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New Report Highlights Opportunities to Improve Care for People with Mental Illness Returning to Communities after Incarceration
To advance policies that support successful reentry after incarceration, NAMI partnered with the Health and Reentry Project (HARP) on their new issue brief, titled “Paving the Path to Healthier Reentry: How New Medicaid Policies Can Improve Mental Health and Substance Use Support as People Return to Communities.” -
Gen Z young adults face double the depression and anxiety of teens, Harvard report finds
Dr. Christine Crawford, NAMI associate medical director, said the report's findings correspond with what she sees in her practice. "This transitional period [to adulthood] has always been the same, but young people [now] are consistently being inundated by messages of what's happening to the world, the environment, and that's further fueling some of the mood-related […] -
Young adults suffer from anxiety, depression twice as often as teens
Young adults in the U.S. experience anxiety and depression twice as frequently as teenagers, according to a new survey report by the Harvard University Making Caring Common project. The high levels of mental illness reflect the current challenging conditions for entering adulthood. For the first time since the Great Depression, the most common living arrangement […] -
How Research Is Advancing Our Understanding of OCD
It is important to emphasize the pivotal role that research occupies in shaping the trajectory of mental health treatment. -
Letter To Congressional Committee Leadership On Child And Adolescent Mental Health And Research And Treatment Innovation
Letter asking Senate HELP Committee to include the Preventing Adverse Childhood Experiences (PACE) Act in its reauthorization of the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act. -
NAMI Leads Grassroots Effort to Strengthen Mental Health Parity
NAMI has long fought for a reality where mental health care is treated equitably with physical health care, which has been a historic struggle. Fortunately, the Biden Administration proposed rules to strengthen enforcement of mental health parity law that would improve access to care. -
Hope Starts With Us: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
You can find additional episodes of this NAMI podcast and others at nami.org/podcast. We hope this podcast encourages you, inspires you, helps you and brings you further into the collective to know: you are not alone. Episodes will air every other Wednesday and will be available on most major directories and apps. Episode Audio: Featured […]
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Congressional Testimony On Child And Adolescent Mental Health
NAMI CAO Hannah Wesolowski’s congressional testimony, on behalf of NAMI, to the Democratic Women’s Caucus on causes of and solutions to the mental health crisis among teen girls. -
Money and mental health: experts, lawmakers say lack of funding is limiting access
A lack of funding and resources can prevent Americans from getting the mental health care they need, experts say. Lawmakers, mental health experts and advocates joined together to discuss how stigmas associated with mental health can be broken and how to build a comprehensive health care system that supports individuals affected by mental illness, among […] -
NAMI and AFSP Celebrate Launch of Bipartisan Senate Mental Health Caucus
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) and the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) applaud today’s creation of the bipartisan Senate Mental Health Caucus in the U.S. Senate. Founded by Senators Alex Padilla (CA), Thom Tillis (NC), Joni Ernst (IA) and Tina Smith (MN), the caucus will work to find bipartisan, common-sense solutions to address our nation’s ongoing mental health crisis.