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Megan’s Story
The children sat quietly in their first grade classroom completing a Thanksgiving coloring project. Most of the students at age 6 needed to improve their fine motor coordination, so sometimes coloring within the lines represented a challenge. -
Letter from a Grateful Parent to a News Reporter
Editor’s note: The Los Angeles Times recently published a story about NAMI’s new national board president, Keris Myrick. The reporter, Anna Gorman, has since received many comments from readers. Here is one of them. -
A Good Life: Early Treatment and Eggplant Rollatini
I've lived successfully in recovery from schizophrenia for 25 years: all of my adult life. I'm here to say that you can recover and go on to have a good life. -
At the Intersection of Racism and Stigma
July is National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month. Join the celebration and spread the word. Mental health recovery is a possibility for people of diverse backgrounds.
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Remembering Britni: One Step at a Time
Thirty-two years old is too young to die. -
Go Away Evil: Global Mental Health and Traditional Healers
While making Unlisted, a documentary about the impact of my father’s mental illness on our relationship, I became interested in global mental health. -
The New Normal: Actress Claire Danes, Homeland and Hollywood’s New Take on Mental Illness
Showtime’s original series Homeland is one of the first TV shows to feature a female protagonist living with bipolar disorder—and one many say isn’t wholly defined by her illness. -
Improving Lives, Improving America
Mental illnesses are bipartisan, pervasive and have profound consequences for people’s lives. -
The Arizona Tragedy: One Year Later
This week marks a sad anniversary. On January 8, 2011, U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords and 13 other people were gravely wounded—and six persons killed—in a shooting attack in Tucson, Arizona.