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Drowning
One year ago today, I was pronounced dead from attempting suicide for the third time. Today will be a bittersweet day for the rest of my life.
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Should Depression Screenings be a Part of Primary Care?
Integrated care could help improve mental health care. Depression screenings sound like a good idea, but is it the answer we're looking for? -
Five Things I Have Learned
I do not ‘suffer from bipolar disorder,’ though I once did. It is not because I am ‘cured’ but because I have learned a lot about managing symptoms.
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Unless Someone Like You Cares a Whole Awful Lot, Nothing Is Going to Get Better. It’s Not.
In honor of Dr. Seuss’ birthday, NAMI is focusing on how mental health reform bills in Congress support children’s mental health. -
Monthly Media Watch: Politics, Language and Stigma
Perhaps one bright spot in February—believe it or not—is that mental health has factored at least to some degree in the ongoing presidential campaigns. -
Mental illness doesn’t just strike an individual. It strikes a family.
8.4 million people care for an adult living with mental illness. Tell Congress to support these mental health caregivers. -
Research Brings Hope For The Future– Tell Congress to Act Today!
NAMI is focusing on how mental health reform bills in Congress support research. Please help us in advocating for mental health reform by contacting your members of congress. -
Learning to Love Myself—and My Bipolar Disorder
I had heard of bipolar disorder, but I had stigmatized and stereotypical ideas about what people with bipolar disorder were like.
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The Fight for My Life
My psychiatrist finally found a combination of medications that work for me and I don’t have as many dark days anymore.
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NAMI Warns Senate about Criminalization of Mental Illness; Supports Cornyn Bill
NAMI warned the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee that criminalization of people living with mental illness has reached "crisis proportions" and called for support of the Mental Health and Safe Communities Act.