March 2019 | NAMI

Dear Potential Employers

"Mental health advocates have long recognized what we're fighting is beyond stigma. It is discrimination. This fear was why I hid my diagnosis all these years."

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Treating the Whole Person

"We must break down the silos that separate physical and mental health, because everything is connected: Physical symptoms affect a person’s mental health, and a...

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When A New Job Became My Worst Nightmare

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When Discrimination Starts in Elementary School

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Don’t Assume I’m Violent Because I Have Mental Illness

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My Brother is Not a Threat, He Has Schizophrenia

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When I Was Fired After Medical Leave

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That Time in the Psych Ward

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It’s Not Stigma, It’s Discrimination

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But I was a Victim, Right?

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