NAMI News

Learn how the growing momentum in early and first episode psychosis programs is changing the way mental health conditions are being identified and treated in communities.

The House Energy & Commerce Committee passed 21st Century Cures on May 21— a bipartisan bill designed to push for the development of new therapies for diseases that are not being treated successfully. 

NAMI is proud to honor 17 psychiatrists from 10 states with Exemplary Psychiatrists Awards for 2015.

NAMI joins a campaign to help make sure Health Insurance Marketplace plans have better patient protections.

The U.S. Supreme Court today decided in City and County Of San Francisco v. Sheehan that police acted reasonably in a confrontation with Teresa Sheehan, a woman living with mental illness who wielded a knife,  shooting her three times. Today’s decision leaves open the ADA question, which in fact may not need to be addressed if future tragedies can be averted.

Learn how Opening Doors to Recovery (ODR) is changing the way mental health is treated in the criminal justice system in Georgia.

The way things stand now, if you decide to transition out of service and into veteran status, your medication might not transfer with you. This is unacceptable. Contact your member of Congress and ask them to co-sponsor H.R. 2123 the Enhancing Veterans Access to Treatment Act. 

A group of U.S. Senators call for action to ensure transparency and mental health parity in Affordable Care Act insurance plans. 

To support Mental Health Month, the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) and the philosophy hope & grace initiative are joining forces to launch the StigmaFree campaign.

Last week, a bipartisan group of legislators introduced the Comprehensive Justice and Mental Health Act of 2015 in both the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives which will help people with mental illness who are caught up in the criminal justice system.