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Taking Community Suicide Prevention to the Next Level
Building a suicide prevention program is a complex — and likely emotional — challenge. -
Losing a Client to Suicide: Navigating the Aftermath as a Therapist
I was recently inducted into a club I never wanted to be a part of — I call it the “Therapist’s Worst Nightmare Club.” -
Caring for Those Who Care for Us: Physician Suicide Awareness and Prevention
Physician suicide is a topic historically shrouded in stigma and secrecy. If you’re a physician, it’s time to talk about it. -
NAMICon 2020 Virtual Event Honors Mental Health Leaders
During NAMICon 2020, one of the nation’s largest gatherings of mental health advocates, NAMI presented awards honoring exemplary leadership at the national, state and local level. -
NAMICon 2020 Virtual Event Honors Mental Health Leaders
During NAMICon 2020, one of the nation’s largest gatherings of mental health advocates, NAMI presented awards honoring exemplary leadership at the national, state and local level. -
Reflections on Medicine, Shame and Stigma
NAMI's medical director shares his experience with stigma around suicide in his personal life and in the psychiatric community. -
NAMI’s Ask the Expert Webinar: Improving Mental Health Care Through Inclusion and Compassion
We were thrilled to hold this NAMI's Ask the Expert Webinar as a live broadcast from the 2018 NAMI National Convention in New Orleans. In this replay, you’ll hear (and watch!) presentations from our expert panel as they share their unique role in ensuring that people seeking mental health treatment are treated with respect, dignity and equality. -
My Great Wake-Up Call
"I saw my dad's brain churn out incessant thought cycles that would start with some small root in reality and spiral downward to a place devoid of all reason. Following his suicide, I was able to recognize similar behavior in myself."
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Mental Illness: A Common Bond
On the first Saturday of every month, the basement at Providence United Methodist Church in Charlotte, North Carolina transforms into a drop-in center called Providence Place. Every single person in this room has been affected by mental illness in some way or another. -
A Sermon of Truth About Depression
"The stigma felt especially daunting in the context of my profession: Pastors are supposed to be paradigms of perfection, to be endowed with the sort of faith that keeps them immune from something like mental illness."