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The Prevalence of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) in the Lives of Juvenile Offenders
The study of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and their negative repercussion on adult health outcomes is well documented. In a population of insured Californians, a dose-response relationship has been demonstrated among 10 ACEs and a host of chronic physical health, mental health, and behavioral outcomes. -
Visible Honor for Invisible Wounds
Each day 22 veterans die by suicide. Tom Mahany has gone on two hunger strikes to raise awareness for the issues our military members are facing. -
NAMI Gets Global Recognition for Building Better Lives
A recent interview of NAMI's Ken Duckworth, M.D., and Keris Jän Myrick in International Innovation shows just how far NAMI's influence reaches. -
How You Can Text, Talk and Act for Mental Health
Participate in a National Dialogue on mental health on your cell phone. -
Celebrating Recovery through Work
Elliott and Dianne Steele created Vincent House, a place where individuals with mental illness would be treated as people and not like patients. -
Service Dogs Help Veterans Still Battling the Effects of War
Shepherds for Lost Sheep, a project started by veterans to help their compatriots, uses dogs to help those who are still battling the effects of war. -
Recognizing the Important Role of Social Workers
March is National Social Work Month. Social workers can be found in many fields and many provide needed help to individuals with mental illness. -
NAMI Looks Ahead to 35 Years in 2014
Next year marks NAMI’s 35th anniversary. -
Ending the Silence of Mental Illness in High School
NAMI Ending the Silence is an in-school presentation about mental health designed for high school students. -
“It Means They Hate You for Being Different.”
NAMI Ending the Silence relies on experience rather than statistics to teach students about mental illness and stigma.