May 31, 2000
The Vice-President has renewed his commitment today through announcement of a broad initiative for improved mental health care coverage.
READ MOREMay 25, 2000
The National Alliance for the Mentally (NAMI) is pleased to support the legislation introduced today by Senators Pete Domenici (R-NM) and Ted Kennedy (D-MA) to provide for greater treatment of mental illnesses.
READ MOREMay 18, 2000
The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) supports S. 796, the Mental Health Equitable Treatment Act, and recognizes the progress that today's hearing by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions (HELP) represents.
READ MOREMay 16, 2000
The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill today honored 52 psychiatrists with its 2000 NAMI Exemplary Psychiatrists Award during the annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association in Chicago.
READ MOREMay 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."
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