NAMI News

The U.S. Supreme Court today decided in City and County Of San Francisco v. Sheehan that police acted reasonably in a confrontation with Teresa Sheehan, a woman living with mental illness who wielded a knife,  shooting her three times. Today’s decision leaves open the ADA question, which in fact may not need to be addressed if future tragedies can be averted.

Learn how Opening Doors to Recovery (ODR) is changing the way mental health is treated in the criminal justice system in Georgia.

The way things stand now, if you decide to transition out of service and into veteran status, your medication might not transfer with you. This is unacceptable. Contact your member of Congress and ask them to co-sponsor H.R. 2123 the Enhancing Veterans Access to Treatment Act. 

A group of U.S. Senators call for action to ensure transparency and mental health parity in Affordable Care Act insurance plans. 

To support Mental Health Month, the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) and the philosophy hope & grace initiative are joining forces to launch the StigmaFree campaign.

Last week, a bipartisan group of legislators introduced the Comprehensive Justice and Mental Health Act of 2015 in both the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives which will help people with mental illness who are caught up in the criminal justice system.

Contact your Senators today to thank them for their support for students with disabilities and ask that the final bill include provisions designed to ensure that students with disabilities, including mental health conditions, are given the opportunity to reach their full academic potential and are protected from harm.

Health insurance plans are falling short in coverage of mental health and substance abuse conditions according to a report issued today by the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), based on a survey of 2,720 consumers and an analysis of 84 insurance plans in 15 states.

NAMI expresses our condolences to all of the families affected by the tragedy on Germanwings flight 9525 and reassures the public that events like this one involving mental illness are incredibly rare.

The House and Senate Budget Committees called on Congress to change Medicaid, repeal the ACA and balance the budget within 10 years.