NAMI News

This MIAW, NAMI is highlighting our “Together for Mental Health” campaign, which focuses on the importance of improving the mental health care system. Each day throughout the week (Oct. 3 – 9), we will spread awareness about some of the most common barriers to mental health care people with mental illness face. We will accomplish this by raising the voices of those with lived experience and sharing their compelling stories.

On Oct. 1, 2021, NAMI National filed a federal trademark infringement lawsuit against Mindspring Mental Health Alliance Inc.

NAMI will celebrate researchers advancing treatment for mental illness at the Inspiring Hope Through Research virtual event on Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021, at 4:30 p.m. ET. The 2021 NAMI Scientific Award recipients are Dr. Gail Daumit, MHS, FACP, and Dr. A. Eden Evins, MPH, who will present their findings during the event, which is free and open to the public.

Our panel of experts and advocates will share insights on mental health and mental illnesses in communities of color in the context of structural inequities, the pandemic and the economic crisis.

NAMI recently released a report to help individuals and families navigate health insurance after a suicide attempt. Deciphering health insurance bills can make this time even more difficult, but there are federal protections in place to ensure that most health insurance plans will pay for medical care resulting from a suicide attempt.

NAMI Ask the Expert welcomes Dr. Christine Yu Moutier who will discuss several science-informed, evidence-based strategies to reduce suicide risk, both through a public health approach for an entire population as well as clinical interventions for patient care. Read More.

Reminders of 9/11 are all around us — in the news, in documentaries, on social media and in the broader public discussion. For many people, those reminders vividly bring back the trauma they first felt two decades ago. We respond to grief and tragedy in our own ways and our own time. You should know that you are not alone — and that help is available.

Reminders of 9/11 are all around us — in the news, in documentaries, on social media and in the broader public discussion. For many people, those reminders vividly bring back the trauma they first felt two decades ago. We respond to grief and tragedy in our own ways and our own time. You should know that you are not alone — and that help is available.

Our panel of experts will offer solutions for physicians to help support colleagues, such as how to engage in peer-to-peer intercession with active listening, and how to make checking in on colleagues the norm, not an exception.

The cost of treatment and access to quality, affordable care, along with stigma, are major barriers to Americans seeking help for mood disorders, according to a national survey out today. The 2021 Mood Disorder Survey was conducted by The Harris Poll on behalf of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI).