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There’s a Startling Increase in Major Depression Among Teens in the U.S.

Posted on November 15, 2016

TIME Magazine

The number of teens with depression is increasing, but the number getting help is not. NAMI is involved seeking support in schools.

How Can I Afford Mental Health Care?

Posted on November 11, 2016

New York Magazine

A lot of health-insurance plans have what are called “phantom networks” that claim to cover your needs, but fall short when help is needed. That's also the focus of a NAMI survey report released the same week as this story. (See press release).

A soldier battling PTSD reported that he wanted to hurt his commanders. They disciplined him.

Posted on November 6, 2016

The Baltimore Sun

Thr Departmenyt of Defense's policy toward mental health coniditions is inconsistent, even as it tries to eliminate  stigma that discourages people from seeking help  The military still has much work to do.  "e've barely scratched the surface.

A surprising story about mental illness

Posted on November 2, 2016

The News Review

A man who has lived with schizophrenia for 11 year experiences a turn for the better thanks to practical application of NAMI's Engagement Initiative, defined as “winning and keeping trust, expressing that you care.” The story illustrates how NAMI works.

A surprising story about mental illness

Posted on November 2, 2016

News-Review

A story that involves NAMI's national Engagement Report and a view from the grassroots in Rosburg, Oregon. 

Engagement is defined as “winning and keeping trust, expressing that you care.”

Opening Up About Mental Illness:

Posted on October 30, 2016

Hollywood A-listers, TV, and movies are dealing frankly with issues once hidden. NAMI's National Director of Communications & Public Affairs Katrina Gays offers three reasons.

A Cruel Trick on the Mentally Ill

Posted on October 28, 2016

U.S. News & World Report

Do we like  to scare people with other medical treatments such as chemotherapy or dialysis? NAMI CEO Mary Giliberti explains why stigmatizing Halloween costumes and haunted asylum attractions are public health problems.

Halloween attractions use mental illness to scare us. Here’s why advocates say it must stop

Posted on October 25, 2016

Washington Post

This storye--featured on page A3 of the Post and as the tabloid cover story for The Washington Express  distributed in Metro stations throughout the DC area--desribes  NAMI's Halloween Horrors campaign. It quotes NAMI CEO Mary Giliberti and several of NAMI's grassroots advocates.

Should Dallas officers who survived ambush be required to undergo counseling?

Posted on July 11, 2016

Dallas Morning News

Shootings, natural disasters and terrorist attacks affect first rresponders as surely as civilians. In the wake of the Dallas tragedy that left five police officers dead, the chief of police is responding tomental health concerns. NAMI's report on police mental health, released in April with the Department of Justice, is now being cited as a warning that  too few police agencies have prepared to support personnel who experience psychological fallout from mass casualty events.

Commentary: Minority Mental Health Month highlights urgent need

Posted on July 10, 2016

Greenville Online (South Carolina)

NAMI and Alpha Kappa Alpha chapters natiowide are working together to increase mental health awareness in the African American community. African Americans comprise 12 percent of the population — the second-largest ethnic minority group in the United States — but they often receive disproportionately less and lower quality care than other communities for both medical and mental health services