December 10, 2001
The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) is rated as one of the nation's "100 Best Charities" by Worthmagazine-in a cover story that appears on newsstands this week.
READ MORENovember 29, 2001
The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI), with 220,000 members and 1200 state and local affiliates nationwide, is - proud to stand with Senators Pete Domenici (R-NM) and Paul Wellstone (D-MN), Mrs. Rosalyn Carter, and others in support of S 543, the Mental Health Equitable Treatment Act.
READ MORENovember 28, 2001
On the eve of a news conference with former First Lady Rosalyn Carter at the U.S. Capitol (Nov. 29 at 11AM), the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI)) says that the fate of legislation strengthening health insurance parity for mental illnesses lies in the hands of only a few key leaders in the House of Representatives.
READ MORENovember 14, 2001
The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) has called on state legislators in Michigan to refrain from adopting a Medicaid drug formulary plan that would place strict restrictions on consumer access to certain medicines.
READ MORENovember 14, 2001
The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) has called on state legislators in Michigan to refrain from adopting a Medicaid drug formulary plan that would place strict restrictions on consumer access to certain medicines.
READ MOREOctober 31, 2001
Late yesterday, the United States Senate passed an amendment to the FY2002 Labor, Health &, Human Services, and Education (Labor-HHS) Appropriations bill, based on the Mental Health Equitable Treatment Act (S.543), introduced by Senators Pete Domenici (R-NM) and Paul Wellstone (D-MN).
READ MOREOctober 29, 2001
Since 1996, Steven E. Hyman, M.D. has served with distinction as a brilliant, dynamic, outspoken director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), presiding over an agency with more than 1,000 scientists and budget of $1.2 billion. He will be a hard act for anyone to follow.
READ MOREOctober 23, 2001
British health officials offered formal apologies to the Harrisons and Abram, who remains detained in a secure facility.
READ MOREOctober 4, 2001
The report is the culmination of WHO's year-long campaign on mental health, and marks the first time in the organization's history that World Health Day and the World Health Report were both dedicated to a single topic - mental health and mental illnesses.
READ MORESeptember 17, 2001
But even when a person with a mental illness knows the basic difference between right and wrong, the twisted logic and confusion of psychosis-which may include delusions and hallucinations-still may convince them that wrong is right, and that doing the unthinkable is what needs to be done.
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text “helpline” to 62640, or chat online. In a crisis, call or text 988 (24/7).
