Mar 18, 2004
The star of the television show, Monk, is not the only detective when it comes to obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Read More.
Mar 18, 2004
NAMI Florida, con socios nacionales y estatales, emitió el informe El Estado de los Servicios de Salud Mental en la Florida (The State of the Mental Health Services in Florida) en la capital el día de hoy como parte de una campaña nacional para la construcción de apoyos para la recuperación. Read More.
Mar 18, 2004
NAMI Florida, with national and state partners, released The State of the Mental Health Services in Florida in the capital today, as part of a national campaign to build support for recovery. Read More.
Feb 10, 2004
"The belief that cutting the budget for mental health medications in Medicaid saves money is false," said Mike Mathes, president of NAMI-Florida, before the Florida House appropriations subcommittee today in a hearing on Governor Bush’s proposed budget. Read More.
Feb 2, 2004
State and local leaders of NAMI: The Nation’s Voice on Mental Illness will be visiting Capitol Hill offices on Thursday, January 15, as part of an annual leadership conference lasting through the weekend. Read More.
Feb 2, 2004
NAMI’s concern grows over the Veterans Administration’s Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services (CARES) commission’s decisions to close inpatient psychiatric care beds, such as the currently planned closure of Waco Veterans Affairs Psychiatric Hospital in Waco, TX. Read More.
Feb 2, 2004
NAMI calls on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to provide clear guidance to families and mental health providers on the safe and effective treatment of major depression in children--after reviewing all of the relevant research data. Read More.
Jan 26, 2004
NAMI-WV and more than thirty partner organizations are kicking off West Virginia Mental/Behavioral Health Awareness Day today at the capital in Charleston by criticizing threatened budget cuts that would deny access to treatments and services to people living with mental disorders and calling for a statewide plan for mental health services. Read More.
Nov 10, 2003
One-third of community leaders nationwide identified mental health treatment system and services as one of the most overburdened community resources, according to a Peter D. Hart Research survey released today by the Campaign for the Mind of America.
Read More.Nov 7, 2003
The anxiety of college life and its effects on students’ mental health have been accentuated and put under extreme scrutiny by a recent flare-up of suicides at New York University. Three NYU students have committed suicide during the first two months of the fall semester.
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