[…] brings joy into my life. With my blog and my columns, I even caught the eye of a local legislator who heard my story about mental illness, suicide attempts and recovery. He asked me to speak a symposium on mental illness and suicide, and, luckily for me, NAMI Greater Corpus Christi was watching. Soon […]
[…] felt a constant pain radiating in my chest and an all-encompassing sadness that clouded my ability to picture a future for myself. I thought about self-harm and suicide frequently — racking up alarming internet searches about suicide methods and putting together a will. Whenever I wasn’t bound by social expectation, I folded in on […]
As we process the staggering news of Robin Williams’ tragic suicide, the scope of the public dialogue touches us all and reminds us that mental illness affects everyone. According to his press representative, Williams battled major depression and alcohol and drug addiction throughout his life, and had spoken in interviews about both. In 2010, […]
[…] Health Crisis Act of 2015, when it is taken up on the House floor for a vote. We have a mental health crisis in this country. America’s suicide rate is the highest it has been in 30 years. Every year, over 40,000 people die by suicide. Every day, millions of Americans go without the […]
This week, Senators Cory Gardner (R-CO), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Jerry Moran (R-KS) and Jack Reed (D-RI) introduced S. 2661, a bipartisan companion bill to the House’s bipartisan H.R. 4194 introduced by Rep. Chris Stewart (R-UT) and Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA), establishing “9-8-8” as a nationwide suicide prevention and mental health crisis response system.
[…] Funds could be used for expenses / lost revenue attributable to COVID-19. Emergency Funding To Expand Services For Covid-19 Response $10 Billion 9-8-8 National Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Hotline $300 million – Fund necessary upgrades to legacy switches to make 9-8-8 fully operational and pass H.R. 4194 / S. 2661 to formally designate […]
[…] better access to care for mental health conditions. The law will help connect more veterans with the life-saving mental health care they need and deserve by: Providing suicide prevention services through veteran-serving community organizations Increasing accountability of mental health and suicide prevention programs at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Helping rural veterans by […]
Daniel H. Gillison Jr., CEO of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), is presenting the NAMI 2022 Scientific Research Award to Christine Yu Moutier, M.D., the Chief Medical Officer for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) for the past nine years, during a ceremony today at the National Press Club.
[…] would be forever trapped in a pit of despair with my feelings of worthlessness. This sadness and self-doubt brought me to my lowest point, and I contemplated suicide daily. Eventually, I sought out medical help and was officially diagnosed with depression. While receiving this diagnosis helped me label what I was experiencing, I still […]
[…] eventually turned into suicidal ideation. I no longer wanted to live. As I got older, my mental health continued to deteriorate. In January of 2021, I attempted suicide, although my memory of the incident is hazy. I remember my brother coming over and calling 911. After, I heard my dog barking. Then I was […]
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