May 25, 2006
NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) received the news today that Charles Curie, administrator of the federal Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), intends to resign, effective August 5, 2006.
READ MOREMay 19, 2006
The president of the National Alliance on Mental Illness today warned Congress that President Bush's proposed $9 million cut in the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) budget will erode progress in finding new treatments for schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and major depression—condemning millions of Americans to chronic disability.
READ MOREMay 10, 2006
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) has expanded its "FaithNet" outreach program for faith comm unities with the inauguration of a new Web site, NAMI FaithNet.
READ MOREMay 4, 2006
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) today applauded the U.S. Senate's adoption of an amendment offered by Senator Mary Landrieu of Louisiana that provides $100 million to help people with mental illnesses and other disabilities in Louisiana and Mississippi affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
READ MOREMarch 23, 2006
The New England Journal of Medicine has released two keystone studies on the treatment of major depression that are important to consumers, families and physicians.
READ MOREMarch 2, 2006
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) has called on the New York state legislature to investigate the state Office of Mental Health (OMH) after its refusal to participate in a national survey of state mental healthcare systems released this week.
READ MOREMarch 1, 2006
The United States gets a D grade in helping adults with serious mental illnesses, according to the first state-by-state report on the nation's mental healthcare system in more than 15 years.
READ MOREJanuary 31, 2006
Amnesty International’s report today on people with serious mental illnesses and the death penalty represents a compelling step forward in making the case that profound injustice exists at the most painful intersection of the mental healthcare and criminal justice systems in America.
READ MOREJanuary 5, 2006
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) has released the initial results of the largest clinical trial for depression.
READ MOREDecember 8, 2005
NAMI's heart goes out to the family of Rigoberto Alpizar and to the marshals involved in the shooting, who we know must be profoundly affected by this tragedy.
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