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NAMI Announces Launch of Updated NAMI Hearts+Minds Program
NAMI is pleased to announce the launch of the first phase of the updated NAMI Hearts+Minds, a program that educates and empowers individuals to better manage their health, mentally and physically. -
Overcoming Inadequate Crisis Response: Why 988 is an Opportunity
There are real vehicles for change to provide the compassionate response that people with mental illness deserve. -
Exploring the Connection Between Trauma Healing and Physical Health
When people think they are responsible for emotional trauma, this false belief disturbs the mind, body and spirit. -
Racism, Chronic Disease, and Mental Health: Time to Change Our Racialized System of Second-Class Care
In this article, we describe how the “weathering hypothesis” and Adverse Childhood Experiences set the stage for higher rates of chronic disease, mental health disorders and maternal mortality seen in African American adults. We illustrate the toll that untreated and overtreated mental health disorders have on Black individuals, who have similar rates of mental health disorders as their white counterparts but have fewer outpatient mental health services and higher rates of hospitalizations. -
How Mindfulness Helped Me Cope with My Husband’s Suicide
Through mindfulness, I am making space for my pain with openness and curiosity and learning to coexist with my grief. -
Bipolar Depression: The Lows We Don’t Talk About Enough
Many people don’t fully understand the role of depression in bipolar disorder. -
Register for NAMI Ask the Expert: Suicide Prevention During COVID and Beyond — Science, Grassroots & Solutions
NAMI Ask the Expert welcomes Dr. Christine Yu Moutier who will discuss several science-informed, evidence-based strategies to reduce suicide risk, both through a public health approach for an entire population as well as clinical interventions for patient care. -
NAMI Ask the Expert: Suicide Prevention During COVID and Beyond — Science, Grassroots & Solutions
Dr. Christine Yu Moutier will discuss several science-informed, evidence-based strategies to reduce suicide risk, both through a public health approach as well as clinical interventions for patient care. -
Finding My Way Back from Suicidal Thoughts
Burying the pain and ignoring my feelings, I would come to learn, was not the answer to my recovery.