January 23, 2001
Weston is incompetent to stand trial. Treatment of his illness with medication potentially will make him well enough not only to be tried and convicted, but also executed, even though he was deeply ill at the time the tragic crime occurred.
READ MOREJanuary 22, 2001
The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) has inaugurated a new design for its award-winning Web site, www.nami.org, which draws approximately 700,000 distinct visitors per month—an increase of more than 130 percent from two years ago.
READ MOREJanuary 3, 2001
On January 3, 2001, the U.S. Surgeon General will release a report indicating that the nation faces a public crisis in mental healthcare for children and adolescents. Institutions and systems created to take care of children are failing them instead.
READ MOREJanuary 1, 2001
The U.S. Surgeon General's national action agenda on children's mental health released earlier today is an unprecedented document. It is only the second Surgeon General's report devoted to mental illness, and the first to focus specifically on the urgent, unmet needs of children and adolescents.
READ MOREDecember 18, 2000
It is perhaps the most misunderstood illness in America. If all television portrayals were this good, however, life might be different.
READ MOREDecember 1, 2000
Nancy C. Andreasen, M.D., Ph.D., chair of psychiatry at the University of Iowa School of Medicine, tonight will be one of only twelve persons across all areas of science honored with the National Medal of Science.
READ MORENovember 8, 2000
NAMI is greatly disappointed that Maine voters have chosen to reject the proposed amendment to the state constitution that would have removed a prohibition of the right to vote for people with mental illnesses subject to guardianship orders.
READ MOREOctober 17, 2000
After 16 years of exemplary service to people with severe mental illnesses and their families, Laurie Flynn has announced to the NAMI board that she intends to resign as NAMI's executive director, effective December 31, 2000.
READ MOREOctober 13, 2000
Productivity is on the rise at the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) thanks to a $17,000 donation of Net services software from Novell, Inc.
READ MOREOctober 10, 2000
Each scientist has contributed to a revolution in our understanding of the brain and its chemical mechanisms, which has opened the door to more effective treatments for schizophrenia and depression.
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