The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) has released a new brochure, Women and Depression, about the many dimensions of major depression in women. It can be downloaded at www.nami.org/womendepression .
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) is honored this week by President-elect Barack Obama’s selection of NAMI Montana executive director, Matt Kuntz, to accompany him on his whistle stop tour between Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. en route to Obama’s inauguration...
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) has launched a new national program to educate high school students about mental illness.
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 offic...
The National Alliance on Mental Illness ( NAMI ) will honor 23 doctors as Exemplary Psychiatrists at the American Psychiatric Association's ( APA ) annual conference in New York City on May 4.
NAMI has released the results of a survey showing that people living with schizophrenia use digital technology generally as much as the rest of the population—and in ways that help them cope with the effects of their condition.
NAMI applauds the passage of H.R. 2646, the Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act, in the House Energy & Commerce Committee.
NAMI applauds the U.S. House of Representatives for taking "a major step forward" to improve the lives of Americans living with mental illness.
NAMI has released a new video series aimed at helping college bound students and their families talk about mental health. The videos are part of the “Starting the Conversation: College and Your Mental Health” guide NAMI and the Jed Foundation released last year.
During the month of May, NAMI will observe Mental Health Month to raise awareness of mental illness. This year, NAMI is launching "CureStigma," a new campaign that positions stigma as a “social virus” that is spreading across America.
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) today announced the election of its new board of directors. Shirley J. Holloway, Ph.D., was elected to serve a second term as board president of the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization.
Major Depressive Disorder with Peripartum Onset (also known as postpartum depression) is different than a temporary mood disturbance after childbirth.
My diagnosis does not define me.
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The Girl from Human Street By Roger Cohen Knopf (2015) Purchase What does world history have to do with a mother’s depression? The answer can be found in The Girl from Human Street by Roger Cohen, a columnist and former foreign editor of The New York Time...
NAMI Wake County was in outrage after receiving a picture of a stigmatizing Halloween costume that depicted a patient at the Dorthea Dix Inpatient Psychiatry Unit at UNC Wakebrook. The costume was apparently supposed to be a portrayal of someone living with mental illness ...
NAMI has taken to the airwaves to get Congress to pass comprehensive mental health legislation. As of Oct. 24, NAMI’s policy team will have completed a “radio tour” in which approximately 20 interviews to news programs and talk shows were heard on 8,600 networks or statio...
Did you know that depression is the leading cause of disability in the U.S. for people between the ages of 15 and 44? That’s right, Major Depressive Disorder affects over 15 million American adults . With prevalence being as expansive as it is, it is likely that you kn...
Jump To: Episode Video Featured Guest Share Transcript About the Host In this episode of NAMI’s podcast, NAMI CEO Daniel H. Gillison Jr. speaks with actor, mental health advocate and NAMI Ambassador Alessandri Torresani, about her journey with ma...