[…] & @MarthaRaddatz: Mental health care is denied at 2x’s the rate of other medical care in the U.S. Ask about this. #Debates .@AndersonCooper & @MarthaRaddatz: The U.S. suicide rate is the highest it’s been in 30 years. Ask about this. #Debates .@AndersonCooper & @MarthaRaddatz: 1 in 5 people live with mental illness. About 50% […]
[…] Brown is the Director of Cross-Cultural Innovation and Engagement for the National Alliance on Mental Illness. Dawn leads a team focused on expanding mental health education and suicide prevention into underrepresented, underserved, and faith communities; and the implementation of JEDI-CLAS principles and practices across the agency and their 650 chapters. She is a mental […]
With only 30 days before 988, the new three-digit number for mental health and suicide crises, is available nationwide, a new poll from the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) finds that people are still largely unaware that this potentially lifesaving resource is on its way.
[…] for guidance when evaluating care. A growing body of case law requires that correctional mental health services include: Intake screening Assessment Staff training Adequate mental health staff Suicide prevention and response Treatment planning Service delivery (at the same levels as available in the community) Exclusion from solitary Access to emergency care Hospitalization when inpatient […]
[…] we focus on questions that military personnel often ask, concerning treatment resources, disclosure and staying healthy during the transition to civilian life. If you are having thoughts of suicide, the Veterans Crisis Line is available 24/7 by dialing 1-800-273-8255 and pressing 1. NAMI offers information, support and education specifically for veterans, service members and their families. To […]
[…] to tears by first-person accounts of failings in the mental health care system—and by the convention’s candlelight vigil in memory of the 22 veterans who die from suicide every day. Participants in the candlelight vigil held in memory of the 22 veterans who die from suicide every day. While the convention began with the […]
[…] mental health of those incarcerated. Research shows that the effects of solitary confinement on mental health are often fatal, both during and after incarceration. Half of all suicides in prisons and jails occur in solitary confinement. A recent study shows the long-lasting effects; that any amount of time spent in solitary increases the risk […]
[…] Association of America (ADAA) Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA) International OCD Foundation Psychology Today Schizophrenia and Related Disorders Alliance of America (SARDAA) The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Treatment and Research Advancements for Borderline Personality Disorder (TARA) NAMI National Convention For those who want in-person communication with the experts within the mental health […]
[…] includes a range of grant programs such as: Primary and Behavioral Health Integration – $43 million Homeless Prevention and Services – $30.9 million Garrett Lee Smith Youth Suicide Prevention – $53.7 million Suicide Lifeline $7.2 million Tribal Behavioral Health Grants – $15 million Mental Health First Aid – $15 million Finally, outside of the […]
[…] our first NAMI's Ask the Expert. Senator Joan Freeman is a psychologist from Ireland who has been a psychotherapist and founder and CEO of Pieta House (The Suicide and Self-Harm Crisis Centers). She is currently an Irish Senator, founder and CEO of Solace House (Suicide Prevention Center) in New York, and is the author […]
NAMI HelpLine is available M-F, 10 a.m. – 10 p.m. ET. Call 800-950-6264,
text “helpline” to 62640, or chat online. In a crisis, call or text 988 (24/7).
