NAMI News

New studies presented at The 2013 International Meeting for Autism Research provide possible explanations behind the skewed gender ratio in autism diagnoses.

 Michael J. Fitzpatrick,  Executive Director of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)  issued this statement after attending the White House Conference on Mental Health on June 3, 2013: Read More.

Up to 30 percent of currently uninsured adults who would receive health care coverage through state Medicaid expansions are individuals living with mental illness, the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) reported today. Read More.

The National Alliance on Mental Illness ( is pleased to announce that the NAMI Family-to-Family Education Program has been added to the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP). Read More.

Forty-nine thousand—12 percent—of  currently uninsured adults in Arizona who would receive health care coverage through Medicaid restoration are living with mental illness, according to a national report by the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) scheduled for official release on May 30. Read More.

A new study conducted by the CDC has shown that suicide rates for adults aged 35 to 64 have increased in the last decade and a half.

A recent study has discovered that increased levels of glutamate may play a role in triggering psychosis.

Max Maddox and his mother Kathy Brandt weave together a beautiful and hopeful narrative describing his experience with bipolar disorder.

A recent study shows former professional football players are more likely to develop cognitive impairment and depression as they grow older.

 The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) will honor 20 doctors as "Exemplary Psychiatrists" at the American Psychiatric Association's (APA) annual conference in San Francisco on May 20, 2013. Read More.