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NAMI Poll Finds Public Unaware of 988 Before July Launch but Supportive of Policies to Improve Crisis Response
With only 30 days before 988, the new three-digit number for mental health and suicide crises, is available nationwide, a new poll from the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) finds that people are still largely unaware that this potentially lifesaving resource is on its way. -
Help Not Handcuffs Webinar: Wisdom of Trauma
NAMI Help Not Handcuffs Webinar welcomes Fritzi Horstman, Founder and Executive Director of Compassion Prison Project; Ray Lay, Peer Support Specialist and Member of NAMI Board of Directors; Nathaniel McLeroy, Manager of Youth and Community Engagement; and Vesper Moore, Chief Operating Officer of Kiva Centers. -
To Improve Student Mental Health, We Need More Than Crisis Response
Students say that what’s currently being offered at school to address mental health is not enough. -
Canadian Study Finds Safety and Efficacy of Take-Home Buprenorphine/Naloxone Treatment Comparable to Supervised Methadone Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder
Individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD) are often prescribed treatment with methadone, which requires travel to specialized facilities and strict supervision. Recent findings from a randomized controlled trial suggest treatment with buprenorphine/naloxone that can be taken from home may produce similar results with increased flexibility. Patients in the buprenorphine/naloxone group were shown to have improved outcomes in opioid-free urine drug screens compared to those in the control group treated with methadone. Both groups had comparable rates of retention and adverse events.While the findings are promising, further research is needed to develop and evaluate accessible options for treating OUD. To learn more, see the study in the American Journal of Psychiatry. -
Gun Violence & Mental Health
Blaming mental illness for gun violence only serves to further stigmatize and discriminate against people with mental health conditions — who are more often the victims of violence than the cause of violence — and further distracts from the real issues at hand in addressing this national crisis.
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Letter to Congressional Committee Leadership on Child and Adolescent Mental Health
Letter to Senate Commerce Committee leadership, urging leadership to hold a Senate Commerce Committee markup this month on the Kids Online Safety Act (S. 3663) and child-related privacy and tech legislation to protect young users online. -
For 911 Calls, Are Mental Health Specialists Often the Better Choice?
A recent Stanford University study on Denver's STAR program dispatches a two-person health team with a mental health provider and a paramedic instead of police for calls involving a nonviolent person with a mental health or substance abuse crisis. "We need to make sure these people get help rather than handcuffed," said Hannah Wesolowski, NAMI […] -
Joint Press Release: National Alliance on Mental Illness and Mindspring Reach Settlement Agreement
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (“NAMI”) and Mindspring Mental Health Alliance, Inc. (“Mindspring”) have reached a settlement agreement following a 2021 lawsuit brought by NAMI over allegations of trademark infringement after Mindspring’s voluntary separation from NAMI. -
Advancing The Youth Mental Health Conversation Through Novels
A character’s emotional journey can speak to an unnamed uneasiness within young readers’ hearts. -
5 Tips to Help Young Children Understand Anger
Most children require guidance, support and instruction as they learn to identify and regulate their anger.