May 12, 2000
The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) has joined with the newly established Center for the Advancement of Children’s Mental Health to announce the creation of a national center dedicated to improving identification, assessment and treatment practices for children with mental disorders.
READ MOREMay 11, 2000
Yesterday, the House and Senate Appropriations Committees began action on the Presidents FY 2001 budget request for the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and the Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS).
READ MOREMay 2, 2000
Massachusetts Governor Paul Cellucci today signed into law the nation's 31st state statute requiring health insurance plans to provide parity of coverage for mental illnesses.
READ MOREApril 28, 2000
The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI), the nation's leading grassroots advocacy organization solely dedicated to improving the lives of people with severe mental illnesses, will host its annual convention June 14-18, 2000 in San Diego, California.
READ MOREApril 25, 2000
Two more states have moved to join the widening majority nationwide that have enacted laws to require parity for mental illnesses in health insurance plans.
READ MOREApril 12, 2000
After only two episodes, ABC Television has announced that Wonderland is being taken off the air and put into "hiatus."
READ MOREApril 6, 2000
ABC Television has advised the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) that it will add an epilogue to tonight's episode of Wonderland, which includes a graphic suicide scene-but it will not include precautions against the risk of increased suicides in communities where the show airs.
READ MOREApril 5, 2000
A news release yesterday about the Mental Health Coalition Against Stigma in Hollywood inadvertently listed the American Association of Community Psychiatrists (AACP) as the Association of Adolescent & Child Psychiatrists.
READ MOREApril 4, 2000
The Mental Health Coalition Against Stigma in Hollywood today called on ABC to warn Wonderland viewers about a graphic suicide scene in Thursday (April 6th) night's episode.
READ MOREApril 3, 2000
The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) has contacted companies that sponsored the premiere of ABC’sWonderland, asking them to pull support for the program because the show "reinforces ignorance and stigma" toward mental illness through "a sensational and one-dimensional portrayal that reduces people with mental illness to caricatures or stereotypes—subjects of humor or derision."
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text “helpline” to 62640, or chat online. In a crisis, call or text 988 (24/7).
