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Veteran Success and Survival Depends on Advocacy
The National Alliance on Mental Illness Veterans and Military Council (NVMC) advises NAMI leadership on issues of importance affecting the mental health of warriors, veterans and their families. -
A Mother’s Message of Reconciliation and Restoration
When mental illness strikes there is always collateral damage that extends beyond the person with the illness to include family and friends. -
Closing the Gap for Children’s Mental Health
Half of all mental illness begins by age 14. Many people do not know that. -
Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Young Adults: An Interview with a CBT-trained Clinician
A CBT-trained clinician describes the basics of cogntive behavior therapy and how it can be an effective treatment tool for young adults with mental illness. -
Family Caregivers and the Gift of Hope and Healing
Caregivers who are active in NAMI’s Family-to-Family education program gathered in Dallas recently to participate in a video project aimed at capturing the essence of their life experiences. -
Having an Impact: Reporter Meg Kissinger and Her Brother Jake
The Association of Health Care Journalists presented its top award this past weekend to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (MJS) for a series published earlier this year, titled “Imminent Danger.” -
Does the White House Read the Washington Post?
Bureaucracies move slowly. -
It Is What It Is
My son was 8 years old the first time a doctor told me he had a psychotic illness. My stunned reaction and the look of confusion on my face prompted the doctor to ask, “Do you know what psychotic means?” -
Go Away Evil: Global Mental Health and Traditional Healers
While making Unlisted, a documentary about the impact of my father’s mental illness on our relationship, I became interested in global mental health. -
Health Care Reform, the Supreme Court and Implications for People Living with Mental Illness
This week, the U.S. Supreme Court is hearing arguments on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the health care reform law enacted in 2010.