NAMI News

The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization, today announced that it will launch a National Day of Action for Mental Health on Thursday, September 4th during its annual convention in Washington, DC. As part of the National Day of Action, conference attendees will visit Capitol Hill offices to urge legislators to pass comprehensive mental health reform legislation.

Nationwide initiative will honor local programs implementing approaches designed to positively impact those with serious mental illness and their communities

Each day 22 veterans die by suicide. Tom Mahany has gone on two hunger strikes to raise awareness for the issues our military members are facing.

The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) has unveiled an Elections 2010 website  for grassroots advocates to use in reminding candidates for public office that "Mental Health Gets My Vote."

NAMI remembers the life Robin Williams and reminds us all how important it is to reach out and help one another. Read More.

The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) and the National Council for Behavioral Health (National Council), along with Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. and Lundbeck, today announced the launch of the Connect 4 Mental Health^® (C4MH) Community Innovation Awards program

Melody Moezzi has faced stigma growing up as an Iranian-American and as a woman with bipolar disorder. She's speaking at this year's NAMI National Convention.

CAM provides a variety of options to assist in the treatment of Autism in children.

A Harvard Medical School study shows that warning labels on antidepressants may be associated with higher rates of suicide attempts in teens.

Effective services are available that can improve outcomes of schizophrenia and early episodes of psychosis. Read More.