NAMI News

On Wednesday, September 23, 2020, NAMI celebrated the U.S. House of Representatives’ unanimous passage of a landmark bipartisan bill, S. 785, The Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act. Read More.

Today, the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed a landmark bipartisan bill, S. 785, The Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act, which previously passed the Senate. Read More.

On Monday, Sept. 21, NAMI celebrated the passage of S. 2661: the National Suicide Hotline Designation Act of 2020. The bill establishes the plan to implement a universal three-digit number, 9-8-8, for mental health crises and suicide prevention. Read More.

Yesterday, Congress passed S. 2661, the National Suicide Hotline Designation Act of 2020, which will head to the President’s desk to be signed into law. Read More.

NAMI received four Brandon Hall Group HCM Excellence Awards for our NAMI Basics OnDemand education program. The Excellence in Learning Awards recognize the best organizations that have successfully deployed programs and tools that have achieved measurable results.
 

Today, NAMI announced it has joined the Accelerating Medicines Partnership (AMP) Schizophrenia (SCZ), which brings together NIH, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and multiple non-profit and private organizations to work toward meeting the urgent need for early therapeutic interventions for people at risk of developing schizophrenia. Read More.

To help voters across the country, NAMI is pleased to announce the launch of a new website, Vote4MentalHealth.org, that provides information on how to ask candidates about their positions on important issues, updates on how to cast a ballot and reminders for key voting dates in a voter’s state. Read More.

Register for NAMI's Youth Speak: "I’m a young adult and I #Vote4MentalHealth" webinar on Tuesday, September 15, 2020 at 4:00 p.m. ET.

NAMI today released a statement on the killing of Daniel Prude from its CEO, Daniel H. Gillison, Jr.
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Register for NAMI's Ask the Expert Webinar: Eating for Better Mental Health on Thursday, September 10, 2020 at 4:00 p.m. ET. Read More.