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NAMI On Campus: Fighting for My Mental Health Rights
NAMI On Campus: Fighting for My Mental Health Rights Pooja Mehta shares her lived experience with anxiety and depression on campus, which began with a panic attack that threatened her ability to remain at school and continue her education. Together with other students, she decided to start a NAMI On Campus chapter to offer students […] -
Understanding the Necessity of Community First Response
This kind of first response directly improves safety and well-being by connecting people to appropriate care and resources. -
Thriving on the Bipolar Spectrum: Changing the Narrative with Stories of Lived Experience
We’re now on a shared mission to end the stigma, maximize healing and save lives by spreading education and inspiration. -
What It’s Like to Live with an OCD Monster
The people I trust look at my behaviors and see me — not the odd girl or the monster — a kaleidoscope of a human being. -
Lessons in Advocacy from a State and Federal Legislative Staffer
You should pursue policy change at every level of government and remember that slow and steady wins the race. -
Celebrating NAMI’s Role in Advocating for an Improved Criminal Justice System
It will take small victories, piling up over time, to reach our final goal. -
How the Justice System Fails Those with Mental Illness
We cannot expect to make progress when we keep those experiencing mental health crises in dehumanizing environments that exacerbate their symptoms. -
How Solitary Confinement Contributes to the Mental Health Crisis
Those with mental illness are overrepresented in solitary confinement, despite the vulnerability and threats to the mental health of those incarcerated. -
All People Deserve Quality Care, Including Those Who Are Incarcerated
Even though jails function as a hidden part of our health systems, they are not held to the same standard of quality care that we expect from health providers.