Posted on August 23, 2018
Chicago Sun-Times
Discusses the benefit of joining a support group to not feel so isolated and mentions contacting NAMI via website or helpline for more information.
READ MOREPosted on August 21, 2018
CNN
Discusses how a daughter is determined to take her family's anguish and use it for good by advocating on behalf of other farmers who may be in crisis before it’s too late for them.
READ MOREPosted on August 19, 2018
Sacramento Bee
Discusses the uses of deadly force by police officers in cases involving individuals with mental illness and alternative non-lethal ways of handling the situation.
READ MOREPosted on August 15, 2018
Healthline
Discusses how traveling can create additional risks for people with a serious mental illness and provides tips that may help.
READ MOREPosted on August 3, 2018
CNBC
Discusses the rise in benzodiazepines prescriptions that overdose deaths involving benzodiazepines have quadrupled between 2002 and 2015, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
READ MOREPosted on August 3, 2018
Morning Consult
Opinoin piece on the issue of parity that points out the discrepancy between physical and behavioral health claims, and underscores the unfair and illegal nature of the insurance industry’s actions.
READ MOREPosted on August 3, 2018
Washington Post
Opinion piece by Kate Farinholt, Executive Director, NAMI Maryland; Jean Harris, Executive Director, NAMI DC and Rhonda Thissen, Executive Director, NAMI Virginia discusses the importance of enforcing mental health parity which requires that health-insurance plans provide the same coverage for treatment of mental illness and addiction as for physical ailments.
READ MOREPosted on June 12, 2017
Readers' Digest
NAMI's HelpLine manager is iinterviewed about coping mechanisms than can help people with anxiety disorders.
READ MOREPosted on June 8, 2017
Patient EngagementHIT
In a study published in Psychological Science in the Public Interest, Patrick Corrigan of the Illinois Institute of Technology reported that about 40 percent of the 60 million patients suffering from mental illness go without treatment. Perceived stigma is a significant barrier for patients seeking mental healthcare. Other barriers include lack of knowledge about mental healthcare, inability to recognize symptoms in one’s self, and inability to identify adequate healthcare resources for mental health symptoms.
READ MOREPosted on June 4, 2017
New York Times
Playing for the Red Sox in the 1950s, Jimmy Piersall, daignosed with bipolar disorder, was one of the first celebrities to strike stigma out. He is included on NAMI's "Famous People Poster" available through the website's NAMI Store.
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