April 2, 2007
Today the Archives of General Psychiatry published a study on the effectiveness of psychosocial treatments for bipolar disorder, “Psychosocial Treatments for Bipolar Disorder.”
READ MOREMarch 14, 2007
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) has released A Family Guide to Mental Health: What You Need to Know, oriented especially to African-American families affected by medical illnesses such as major depression, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.
READ MOREMarch 1, 2007
The American Journal of Psychiatry today published two studies representing the most recent installment of the "Clinical Antipsychotic Trials of Intervention Effectiveness" (CATIE) funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) in the treatment of schizophrenia.
READ MOREFebruary 26, 2007
The following is an open letter to advertisers and a list of signatories:
READ MOREFebruary 14, 2007
Less than a week after General Motors agreed to edit its advertisement featuring a robot who gets laid off and then jumps off a bridge, yet another automobile company has decided to use suicide as a marketing tool.
READ MOREFebruary 12, 2007
NAMI is proud to support the Mental Health Parity Act of 2007 and the unprecedented bipartisan agreement achieved by Senators Pete Domenici, Ted Kennedy and Mike Enzi.
READ MOREFebruary 9, 2007
Anger in the mental health and suicide prevention community has grown following a General Motors spokesperson’s statement this week that the company has received "more than a handful, but not a tsunami" of complaints over a Super Bowl ad that depicted a suicidal leap from a bridge -- and that the company intends to air the commercial again during the Academy Awards on February 25th.
READ MOREFebruary 2, 2007
First Mel Gibson. Then Michael Richards. Then Isaiah Washington.
READ MOREJanuary 30, 2007
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) will significantly expand its support group program for people with mental illnesses to all 50 states and Puerto Rico by 2009, thanks to an exclusive multi-year partnership with AstraZeneca, LP.
READ MOREJanuary 17, 2007
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), the nation’s largest grassroots organization representing individuals with serious mental illnesses and their families, has called for a federal investigation of neglect, abuse and poor medical care in Georgia’s state hospital system.
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