Welcome to the NAMI Newsroom! Every day, the media publishes stories about mental health. As a leading voice in the mental health community, NAMI can help journalists and thought leaders shape their messages by providing knowledgeable spokespeople, statistics and personal stories of people living with mental illness.
October 17, 2024
Arlington, VA – Today, the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) released the following statement from Chief Advocacy Officer Hannah Wesolowski following the Federal Communication Commission’s (FCC) decision to require all wireless carriers to implement georouting for calls to the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline:: “Every person experiencing a mental health crisis deserves to be […]
READ MORESeptember 25, 2024
Arlington, VA – Today, the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) applauds the new steps to ensure calls to the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline are immediately connected to local resources. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that two major telecommunications carriers, Verizon and T-Mobile, will start routing cellular phone calls […]
READ MORESeptember 9, 2024
Arlington, VA — Today, the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) celebrates a major step in our decades-long advocacy to achieve true mental health parity. The Biden-Harris Administration finalized new rules around strengthening mental health parity protections, increasing accountability and enforcement mechanisms. The rules were announced today in Milwaukee, Wisc. at an event featuring leading […]
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