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Writing Tips that Can Reduce Symptoms
For someone with mental illness, taking time to write expressively can be very helpful to your well-being. Here are a few tips to help you get started. -
Mental Illness: A Common Bond
On the first Saturday of every month, the basement at Providence United Methodist Church in Charlotte, North Carolina transforms into a drop-in center called Providence Place. Every single person in this room has been affected by mental illness in some way or another. -
Keys to Managing Schizophrenia
"Schizophrenia is not a hopeless situation—people living with schizophrenia can experience recovery and live fulfilling lives. I’m an example of that." -
NAMI Releases Parity Report Which Finds Insurance Companies Still Discriminate Against Mental Health Care
A report released today by NAMI reveals new information about the ongoing barriers people with mental illness experience when trying to find affordable, quality mental health care. -
Suicide: A Cry for Life
"So often, our culture concludes that suicide is a rejection of life, a willful refusal to live any longer, but I believe suicide is a statement that life can and should be so much more than pain or despair. If a suicidal person only sees a future with days on end of pain, then that vision looks nothing like the sort of life we all long to enjoy." -
Living With Suicide Loss
"Four months into life without Preston, every task overwhelmed me, from choosing clothes to wear to signing a birthday card…I insisted vehemently to myself that I wasn’t depressed. 'I’m just tired. I need a break,' went the script. But a break didn’t help." -
Outreach and Engagement for Early Psychosis
A first episode of psychosis can be scary and isolating. Treatment can have little appeal and feel highly stigmatizing. Recovery-Oriented Cognitive Therapy is an evidence-based approach that skirts these (and many other) common challenges of working with young adults who have psychosis. -
FDA Approves Medications for Tardive Dyskinesia
Tardive dyskinesia (TD) had no effective treatment options until this year. The FDA fast-tracked two medications through their approval process, given the unmet medical need for treatment. If you have TD, these medications might be worth a fresh conversation with your prescriber. -
NAMIWalks: Keeping Hope Alive
"It was a thrill to show up the morning of the walk, turning in the money I raised. I remember thinking that before my family needed NAMI, someone else took the time to walk and donate. Now it was my turn to raise money and walk for other families that unknowingly needed NAMI’s support." -
An Update on Genetic Research
As we continue to work towards building better lives for those with mental illness, we need to remember the importance of research and discovery in important fields like genetics.