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Finding My Life’s Purpose in Suicide Prevention and Peer Support
I hope that my story will inspire someone else to take the next step in their own healing journey. -
Elections Are About Mental Health
Elections Are About Mental Health Elections are about more than parties and politics — elections are about mental health. Your vote matters for people affected by mental health conditions. Learn more, spread the word and take the pledge to #Vote4MentalHealth at vote4mentalhealth.org. -
NAMI Re–launches its #Vote4MentalHealth Campaign for 2022 Elections to Get Out The Vote
Today, NAMI is excited to announce the launch of our #Vote4MentalHealth campaign for the 2022 elections. This nonpartisan campaign is part of our long-standing efforts to help voters and candidates understand the impact that voting has on mental health care. -
Letter to Congressional Leadership on Mental Health Workforce
Letter to Congressional leadership, expressing support for H.R. 8151 and S. 3479, the Building a Sustainable Workforce for Healthy Communities Act, which strengthens federal support for community health workers in medically underserved communities. -
New Book Brings Information, Hope, to People with Mental Illness
Both Dr. Ken Duckworth, NAMI CMO, and Pooja Mehta were interviewed about You Are Not Alone: The NAMI Guide to Navigating Mental Health. Pooja Mehta is one of 130 people who shared first-person accounts of their experiences with mental illness in the book, as a way of challenging the stigma and educating the public about […] -
From Hopelessness to Empowerment: My Ingredients to Recovery
A big step in my journey was sharing my story with Dr. Ken Duckworth for NAMI’s upcoming book, “You Are Not Alone.” -
Psychological Distress Increases Risk of Post-COVID-19 Complications
A study of nearly 55,000 participants found that individuals with psychological distress markers before a COVID-19 diagnosis were nearly 1.5 times more likely to show symptoms of post-COVID-19 conditions (commonly referred to as long COVID). Depression, anxiety, worry about contracting COVID-19, loneliness and stress were associated with complications post-COVID-19 infection and impairment in daily living, even after adjusting for health-related factors. Individuals with two or more types of psychological distress were the most likely to present post-COVID-19 conditions. Future research should explore whether interventions to reduce psychological distress can help prevent or mitigate physical health conditions, such as long COVID. To learn more, see the study in JAMA Psychiatry. -
HBCU Mental Health Matters
My heart was heavy when I learned that Arlana Miller, a freshman student athlete at my alma mater, Southern University, died by suicide earlier this year. Juno Pitchford, our Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Engagement Manager here at NAMI immediately contacted me. -
The State of Suicide Today – And Ways to Prevent It
It is important that we assess the state of suicide and take a few moments to remind ourselves of the basic, and sometimes overlooked, steps we can take to help those at risk of suicide.