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988 and What It Means for Families of People with Serious Mental Illness
A SAMHSA-Sponsored Webinar And Roundtable Discussion 988*, the new three-digit number for mental health and suicidal crises, is now available nationwide. 988 is poised to change the way communities respond to people in crisis, connecting individuals to trained crisis counselors that can provide de-escalation and mental health intervention services by phone. This new number holds […]
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2022 NPT Power & Influence Top 50
Much of what engulfed the nonprofit sector during the past 12 months got its start between 2020 and 2021. Just as the sector has been influenced by events, so has this 25th anniversary edition of The NonProfit Times’ Power & Influence Top 50. Nearly one-third (32%) of those have not been previously inducted into the […] -
NAMI Shares Fall 2022 Back to School Resources
It’s back to school time, and to help teachers, parents and students prepare and prioritize youth mental health, we have a suite of resources to share. -
NAMI HelpLine Launches a New, Nationwide Texting Support Option
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) today launched a nationwide SMS/text message support option for the NAMI HelpLine, adding a communications medium that is overwhelmingly preferred by young people — a population experiencing an unprecedented mental health crisis. -
Grieving the Life I Thought I’d Live
Often, I reminisce on what it was like to feel mentally “healthy” — the way I was during my childhood. -
Mental health days are the new sick days for students and schools are OK with it
“What is helpful about the way in which mental health days are being rolled out in some states is that there’s a certain number of days that is allocated to take off,” Dr. Christine M. Crawford, NAMI associate medical director, told TODAY Parents. “If schools see a pattern in which the student exceeds the allotted […] -
Barriers to Mental Health: The Middle Eastern Experience
The social rules governing Middle Eastern families may be as different as their migration stories, but the attitudes towards mental health are similar. -
Long-Acting Injectable Antipsychotics Associated with Improved Outcomes Compared to Oral Antipsychotics in Treatment of Schizophrenia
New research from Hong Kong examines the effectiveness of schizophrenia treatment approaches by comparing the clinical impacts of long-acting injectable antipsychotics (LAIAs) versus oral antipsychotics. In an analysis of more than 70,000 Chinese individuals with schizophrenia, researchers found that LAIAs were associated with 48% fewer hospitalizations for psychiatric disorders, 47% fewer hospitalizations for schizophrenia, 44% fewer suicide attempts, and 37% fewer hospitalizations overall. Further analysis also showed that individuals who began treatment with LAIAs sooner in the course of illness experienced improved outcomes compared to those who began treatment with LAIAs later on. While further research is needed, LAIAs continue to show promise as an effective treatment approach for schizophrenia. To learn more, see the study in JAMA Psychiatry. -
Hope Starts With Us: NAMI’s New Podcast
NAMI’s national office’s first-ever podcast will focus on one of NAMI’s essential values — hope. It is also a call to action and unity…hope starts with all of us, together — sharing our stories, offering practical advice, breaking the stigma.
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NAMI Launches First Podcast, “Hope Starts With Us,” Hosted by NAMI’s CEO
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) has launched its national office’s first-ever podcast, titled “Hope Starts With Us,” hosted by NAMI CEO Daniel H. Gillison Jr.