April 15, 2016
NAMI has issued a statement in response to a decision by the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) to recommend to Congress adverse changes in cost-sharing provisions for low-income persons under Medicare Part D.
READ MOREMarch 17, 2016
NAMI welcomes the committee's action as another step forward in the process leading to enactment of bipartisan comprehensive mental health reform.
READ MOREFebruary 23, 2016
At least 8.4 million Americans are providing care to an adult with an emotional or mental health issue, and nearly three quarters report that caregiving causes high emotional stress, finds a new study from the National Alliance for Caregiving in collaboration with Mental Health America and the National Alliance on Mental Illness.
READ MOREFebruary 10, 2016
NAMI warned the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee that criminalization of people living with mental illness has reached "crisis proportions" and called for support of the Mental Health and Safe Communities Act.
READ MOREJanuary 27, 2016
President Obama ordered a ban on the use of solitary confinement for juveniles and sharp limits on its use for people with serious mental illness.
READ MOREDecember 18, 2015
Mary Giliberti, executive director of the NAMI issued the following statement praising the House and Senate for their work in reaching agreement on the federal budget bill for 2016.
READ MOREDecember 8, 2015
NAMI’s third annual report on state legislation that took place across the country in 2015 found lots of good news, but unfortunately some bad news as well.
READ MORENovember 6, 2015
Congress moves forward with mental health reform legislation that focuses on the needs of NAMI's members as well as many people who are affected by mental health conditions.
READ MOREOctober 27, 2015
NAMI, NYAPRS, Bazelon, DBSA, APA and MHA sent this letter to ABC President Paul Lee asking them to remove this episode and to air another Halloween-themed Modern Family episode in its place.
READ MOREOctober 27, 2015
ABC decides to re-air a Modern Family Halloween episode that depicts a stigmatizing 'insane asylum' despite NAMI's backlash for the original airing one year ago.
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