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Making Mental Health Benefits Work for YOU
Thursday, February 27 | 8:00 PM EST Join us for our next session, NextGen@Work: Making Mental Health Benefits Work for You, featuring an insightful conversation with NAMI’s Workplace Mental Health Director, Meg Delp, NAMI NexGen graduate Alex Ang, and The Hartford’s Clinical Manager, Anabel Cloutier-Perez on all things mental health benefits. Our panelists explore common […]
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NAMI Urges Supreme Court To Protect Access To Safe And Effective Drugs And Treatments
Today, NAMI joined partners in filing an amicus curiae (“friend-of-the-court”) brief urging the Supreme Court to protect access to safe, effective treatments by reversing the Fifth Circuit’s decision in Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine et al. v. FDA et al. -
NAMI Re-Launches #Vote4MentalHealth Campaign To Get Out The Vote During The 2024 Elections
NAMI is excited to announce today the launch of its #Vote4MentalHealth campaign for the 2024 elections. This nonpartisan campaign is part of NAMI’s long-standing efforts to help people across the country understand the impact that voting has on mental health care and find the resources and information they need to cast their ballot. -
NAMI Ask The Expert: How To Help Someone With Mental Illness Accept Treatment
In this presentation Dr. Amador describes how common anosognosia is, how it impacts the person with mental illness and the family, and most importantly, how we can help the person accept treatment. -
Amicus Brief to Supreme Court on Medication Access
Amicus brief to Supreme Court emphasizing the importance of patients’ and providers’ ability to rely on FDA’s expert process to deem drugs and their conditions of use safe and effective, and therefore available for treatment. -
NAMI & Happy Partnership: Uniting For Mental Health
NAMI is partnering with happy, a new coffee brand that makes you smile with a wide range of flavors and responsibly sourced seriously deliciousTM coffee found wherever you shop for coffee. The partnership goes beyond traditional corporate giving. In a testament to happy’s dedication to mental health and NAMI’s mission, happy is taking a bold step by granting NAMI an equity stake in their business. -
NAMI Ask the Expert: How To Help Someone With Mental Illness Accept Treatment
Thursday, February 15, 2024, 4:00pm – 5:30pm ET About half of all people with schizophrenia, bipolar, and related disorders suffer from a symptom that leaves them unable to understand that they have a mental health condition. This is a symptom of these brain disorders, not denial! As such, how we approach and communicate with people who […]
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Early Qualitative Research Of AI-Driven Mental Health Therapy
In a recent qualitative study, researchers explored the feasibility of artificial intelligence (AI) as a source of mental health support. Fourteen participants with mild-to-moderate anxiety or depression engaged in one immersive virtual reality therapy session with an AI therapy avatar. Participants overall considered the digital avatar empathetic, understanding, and supportive of a therapeutic relationship, but some indicated a preference for the deeper engagement possible with a human therapist. Personal comfort with AI varies and more research is needed to determine clinical effectiveness, but AI-driven therapy may one day represent another tool to support mental health. To learn more, see the study in npj Digital Medicine. -
NAMI Announces the New Class of 2024 NAMI Next Gen Young Adult Advisors
NAMI is proud to introduce the 2024 NAMI Next Gen class of 10 young adult leaders from diverse backgrounds who will inform and support NAMI efforts by representing the voices of lived experience. -
Hope Starts With Us: Pressure, Professional Football and Pivoting
As we gear up for the superbowl, NAMI CEO Daniel H. Gillison Jr. speaks with former NFL players Rob Robertson and Devin Funchess about their personal journeys with mental health, the pressures of professional sports and life after football.