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Reflections on the Resiliency of Veterans
NAMI expresses our gratitude to all our veterans for their sacrifice and commitment to a greater mission that always puts country first. We stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the veterans’ community, not only in appreciation, but to bring awareness to the mental health challenges many face upon returning from war. -
Riding the Shark: Surviving Crisis/Catastrophe
A respected doctor with Dissociative Identity Disorder was sent to jail for a crime he wasn’t aware he committed. At the expense of losing his physical freedom, however, he regained mental freedom.
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Police Perspective: The impact of trauma on law enforcement spouses
The spouse of a police officer who responded to the Sandy Hook school shooting struggles with how to mentally support husband—and herself.
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Police Perspective: The Man in the Mirror
A dedicated police officer experiences intense psychological pressures of his job and learns that, as a cop, your strength shouldn't only be physical.
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Can You Get Mental Health Care When You Need It?
S. 2680 will help people get access to the mental health care they desperately need. But, only if it passes. Contact your Senators today. -
Because Mental Illness Doesn’t Take A Snow Day
You can help advocate for mental health reform by emailing and tweeting your member of Congress.
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$400 Million Boost In Budget for Mental Health
The House and Senate passed and the President signed the $1.1 trillion 2016 budget bill (HR 2029) late last Friday, Dec. 18. Learn more about what this exctiting new bill includes about mental health research and services. -
A Holiday Gift From the Senate
Late last week, the U.S. Senate passed a bill (S.993) reauthorizing and expanding the Mentally Ill Offender and Treatment Crime Reduction Act (MIOTCRA). -
Supreme Court Leaves Open Key Issue on Police Approaches to People with Mental Illness
The U.S. Supreme Court today decided in City and County Of San Francisco v. Sheehan that police acted reasonably in a confrontation with Teresa Sheehan, a woman living with mental illness who wielded a knife, shooting her three times. Today’s decision leaves open the ADA question, which in fact may not need to be addressed if future tragedies can be averted. -
Cruel and Unusual – It’s Time to End an American Tragedy
Human Rights Watch released a report today, Callous and Cruel, that describes in chilling detail the degree to which “unnecessary, excessive, and even malicious force” is used in jails and prisons throughout the U.S. to control inmates with serious mental illness.