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NC Mental Hope News (Free subscription) | yesterday
BELLINGHAM - Northwest Washington state legislative candidates grappled with the complexities of state involuntary commitment law Thursday, Oct. 9, at a candidate forum sponsored by the Whatcom and Skagit chapters of the National Alliance on Mental Illness. Benita Bowen, president of the organization's Whatcom Chapter, noted the dangers that people with serious mental illnesses may pose to
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NC Mental Hope News (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
By Elizabeth Allen Legislative breakfasts are usually long on ideas, but attendees also got some news with their eggs at Wednesday's National Alliance on Mental Illness of San Antonio breakfast. “Within the next 60 days we intend to create a complete mental health unit,” said San Antonio Police Deputy Chief Harry Griffin, a member of the Center for Health Care Services board. Griffin said the
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NC Mental Hope News (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
The state chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness has been pushing hard for law enforcement agencies to go through specialized Community Intervention Training to equip them in dealings with the mentally ill. Bryson City Police Chief Rick Tabor said his officers were trained to handle people with mental illness as part of the Basic Law Enforcement Training that all must go through to
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NC Mental Hope News (Free subscription) | 29/09/2008
By MARTIN J. KIDSTON HELENA - As a child, Matt Kuntz lost a friend to an eating disorder. When he entered Capital High School as a teen, he lost classmates to suicide. Mental illness had always been there; it was always something he'd seen. It just wasn't an issue Kuntz stopped to consider for very long. But last spring, he watched helplessly as his stepbrother, Chris Dana, lost his battle
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Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 25/09/2008
Belle Isle will be the site of the fifth annual NAMI Walks event Sunday to benefit the National Alliance on Mental Illness in Michigan. The 5K (3.1-mile) walk starts at the Belle Isle casino at 11 a.m., with on-site registration beginning at 9:30.
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Kentucky Law Review (Free subscription) | 19/09/2008
A thousand pardons to Professor Jones and the UofL Law School for missing a posting to promote the NAMI walk on Sept. 13, but hopefully the following post from their web site which includes the upcoming talk in October will help some:Mental illness affects 1 in 5 Americans, yet those who suffer from it are the most stigmatized group in the nation. NAMI—the National Alliance on Mental Illness—works...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 17/09/2008
ARLINGTON, Va., Sept. 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) has established a special fund to provide relief to individuals and families affected by serious mental illnesses in Louisiana and
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Mental Motes. (Free subscription) | 01/09/2008
I know that I am not alone in believing that better health care could and should be provided to those living with mental illness. In fact, earlier today I read a comment from a woman, who was talking about the terrible conditions of the State Hospitals that she herself had suffered. I recommended to her that she should keep telling her tale, because unless we speak out, this sometimes deadly treatment...
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Today's Tribune-Review (Free subscription) | 11/08/2008
The Washington County chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness will start a 12-week series of classes for families of persons diagnosed with serious mental illnesses.
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NC Mental Hope News (Free subscription) | 03/07/2008
RALEIGH - July 2 - The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) awarded its 2008 Philip and Sarah Francoeur Award to the partnership between the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) and the North Carolina Housing Finance Agency (NCHFA) at the NAMI National Conference in Orlando, Fla., last month. For more than 20 years, NAMI has given this award for achievement in
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 25/06/2008
WASHINGTON, June 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) applauded legislation introduced today by Senators Gordon Smith (OR) and Chris Dodd (CT) and Representa...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
ARLINGTON, Va., June 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Twice as many Americans live with schizophrenia than with HIV/AIDS, but a major report by the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) reveals most Americans are unfamiliar with the disease. To view the Mult...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 27/05/2008
SAN FRANCISCO - The cost of untreated mental illness is more than $100 billion dollars annually in the United States. Unnecessary disability, unemployment, substance abuse, homelessness, inappropriate incarceration, suicide and wasted lives are the result of untreated mental illness. Because
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Channel 7 News (Free subscription) | 25/05/2008
Supporters put on their walking shoes Saturday morning for the National Alliance of Mental Illness for "Nami."
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NC Mental Hope News (Free subscription) | 15/05/2008
Bernie Bliss Guest Columnist May 14, 2008 May is Mental Health Month. Many of you know that NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) is an organization of families who have a member with mental illness. NAMI Colorado and our Weld County Affiliate are part of the network of NAMI. Did you know that attention deficit-hyperactivity in children (ADHD), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD),
