NAMI News

The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) elected three new members to its national board of directors at its annual convention this week. Two incumbents were re-elected. The new board also elected officers for the 2006-2007 year.

The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) will honor the CBS Television Network with its Outstanding Media Award for Public Service for the network’s CBS Cares public service awareness campaign on depression, during its annual national convention this week.

The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) and The HealthCentral Network (www.TheHealthCentralNetwork.com), a ChoiceMedia company, have formed a partnership to create new Internet content and services for individuals seeking information on mental illnesses and support for recovery. Read More.

NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) honored 16 physicians with "Exemplary Psychiatrists Awards" at the international American Psychiatric Association (APA) annual meeting this week, held in Toronto, Canada. Read More.

NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) received the news today that Charles Curie, administrator of the federal Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), intends to resign, effective August 5, 2006. Read More.

The president of the National Alliance on Mental Illness today warned Congress that President Bush's proposed $9 million cut in the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) budget will erode progress in finding new treatments for schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and major depression—condemning millions of Americans to chronic disability. Read More.

The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) has expanded its "FaithNet" outreach program for faith comm unities with the inauguration of a new Web site, NAMI FaithNet.

The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) today applauded the U.S. Senate's adoption of an amendment offered by Senator Mary Landrieu of Louisiana that provides $100 million to help people with mental illnesses and other disabilities in Louisiana and Mississippi affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Read More.

The New England Journal of Medicine has released two keystone studies on the treatment of major depression that are important to consumers, families and physicians.

The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) has called on the New York state legislature to investigate the state Office of Mental Health (OMH) after its refusal to participate in a national survey of state mental healthcare systems released this week.