Health Care Outcomes in States Influenced by Coverage, Disparities
Posted on February 28, 2017
U.S. News & World Report
Across the board, states don't fare well on mental health.
READ MOREMental Illness, Untreated Behind Bars
Posted on February 27, 2017
New York Times editorial
At a White House meeting, a member of the National Sheriffs’ Association brought up an urgent problem: the nation's mental hsa. Trump acknowledged that “prison should not be a substitute for treatment” and said his administration would try to address this challenge.
Depression top cause of disability, strikes young and old
Posted on February 26, 2017
Reuters
The World Health Organization ls running a campaign to tackle stigma and misconceptions called "Depression: Let's Talk." Global economic losses exceed $1 trillion a year.
How Depression Has–and Hasn’t–Become Normalized
Posted on February 26, 2017
Science of Us
Young adults are more accepting of mental illness than their parents. 60% of American college-aged adults believe that seeing a mental health professional is a “sign of strength.”
READ MOREWhy Mental Illness Can Fuel Physical Disease
Posted on February 23, 2017
TIME
Studies are finding mind-body connections between depression and strokes, heart disease, dabetes, arthritis and psoriasis.
READ MOREThe Road To Recovery
Posted on February 16, 2017
Hartford Courant
Claire Bien and Rebecca McCann talk about their struggles and recovery from mental illness as part of NAMI's In Our Own Voice community education program IOOV helps to eliminate the stigma associated with mental health conditions. Bien is the author of Hearing Voices, Living Fully.
READ MOREHigh-dose B vitamins can effectively reduce schizophrenia symptoms, research finds
Posted on February 16, 2017
Medical Life Sciences News
The first meta-analysis on this topic could be an important advance, given that new treatments for this condition are so desperately needed.
READ MOREDepression may be our brain’s way of telling us to stop and solve a problem
Posted on February 15, 2017
Business Insider
As fascinating as evolutionary explanations are, it's hard to prove they are correct, especially if they haven't yet been reinforced by other research. The idea that depression might be a biological adaptation rather than a mental disorder is not the consensus of the mental-health community. And even if the hypothesis is correct, it's likely incomplete and doesn't explain all facets of depression.
READ MOREPsychiatric drugs haven’t improved for decades. So researchers are scouring the brain for leads
Posted on February 15, 2017
STAT
Even when the mechanism of a brain disease is better understood, it’ll still be a very long road to better treatments.
READ MOREMedicaid: A vital lifeline for mental health care
Posted on February 14, 2017
The Hill
NAMI CEO Mary Gilibart's commentary warns that Congress is considering changes to Medicaid that could set back the cause of improving mental health care and deny care to millions of Americans with mental illness. Medicaid is the most important funder of services for people with mental illness. About one-third of people added to Medicaid in the states that have expanded the program live with a mental illness or substance use condition.
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