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Saving Lives, Changing Communities
Following the shooting of a man living with mental illness in 1988, NAMI Memphis leaders' efforts with the Memphis police led to the nation’s first crisis intervention team (CIT). -
Keep Up the Push for Mental Health Reform
Help us in our efforts to urge Congress to reform mental health care. -
Adjusting to Adult Life
Learn some helpful tips to transition into being an adult with a mental health condition. -
Act Now to Reduce Incarceration of People with Mental Illness
Please help us support The Mental Health and Safe Communities Act introduced by Senator John Coryn. -
Crisis Intervention Teams Get the Votes in Indiana
Indiana's new Technical Assistance Center for CIT will help bring the lifesaving training to police in rural areas of the state. -
31 Stories, 31 Days: Lloyd Hale
Too many times your mental health condition becomes a reality that’s impossible to escape. It’s easy to be on the other side of your mental illness and see the moments that changed you, but it’s a different feeling when you’re in the middle of it and suddenly it dawns on you: I need help.
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31 Stories, 31 Days: Terry Taggart
My demons still haunted me, but I got wonderful help from my mom, sister, and psychiatrist. My family and I hooked up with NAMI and we went to support groups.
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31 Stories, 31 Days: Grace Garcia
Believe it or not, I thank God I was in jail. It’s what turned my life of drinking, drugging, and partying into one filled with love and purpose.
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31 Stories, 31 Days: Dixie Gamble
Family struggle inspired Dixie Gamble to make crisis intervention training films for first responders.
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Should Police Accommodate People with Mental Illness in Crisis? The Supreme Court Weighs In—Kind Of
The U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision on May 18, on an issue that has become all too familiar for people living with mental illness and their families.