The film includes interviews with inmates sharing their stories of living with mental illness in prisons, correctional officers’ experiences working with inmates with mental illness and enacted scenarios that showcase techniques for how correctional officers can assist inmates...
NAMI and 16 national organizations filed an amicus curiae (“friend-of-the-court”) brief to urge the District Court to overturn the ruling to invalidate the Affordable Care Act.
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NAMI publishes reports on critical, emerging issues to help inform the public about the importance of effective mental health policy.
Knowledge is power. Yet there remains a shortage of knowledge about mental illness and its impact on individuals and families across the country. As NAMI CEO Mary Giliberti told an audience at the White House on June 7, one of NAMI’s primary goals is to empower people wit...
Paroxetine is an antidepressant medication that works in the brain. It is approved for the treatment of major depressive disorder (MDD), generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), social anxiety disorder (social phobia), panic disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), and other ...
Asenapine is a medication that works in the brain to treat schizophrenia. It is also known as a second-generation antipsychotic (SGA) or atypical antipsychotic. Asenapine rebalances dopamine and serotonin to improve thinking, mood, and behavior.
The Public Policy Platform and resolutions, formally approved by the NAMI Board of Directors, provide direction and guidance to the NAMI Alliance on a wide range of policy issues.
Methadone is a prescription medication that works in the brain to treat pain and opioid use disorder.
OCD is not curable, but it is manageable. The purpose of my story is to document one human’s struggle with a very real, and surprisingly common, mental health condition.