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President Signs Major Veterans’ Mental Health Bill
The law will help connect more veterans with the life-saving mental health care they need and deserve. -
Ways You Can Encourage Your Community To Get Out The Vote
This election provides voters with more ways to cast their vote than previous years. -
Why Everything is a Mental Health Issue When You Cast Your Ballot
Here are some of the mental health considerations related to three of the major political issues in this election: health care, the economy and education. -
NAMI Issues Blueprint to Lawmakers to Ensure Health Care is Adequate, Affordable and Accessible
NAMI and 32 other organizations released “The 100 Days Agenda: A Patient-First Blueprint” to urge lawmakers to ensure all Americans have access to adequate and affordable health coverage. -
Combining Medication and Skills-Based Therapy More Effective than Treatment as Usual in Bipolar Disorder
Finding the right treatment for bipolar disorder can be a challenging process. But according to new research, a combination approach involving medication and standardized, skills-based therapy may be a good place to start. Researchers conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of 39 clinical trials comparing treatment with medication plus various types of psychotherapy to treatment with medication plus a control intervention. When combined with medication therapy, psychoeducation, family, and cognitive behavioral therapy were associated with a reduction in episode recurrence. Additionally, cognitive behavioral therapy was associated with a greater stabilization of depressive symptoms. To learn more, see the study in JAMA Psychiatry. -
Covid-19 pandemic takes added toll on those with mental illness: ‘We’re suffering some real stuff’
The Covid-19 pandemic has been somewhat unique in that the crisis has continued for an extended period. Such moments of uncertainty can take a significant toll on those already facing mental health challenges. “Any loss of social support can have a meaningful impact on people with mental illness,” said Katherine Ponte, founder of the online […] -
NAMI Frontline Wellness Launches on World Mental Health Day
In an effort to support frontline professionals with their immediate and future mental health needs—today, the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) has launched NAMI Frontline Wellness: a COVID-19 mental health initiative in partnership with #FirstRespondersFirst. -
NAMI Frontline Wellness Launches on World Mental Health Day
In an effort to support frontline professionals with their immediate and future mental health needs—today, the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) has launched NAMI Frontline Wellness: a COVID-19 mental health initiative in partnership with #FirstRespondersFirst.
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These mental health crises ended in fatal police encounters. Now, some communities are trying a new approach (CW: Violence and Death)
While police departments have come under heightened scrutiny in recent months amid a racial reckoning stemming from fatal encounters with Black Americans, so have their actions in mental health emergencies. Experts and communities across the US are taking a hard look at whether law enforcement should be the first line of response. “The short answer […] -
Why Stereotypes About Psychosis Are Harmful
"Maybe it’s not psychosis itself that’s perceived as scary, but rather the tightly held fear of the unknown."