March 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.
READ MOREDecember 3, 2005
Reaction to the nation’s first Surgeon General’s Report on Mental Health
READ MORENovember 29, 2005
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) applauds ABC-TV affiliate stations, which at their discretion will broadcast the documentary, Shadow Voices: Finding Hope in Mental Illness, beginning Sunday, December 4th and running through February 4th
READ MORENovember 9, 2005
In a typical high school classroom, three students - one boy and two girls - have attempted suicide over the past year.
READ MORENovember 1, 2005
In 1999, the landmark U.S. Surgeon General Report on Mental Health documented barriers to treatment. Two years ago, President Bush’s New Freedom Commission on Mental Health called for transformation of a fragmented “system in shambles.”
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