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The Most Surprising Symptoms of Borderline Personality Disorder in Men
An unstable sense of self, anger, aggression, self-harm, and substance abuse are common symptoms for men with borderline personality disorder (BPD). “It’s important for people to know that it’s a condition that’s diagnosed in men,” says Christine Crawford, M.D., M.P.H., associate medical director at the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). However, she says men […] -
Regulatory Comment on Medicaid and Social Supports
Regulatory comments to Secretary Becerra in support of Florida’s Medicaid demonstration amendment requesting authority to expand the Behavioral Health and Supportive Housing Assistance pilot into to new regions. -
From Anxiety to Advocacy: How Pharmacogenomic Testing Helped My Mental Health Journey
I was diagnosed with general anxiety disorder when I was very young—I think I may have been in elementary school. Those early years in school were tough for me. When I got to Fayetteville, I got really involved in pageantry and was crowned Miss Teen Arkansas. I loved the traditions, camaraderie, and the community work […]
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Hope Starts With Us: Reflections on NAMI’s Growth
Episode Audio Episode Video Asset Gallery Elise Banks-Lovely Psychotherapist | Mental Health Advocate Elise Banks-Lovely is a clinical psychotherapist in the Houston area serving in private practice. Her work specializes in depression, anxiety, suicidal ideation and addiction. She completed her undergraduate degree from Baylor University and finished her graduate degree, with honors, from the University […]
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Letter to Indiana Governor on Criminal Justice
Letter to the Indiana Governor Holcomb, on behalf of NAMI National, NAMI Indiana, Mental Health America, Mental Health America Indiana, Treatment Advocacy Center and Inseparable, requesting clemency for Joseph Corcoran. -
Letter to Congressional Leadership on Health Coverage and Medicaid
Letter urging Congressional leadership to consider key patient community priorities as they contemplate an end of year package and legislative agenda. -
Letter to Congressional Committee Leadership on Child and Adolescent Mental Health
Letter urging Congress to include the bipartisan HELP Committee-passed youth peer to peer mental health support provisions (Sec. 215), within the negotiated SUPPORT Reauthorization in the Continuing Resolution. -
Letter to Congressional Committee Leadership on Medicaid
Letter urging Congressional Budget Committees to protect Medicaid next year, including as part of any budget reconciliation process. -
Letter to Congressional Leadership on Research and Treatment Innovation and Health Coverage
Letter calling on Congress to pass the Ensuring Excellence in Mental Health Act (H.R. 8543/S. 2993) as a standalone bill or as part of any end of year legislative package. -
Letter to Congressional Leadership on Health Coverage
Letter to Congress leaders urging an extension of the enhanced Advanced Premium Tax Credits this year in any must-pass legislation package.