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The Reps are Back in Town: Make Your Voice Heard
As a member of the mental health movement, local town hall meetings are where you can exercise your right as a citizen to speak with your representatives about the importance of quality, affordable mental health coverage. -
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Mental Health Reform is a Law
The work of thousands of NAMI advocates has paid off. Congress heard NAMI’s voice through hundreds of thousands of phone calls, emails and tweets, and they answered. Now, more Americans will have access to the mental health care they need. -
Tell Us How Your Health Insurance is (or isn’t!) Working for You
Despite some progress, NAMI’s new report shows that many people face unnecessary barriers to accessing needed mental health care. You can help us track progress—and help us advocate for better access to care—by taking this year’s survey.
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NAMI Releases New Mental Health Parity Report
NAMI releases new report, Out-of-Network, Out-of-Pocket, Out-of-Options: The Unfulfilled Promise of Mental Health Parity, which describes the barriers that people with mental health conditions encounter in finding mental health providers in their health plan’s network. -
Don’t Let the Senate Be Lame Ducks
National Mental Health Reform Advocacy Week is Nov. 14-18, 2016 and we need everybody who cares about mental health to take action. -
Time is Ticking on Early Psychosis
Similar to cancer, schizophrenia begins in stages (with psychosis developing early), and similar to cancer, providing care at the earliest possible stage produces the best results. But with psychosis, many people don’t seek help right away. -
Tired of the Wait
Americans with psychiatric emergencies face disproportionately longer ER wait times than other patients, according to a report released by the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) last week. -
No Questions Asked
In this election cycle, mental health keeps getting buried in the fray of personal attacks and heated discourse. It’s our turn to ask the questions now. -
30 Health Organizations Call for Mental Health Question in Presidential Debate
NAMI is teaming up with health organizations to urge the Oct. 9 presidential debate moderators—CNN’s Anderson Cooper and ABC’s Martha Raddatz—to ask a question about mental health. Read and share our letter to help us accomplish this goal. -
Take the First Step for Mental Health Reform: Register to Vote
National Voter Registration Day is Tuesday Sept. 27 and NAMI is partnering with 4,500 nonprofit organizations, businesses, schools and election administrators with the goal of getting half a million Americans to register to vote in this election.