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NAMI Testifies at Senate Veterans Hearing: More Outreach and Mental Health Services Needed, One-Third of Returning Troops Face Mental Health Problems

[…] 60,000 veterans who have contacted the National Crisis Hotline (800) 273-TALK to determine how well the VA has been able to meet their needs. Direct funding for suicide prevention programs authorized by Congress last year for returning National Guard troops—and encourage cooperative funding agreements with states for mental health services for National Guard units. […]

Grammy Award-Winning Irish Singer Susan McKeown will Preview Songs from New Album, Appearing Before National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)

[…] song to anticipate in her NAMI performance is "Gracias a la vida" ("Thanks to Life") by Chilean folk singer Violeta Parra, who died tragically from depression and suicide in 1967. It has since become one of the most popular folk songs in Latin America and was introduced to the United States by singer Joan […]

Military and Veterans Mental Health. State Budget Crises Hurt DoD and VA Need for Partnerships, Warns NAMI Convention

[…] U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), who said as many soldiers in the Army are dying from suicide as have died in Iraq. However, state and local mental health services face massive state budget cuts and long-term lack of investment. In Grading the States, a […]

BP Oil Spill Fund Should Cover Mental Health Claims; NAMI Warns Administrator Kenneth Feinberg that Exclusion Would Be ‘Neither Fair nor Equitable’

[…] July 9, Louisiana advised the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services that it was encountering "increases in anxiety, depression, stress, grief, excessive and earlier drinking and suicide ideation."  A meeting of the Institute of Medicine in New Orleans also identified mental health issues as the priority health concern from the disaster. Noting the […]

Election 2010: NAMI Lists Top 10 States Hurt by Mental Health Budget Cuts; Are Candidates Addressing the Facts?

[…] much more expensive costs for hospital emergency rooms, nursing homes, schools, police and courts, jails and prisons. Previous Election Alerts State Grades: 21 Ds, 6 Fs State Suicide Rates About NAMI NAMI is the nation's largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to improving the lives of individuals and families affected by mental illness. NAMI […]

Election 2010: The 60 to 140 Percent Bite; State-by-State Data on Disability Income, Housing Costs and People with Mental Illness; Are Candidates Addressing the Facts?

[…] mental illness, who compose slightly less than two percent of the nation's total population. Previous NAMI Election Alerts 1.     State Grades: 21 Ds, 6 Fs 2.     State Suicide Rates 3.     Top 10 States; Mental Health Cuts 4.     Number of People w/ Mental Illness in Each State; Percent Served by SMHA Disability Income vs. Housing […]

Mental Illness: Political Candidates Are Not Immune From Stigma; Plus the Latest on the NAMI Blog

[…] ask candidates about the nation's mental health crisis. Are candidates addressing the facts? The series includes state by state data. State Grades: 21 Ds, 6 Fs State Suicide Rates Top 10 States; Mental Health Cuts Number of People w/ Mental Illness; Percent Served by State Disability Income and State Housing Costs State Figures: One […]

‘War is Not a Normal Situation’ NAMI Interview with Army General David Blackledge on PTSD

[…] and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne). His decorations include five Bronze Stars and two Purple Hearts. He was wounded once in a convoy ambush and once during a suicide bombing in Iraq. Treatment Revolution Soldiers are trained in a warrior culture, but "combat is not a normal situation," Blackledge said. When he was wounded, "we […]

“By the Grace of God, My Weapon Misfired”: Senate Committee Hears Testimony from Iraq Veteran Calling for Better Mental Health Care

[…] went to the base clinic, but was told I would need to wait six months before I could get an appointment with a psychiatrist … I attempted suicide a .45 caliber pistol while locked in the bathroom. My wife called the police." "When they kicked open the door I pulled the trigger, but by […]

NAMI Says Defense Department AWOL on Mental Health Care for National Guard and Reserves

[…] critical times for returning Reserve and National Guard soldiers and their families. The risk is high. Pentagon data reports that more National Guard troops have died from suicide each of the past five years than were killed in combat or died of accidents or illnesses in Iraq and Afghanistan. We have a mental health […]