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Spreading Hope Through Peer Support
Being able to connect with a person who has been through a similar experience can help someone achieve their recovery goals. Learn more about this important piece of first episode psychosis programs from the perspective of someone whose been on both sides of peer support. -
Everyone Deserves Adequate Mental Health Care
"There are gross inadequacies and structural problems in the mental health system. More and better family education and outreach are essential in order to mitigate the cultural barriers that play a part in impeding Latino families from realizing and accepting they need help." -
Combating Loneliness with EASE
"Sure, I’d make an effort to get to know others and I’d even spend time with classmates or co-workers, but I still felt lonely. That’s because loneliness isn't about the number of relationships you have, but the quality of them." -
Early Psychosis Programs Are Changing Lives—But What if You Can’t Find One?
Until early-psychosis CSC programs are available in every community, NAMI wants young people and their families to know what to do while we push for them to exist everywhere. We can’t afford to wait. -
4 Ways Teens Can Access Therapy Without Health Insurance
Even for a teen without health insurance, there are ways to access treatment. Here are a few suggestions to get started. -
A Therapist’s Journey: Learning the Art of Self-Soothing
"People want one solution to feel better: one medication, one single action to solve all their problems. The fact is, that’s not how life works. We have to try all kinds of solutions; some will work, some won’t, and some might for a period of time and then stop." -
Are You a Chronic Self-Abandoner?
Self-abandonment is when you reject, suppress or ignore part of yourself in real-time. In other words, you have a need or desire you want to meet, and (often on the spot) you make the decision not to meet it. Sound familiar? -
Anxiety, My Companion
"My relationship with Anxiety is like what they say about falling in love: 'gradual and then all at once.'" -
Showing Strength in the Face of Mental Illness
"After three decades of battling my brain, I thought it was time for me to do something to help people understand. That’s why I decided last year to use my annual PlanksGiving event to support mental health advocacy and NAMI." -
Building Bonds Behind Bars with NAMI Peer-to-Peer
"I was inside the Iowa Correctional Institution for Women to co-lead a three-day NAMI Peer-to-Peer training. Knowing that I could leave didn’t help; I still felt trapped when I heard all those doors lock behind me."