead the way to improving student health around the country. -
Finding Mike: He Saved My Life
After leading a campaign to find the stranger who saved his life, Jonny Benjamin is helping change the way we think about mental illness. -
Making Better Mental Health Treatment a National Priority
Ron Honberg meets Vice President Joe Biden at the White House for the one-year commemoration of Sandy Hook. -
Psychiatrists Pose Five Questions About Antipsychotic Medications
The American Psychiatric Association (APA) has released a list of five uses of antipsychotic medications that are “…potentially unnecessary." -
New Trends in Mental Health Treatment
Supplemental treatment options may provide added benefit for those living with mental illness. -
My Life Changing Experience with NAMI’s Family-to-Family
During the holiday season, you sometimes receive an unexpected gift from an unlikely source. -
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.”