USA Today Blazes a Trail for Mental Health Care Reform
It’s rare that a national publication devotes a series about mental illness over the course of a year. But that’s exactly what USA Today did.
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NAMI Celebrates Senate Passage of HR 34
NAMI applauds and celebrates the U.S. Senate’s passage of HR 34, the 21st Century Cures Act, legislation that sets a foundation for improving mental health care for millions of Americans. With the Senate’s passage, HR 34 now goes to President Obama’s desk for final signature into law.
NAMI Hopeful for New SAMHSA Assistant Secretary Appointee
NAMI supports the recent nomination of Dr. Elinore McCance-Katz as Assistant Secretary for Mental Health & Substance Use in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and is looking forward to working with her to improve access to care and ensure quality, effective services and supports for people with mental health and substance use conditions.
Ask the Doctor Webinar on America’s Opioid Epidemic
Thank you to all who joined NAMI’s Ask the Doctor Webinar with Dr. Suzanne Vogel-Scibilia.
Even with Insurance, It’s Getting Harder to Access Care
Released today is an updated and expanded Milliman Report, “Addiction and Mental Health Vs. Physical Health: Widening Disparities in Network Use and Provider Reimbursement.” The report points out there is a shortage of in-network mental health care providers and explains why.
Hope Starts With Us: Stigma & Mental Health Equity
In this episode of NAMI’s podcast, NAMI CEO Daniel H. Gillison Jr. talks with Dr. Devika Bhushan, Dr. Napoleon Higgins and Angelina Hudson about stigma and mental health equity.
NAMI Says a Few Congressional Leaders Will Decide Mental Health Parity:
On the eve of a news conference with former First Lady Rosalyn Carter at the U.S. Capitol (Nov. 29 at 11AM), the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI)) says that the fate of legislation strengthening health insurance parity for mental illnesses lies in the hands of only a few key leaders in the House of Representatives.
The President, Congress, and the Mental Health Parity Amendment: Let’s Hold The Leaders Who Killed It Accountable
Late Tuesday, December 18, a conference committee of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives voted to drop the mental health parity amendment from the Labor-HHS-Education appropriations bill (H.R. 3061). Key House leaders remained opposed to the provision until the end.
NAMI Task Force Calls For Stronger, Smarter Investment In Federal Scientific Research on Serious Mental Illnesses To Build on Break-Throughs
The star of the television show, Monk, is not the only detective when it comes to obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).
Are You Ready for the Surgeon General’s Report?
Reaction to the nation’s first Surgeon General’s Report on Mental Health