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Five Fingers, Five Reasons: How Knitting Comforted My Mom
Through knitting, a mother living with schizophrenia found a meaningful method to express her creativity and find relaxation for more than 50 years. Read her daughter's lovely tribute to the craft's mental health benefits.
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Building a Movement for Better Early Psychosis Care
The toll of psychosis is often immeasurable. Read about one family's experience and their hope for the future. -
Ask The Doctor – “I am Not Sick, I Don’t Need Help!” with Dr. Xavier Amador Available Now !
Learn why some people living with mental illness cannot see their own symptoms or do not believe they need help, and how this can become an obstacle to getting proper treatment. Dr. Xavier Amador is an internationally renowned clinical psychologist and leader in his field. He is the author of many popular books include I Am Not Sick, I Don't Need Help. -
Time is Ticking on Early Psychosis
Similar to cancer, schizophrenia begins in stages (with psychosis developing early), and similar to cancer, providing care at the earliest possible stage produces the best results. But with psychosis, many people don’t seek help right away. -
Top 10 Fitness Motivation Tips
These tips have helped Christina maintain recovery for over 28 years. Check them out!
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SAMHSA–Sponsored Webinar: Technology in Recovery by Those Living with Schizophrenia
Learn how technology can be used in the recovery process by people living with schizophrenia in this webinar. -
Leader of Landmark Gene Research on Schizophrenia to Speak at NAMI Convention
Dr. Steven McCarroll, who led the research team responsible for a study that examines the gene that may be a risk factor for schizophrenia, will speak at this year’s NAMI National Convention, July 6–9 in Denver. -
Sisyphus and the Seed
From the hill to the summit, or not. Marcella Allison believes caring for someone with mental illness does not have to be some "endless Sisyphean task." Read more to find out how NAMI's Family-to-Family educational program has helped her family manage their son's mental health challenges. -
Here Comes the Sun
If I can go through depressive psychosis and graduate high school, then I can handle anything. I always tell myself this.
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I Can Laugh Again
Ten years ago, after the birth of my second child, I had my first psychotic break. To say psychosis is scary and lonely and dark is an understatement.