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Addressing Youth Mental Health in NAMI’s Next Book
In recent years, youth mental health has emerged as a topic of urgent importance. -
NAMI/Ipsos Poll: Teens Struggling with Their Mental Health, but Parents and Schools Can Help
A new National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Teen Poll, conducted by Ipsos, found that teens who are struggling with their mental health are looking to their schools and parents for information and support. -
Join NAMI this Mental Illness Awareness Week to Raise the Voices of Lived Experience
In honor of Mental Illness Awareness Week (MIAW) on Oct. 4-10, 2020, the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) and participants across the country are raising awareness and educating about mental illness warning signs and symptoms. -
Preventing a Generation from Struggling in Silence
If we fail to teach the younger generations about mental health, they may struggle alone rather than talk to people who can help them. They may feel ashamed for what they experience rather than know it’s not their fault. They may even take their lives. -
Mental Health Conditions are Legitimate Health Conditions
It's widely accepted that if you have a health problem, you would see a medical professional who specializes in that problem’s proper treatment. But if you're faced with a mental health problem, is your first instinct to see a mental health professional? Society has taught many of us to answer no. -
The Best Movies About Mental Health
Looking for movies to watch about mental health? Here are a few modern movies that accurately depict characters living with mental health struggles. -
What Does It Mean to Have a Mental Illness?
We asked people in our Facebook community who live with and experience mental illness on a daily basis how they define "mental illness." This is what they said. -
Giving HUGS That Last Longer Than a Moment
One of the winners of last year's Connect4MentalHealth Innovation Awards, NAMI Collier County, shares the success they've had with their HUGS program. -
As School Doors Swing Open, NAMI Stands Ready to Help
The unthinkable Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy woke the nation up to the fact that more must be done to address mental health in communities across the country. -
Entry on Mental Illness Added to AP Stylebook
The shooting in Newtown, Conn. helped prompt the Associated Press to change the way they instruct news agencies to talk about mental illness.