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Letter to Governor Baker on COVID-19
Letter to MA Gov. Baker, offering congratulations as a recipient of Mental Health America’s B4Stage4 Award and sharing ideas on strengthening mental health in MA amid the pandemic. -
Letter to Congressional Leadership on COVID-19 & Health Coverage
Letter to Congressional Leadership, urging Congress to enact additional legislation that will help support the health and wellbeing of the American public while also slowing the spread of the COVID-19 virus, particularly among vulnerable populations. -
Statement on COVID-19
Statement: Leading Mental Health Organizations Call on States to Prioritize Individuals in Psychiatric Hospitals for Vaccination. -
Statement on COVID-19 Vaccination Prioritization for People in Inpatient Settings
Statement urging states to treat people with long-term psychiatric hospital stays as part of the first COVID-19 vaccine priority group, and treat those with short-term psychiatric hospital stays the same as other hospital patients. -
Letter to President Biden on Treatment Innovation
Letter to President Biden, urging to rescind the human fetal tissue research restrictions and policy changes that the Department of Health and Human Services made in 2019. -
Mental Health–Related Emergency Department Visits Among Children Aged <18 Years During the COVID-19 Pandemic — United States, January 1–October 17, 2020
Beginning in April 2020, the proportion of children’s mental health–related ED visits among all pediatric ED visits increased and remained elevated through October. Compared with 2019, the proportion of mental health–related visits for children aged 5–11 and 12–17 years increased approximately 24% and 31%, respectively. -
NAMI Hosting Free, Virtual Inspiring Hope Through Research Event
This year’s award honoree, Dr. David C. Henderson, is the Psychiatrist-in-Chief at Boston Medical Center and Professor and Chair of Psychiatry at Boston University School of Medicine. -
Register for NAMI’s Ask the Expert Webinar: New Horizons in Schizophrenia Research
Register for NAMI's Ask the Expert Webinar: New Horizons in Schizophrenia Research on Thursday, October 8, 2020 at 4:00 p.m. ET. -
Congress Passes New Bill to Improve Veterans’ Mental Health Care
On Wednesday, September 23, 2020, NAMI celebrated the U.S. House of Representatives’ unanimous passage of a landmark bipartisan bill, S. 785, The Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act. -
NAMI Applauds Victory for Veterans’ Mental Health
Today, the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed a landmark bipartisan bill, S. 785, The Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act, which previously passed the Senate.