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Mary Giliberti, executive director of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) has issued the following statement:

There isn't always enough time to discuss everything you want when you meet with your doctor. Pat Deegan explains how shared decision making can help.

The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) today characterized as "nationally significant" the major "Gathering on Mental Health and the Church" being held in Orange County, Calif. on March 28.

Mary Giliberti, executive director of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) offered the following statement in conjunction with a House of Representatives oversight hearing titled "Where Have All the Patients Gone? Examining the Psychiatric Bed Shortage."

Shepherds for Lost Sheep, a project started by veterans to help their compatriots, uses dogs to help those who are still battling the effects of war.

March is National Social Work Month. Social workers can be found in many fields and many provide needed help to individuals with mental illness.

President Obama's proposed budget for 2015 includes increases for mental illness research and additional funding for early intervention and mental health workforce development.

The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) today issued the following statement by NAMI Executive Director Mary Giliberti in response to the announcement by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) that it will not move forward to "finalize" proposed rule changes under Medicare Part D that would have restricted access to antidepressant and antipsychotic medications:

Physical injuries often have a whole team to address them, but mental health concerns are often left out.