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A Message for Anyone with a Treatment-Resistant Mental Illness
"Whatever you do, don't settle, and don’t give up. Never accept that there is no solution or hope for treating your mental illness." -
Letter to PBM on Medication Access
Letter to Express Scripts, expressing concern regarding Express Scripts’ 2021 National Preferred Formulary Exclusion List placement of Parkinson’s and tardive dyskinesia medications. -
What To Expect When The Virus Is Gone But COVID Trauma Goes On
Look, we’re all going to be messed up for a while from COVID. Some of us a lot, some of us a little. But it’s trauma. It’s an event more powerful than the brain can handle and that means mental health repercussions down the road. So let’s talk about what might happen. Dr. Ken Duckworth, […] -
How to Help Someone With Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar disorder affects about 6 million American adults, and it usually shows up in the late teens or early 20s. Medications, including the mood stabilizer lithium, can even out the highs and lows. Antipsychotics, anticonvulsants, and antidepressants may also be prescribed; cognitive behavioral therapy has been found to be helpful in reducing the severity of […] -
Statement on Mental Health Funding
Statement calling on states to take advantage of new federal funding for community-based mental health services. -
Redefining My Normal After My Diagnosis
"I’ve built a new identity, one less concerned with the concrete trappings of success." -
Letter to Congressional Committee Leadership on Child and Adolescent Mental Health
Letter to Appropriations Committee Leadership, requesting $606M to fund the Safe Schools National Activities Program and $300M for the State Personnel Development Grants to help address the shortage of school-based mental health professionals. -
Letter to Congressional Committee Leadership on Health Coverage
Letter to Appropriations Committee Leadership, expressing support of funding for Consumer Assistance Programs (CAPs) in the FY 2022 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies appropriations bill. -
NAMI Announces Two New Additions to NAMI Executive Leadership
Katrina Gay named Chief Development Officer, Sean Stickle named Chief Information Officer -
Celebrating My 20-Year Recovery Journey
"It started with wanting to get better and making my mind up that I was going to do whatever it took."