JSOnline (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
Greg Jennings was doing a promotional presentation at Miller Park in Milwaukee when two women marched right up to him and asked him for his phone number. They were members of the National Alliance on Mental Illness. They wanted his support, but Jennings had never heard of the organization.
MultiCultClassics (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
From The Los Angeles Times… Center helps Asian Americans combat mental illness Among challenges: The subject is nearly taboo in many Asian countries, and research in this country tends to lump the diverse group into one ethnic category. By Ching-Ching Ni Since she was a teenager, Stella Ho has wrestled with fainting spells, seizures and suicidal tendencies. Doctors in her native Hong Kong struggled...
Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
When Brian Cardall died, the Hurricane Police Department had not received the crisis intervention training the state's mental health advocacy organization sees as critical, according to Sherri Wittwer, executive director of the National Alliance on Mental Illness in Utah.
PTSD After Childbirth (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Celebrating the Fourth In Our Nation's Capital What better place to celebrate the Fourth of July than in our nation's capital! Washington's celebration of Independence Day - known locally as A Capitol Fourth -- opens with day-long performances on the National Mall by some of the country's top musicians and ends with a spectacular fireworks display over the Washington Monument accompanied by a live...
greylocknews (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
The National Alliance on Mental Illness of Berkshire County invites its members and the community to participate in our annual holiday collection and distribution of gift bags to the patients in the hospital psychiatric wards at Berkshire Medical Center and...
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Americans do not believe they know much about depression , but are highly aware of the risks of not receiving care, according to a survey released today by the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). See full survey results at http://www.nami.org/depression.
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
ARLINGTON, VA (MARKET WIRE) Americans do not believe they know much about depression, but are highly aware of the risks of not receiving care, according to a survey released by the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI).
Green Mountain Daily - Front Page (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
(cross-posted from Beyond VSH blog , here ) From an advocate's e-mail concerning a press conference, followed by a protest, planned for Friday, November 6, 2009 at the Vermont State House beginning at 12:15 PM: On Friday, Nov. 6 at 12:15, a coalition of organizations opposed to the closing of the Vermont State Hospital canteen will hold a press conference at the Statehouse in the Cedar Creek room,...
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
On Thursday this week, House Democratic leaders presented a new health care overhaul bill that melds legislation passed by three committees over the summer and makes a series of changes to accommodate lawmakers' concerns. In the Senate, Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is finalizing legislation merging the work of two committees, Finance and Health, Education, Labor & Pensions (HELP).
Reno Gazette Journal (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
Members of the local National Alliance on Mental Illness recently contributed $10,000 to the Reno Police Department's Mobile Outreach Safety Team, funding that will go toward maintaining and equipping a special van used to transport the mentally ill and homeless to area services.
Health Care Renewal (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
A recent article by Gardner Harris in the New York Times focused on the financial links among health care corporations and not-for-profit disease (or patient) advocacy groups. A majority of the donations made to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, one of the nation’s most influential disease advocacy groups, have come from drug makers in recent years, according to Congressional investigators....
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
ARLINGTON, VA (MARKET WIRE) As Halloween approaches, the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) is issuing a Halloween "stigma alert" for costumes and other seasonal attractions that feature inaccurate and offensive stereotypes regarding those with mental health illnesses.
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) applauds the commitment by National Public Radio to devote time to the ongoing and important topic of mental illness through their recent show "Colleges See Rise In Mental Health Issues," which highlighted the dramatic increase in the number of students with mental illness on the nation's college and university campuses.
Beyond Meds (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
I’m on Vera Sharav’s mailing list and asked permission today to reprint what she sent out today. Thank you Vera. ALLIANCE FOR HUMAN RESEARCH PROTECTION A Catalyst for Public Debate: Promoting Openness, Full Disclosure, and Accountability Senator Charles Grassley has hit the bull’s eye when he asked the NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) to submit financial documents showing...
Policy and Medicine (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
The National Alliance for Mental Illness (NAMI) is one of the nation’s best organizations. Founded by relatives (parents and spouses) of those with mental illness, over the years they have been perhaps one of the most effective groups in helping...
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