In The News

Pre-existing conditions, high-risk pools and unicorn saddles

Posted on May 10, 2017

Independent Record (Helena

Montana)

Commentary by NAMI Montana executive director Matt Kuntz: "High-risk pools were about as valuable for the families I served as unicorn saddless. I was never able to get anyone into a high-risk pool."

‘Alarming’ rise in children hospitalized with suicidal thoughts or actions

Posted on May 5, 2017

CNN

According to new research, the percentage of young children and teens hospitalized for suicidal thoughts or actions in the United States has doubled over nearly a decade, 

The future of mental health care

Posted on May 4, 2017

Federal News Radio

NAMI's senior polcy counsel Ron Honberg is interviewed about the Congressional debate over heath care and the implications for mental health--and other issues.                        (60 minutes in length).

For Families of Teens at Suicide Risk, ‘13 Reasons’ Raises Concerns

Posted on May 1, 2017

New York Times

A rising chorus of mental health experts contend that too many of the show’s messages on suicide are inaccurate and potentially dangerous.

Raise the bar: Seek justice for those with mental illness

Posted on April 9, 2017

Florida Sun-Sentinel

Commentary by NAMI CEO Mary Giliberti on the prison death of Darrell Rainey.

Does the Death Penalty Target People Who Are Mentally Ill? We Checked

Posted on April 3, 2017

Washington Post

People who are executed have a far higher rate of mental illness than does the general public. Suicidal tendencies are particularly common

A onetime golden boy lost to the grip of mental illness

Posted on April 2, 2017

Philly.com

"That's what the early stages of mental illness are like, It's as if you're trying to find your way home again." Her 2011 memoir, Circles Around the Sun: In Search of a Lost Brother, focused on his struggle with schizophrenia.

Climate change contributes to mental illness

Posted on March 30, 2017

Popular Science

According to a report by the American Psychological Association and two other groups, an increasing number of climate-related disasters are affecting mental health.

Doctor and Patient Advocates Sound Louder Warnings as Trump and GOP Push Obamacare Repeal

Posted on March 22, 2017

Los Angeles Times

NAMI called the legislation “life threatening,” cautioning that it would “destroy countless hopes for recovery.” The coalition of 87 patient and physician groups told congressional leaders that the ill “could be devastating to people with serious diseases.”

10 Silent Signs You Could Have Postpartum Depression

Posted on March 20, 2017

Readers' Digest

It's more than the "baby blues." postpartum depression is a serious condition that affects one in nine women.