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2023 State Legislation Issue Brief Series: Trends in State Policy: Youth Mental Health
Overview The United States is going through a well-documented and ongoing youth mental health crisis, with high rates of suicidal ideation, hopelessness and depression. In 2023, more than 1 in 5 high school students seriously considered attempting suicide and 1 in 10 attempted suicide – rates that are even higher for at risk communities, like LGBTQ+ youth. When mental health […] -
Hope Starts With Us: Moving Forward After Loss
You can find additional episodes of this NAMI podcast and others at nami.org/podcast. We hope this podcast encourages you, inspires you, helps you and brings you further into the collective to know: you are not alone. Episodes will air every other Wednesday and will be available on most major directories and apps. Episode Audio: Episode […]
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Hannah Wesolowski on Efforts to Increase Access to Mental Health Care
“We want people to get well and stay well. Mental health care should not be a luxury good, and the new Biden administration’s rules on mental health parity will help address this issue.” – NAMI’s Chief Advocacy Officer, Hannah Wesolowski, during her appearance on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal to discuss the new rule expanding access and […] -
Letter to HHS and Attorney General on Crisis Services, Health Equity and Criminal Justice
Letter to HHS Secretary Becerra and Attorney General Garland seeking an immediate, coordinated federal response to the gross violations of civil rights and unethical practices described in a recent New York Times investigation of Acadia Hospital. -
Letter to CMS on Medicare
Letter to Administrator Brooks-LaSure in response to the Advanced Primary Care Management proposal and the request for information regarding Advanced Primary Care hybrid payment models, providing recommendations for strengthening the proposal to improve MH/SUD outcomes and promote behavioral health integration in primary care. -
Letter to Congressional Committee Leadership on Maternal Mental Health
Letter urging Congress to act quickly and support H.R. 8715 Newborn Essentials Support Toolkit (NEST) Act, which will codify an HHS pilot program to distribute newborn supply kits with supplies, including maternal mental health information, to new mothers and their infants. -
Statement on Parity
NAMI-led statement from leading national groups representing people with mental health and substance use disorders and the clinicians who care for them, applauding the newly released final rule to strengthen enforcement of the federal parity law that would improve access to mental health and substance use care. -
Leading Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Organizations Applaud New Parity Requirements to Help People Access Needed Care
Leading national groups representing people with mental health and substance use disorders and the clinicians who care for them applaud the newly released final rule to strengthen enforcement of the federal parity law that would improve access to mental health and substance use care. Together, the 17 undersigned organizations issue the following statement: “Our organizations […]
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NAMI Celebrates Finalization of Stronger Mental Health Parity Rules
Arlington, VA — Today, the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) celebrates a major step in our decades-long advocacy to achieve true mental health parity. The Biden-Harris Administration finalized new rules around strengthening mental health parity protections, increasing accountability and enforcement mechanisms. The rules were announced today in Milwaukee, Wisc. at an event featuring leading […] -
Regulatory Comment to CMS on Medicare, Maternal Mental Health, and Health Equity
Regulatory comment to CMS, requesting they expand the proposed rule on Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems to include substance use-related maternal health needs.