NAMI News

NAMI applauds tonight's Geraldo Rivera NBC News special "Back To Bedlam" for exposing our nation's failed mental healthcare policies that result in the incarceration rather than the treatment of hundreds of thousands of people with mental illness.

U.S. Senators Pete Domenici (R-NM) and Paul Wellstone (D-MN) told NAMI and a small group of mental health advocates late yesterday that their bill will ensure greater coverage of mental health benefits by providing full parity for adult and child mental illnesses.

Utah's House of Representatives for the first time has passed legislation to end health insurance discrimination for people with severe mental illnesses.

The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) today criticized FOX TV and the producers of the television show, "Beverly Hills 90210," for broadcasting "misinformation" about treatment options available for schizophrenia.

The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) today called on Ohio Governor Bob Taft to grant executive clemency to Wilford Berry, who on February 19th is scheduled to become the first person executed by the State of Ohio in 35 years.

Charles Feldman understands what it means to recover from a severe mental illness... Today, as a presenter for NAMI-Rhode Island (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill), he teaches others like himself how to manage mental illness.

Americans with severe mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, major depression and anxiety disorders should be profoundly grateful today to Senators Jim Jeffords (R-VT), Ted Kennedy (D-MA), Bill Roth (R-DE) and Pat Moynihan (D-NY) for their joint sponsorship of legislation that will remove the fear of losing federal health benefits as a barrier to work.

We cannot help but share the grief of the family and friends of Kendra Webdale, 32, who was buried today in Pomfret, New York, after having been pushed in front of a subway train in New York City.

The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) today commends the National Bioethics Advisory Commission (NBAC) for its draft report that will significantly enhance protections for individuals with mental illnesses who participate as human subjects in research.

In a move to stem a tide of death resulting from the inappropriate use of physical restraints in psychiatric facilities across the United States, the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) today called for an immediate federal investigation into the magnitude of this problem.