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NAMIWalks will step forward over the next three months to raise public awareness in state and local comm unities about mental illness and the need for treatment and recovery.
On the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) is commenting on a Kaiser Family Foundation’s survey of New Orleans residents as they continue to rebuild from the storm—and a study on the impact on children reported this week in USA Today.
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) today blasted BP oil company for ignoring Louisiana's appeals for help in funding mental health care in communities affected by the BP oil spill.
American troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan and other veterans cannot depend solely on the Departments of Defense (DoD) and Veterans Affairs (VA) for mental health care—even though the civilian mental health care system is in crisis, according to the annual convention of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) held this past week.
The Army is using dogs "much more" to help soldiers recovering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) according to the Army Surgeon General's special assistant for mental health, Col. Elspeth Cameron Ritchie, M.D., who spoke today at the annual convention of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI).