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Amazon unveils new mental health benefit for U.S. employees and their families
Amazon announced it is providing mental health benefits to all of its full-time employees, as well as to their family and household members. Amazon has launched Resources for Living, a single starting point to access confidential in-person or virtual mental health counseling, with three sessions per person, per topic, available. Amazon said it would fund […] -
SAMHSA–Sponsored Webinar: “How Technology Can Help in a Mental Health Crisis”
In this webinar, leaders from Crisis Text Line and NAMI’s HelpLine will share what technology they use and how their technology helps those in crisis. -
Episode 168: Jennifer Rothman, National Alliance on Mental Illness
Jennifer Rothman is the Senior Manager for Youth and Young Adult Information, Support, and Education for NAMI. The National Alliance on Mental Illness is the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness. In the episode, Jennifer discusses what are some of the […] -
New survey on LGBTQ youth finds ‘concerning’ disparities in suicide risk
LGBTQ youth of color and transgender and nonbinary youth have a greater risk of suicide than their peers, especially if they have experienced discrimination, according to a new Trevor Project survey. For the first time, the cross-sectional survey, which had nearly 35,000 respondents between the ages of 13 and 24 across the United States, included […] -
NAMI Testifies Before U.S. House Appropriations Subcommittee on the Need to Fund Mental Health Crisis Services
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) testified today before the U.S. House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services and Education on the need to fund mental health crisis care, arguing that the nation’s lack of a comprehensive crisis system infrastructure too often leads to trauma and tragedy. -
How to Bend, But Not Break – 7 Traits of Resilient People
These common traits teach us proven effective approaches on how to bend, but not break in the face of adversity. -
Testimony to House Appropriations Committee on Funding Crisis Services
Testimony to U.S. House Committee on Appropriations’ Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies regarding NAMI’s FY 2022 funding priorities, including crisis services. -
Building an Early Warning Sign System
"An early warning sign system is free and effective and, if you have a working team, it can work to prevent relapses." -
Amicus Brief on Parity
Amicus Brief in Wit v. United Behavioral Healthcare, asking the court to uphold the District court decision and affirm that people with UBH insurance receive the full coverage they were promised, including behavioral health services consistent with generally-accepted standards of care.