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PTSD After Childbirth (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
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...
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greylocknews (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
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...
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Green Mountain Daily - Front Page (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
(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,...
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Beyond Meds (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
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...
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Policy and Medicine (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
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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Pharmalot (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
Last week, the National Alliance on Mental Illness vowed to lessen its ties to the pharmaceutical industry after a US Senate Finance Committee probe found the most donations to the big advocacy group came from drug makers. Since then, documents have surfaced indicating the extent to which NAMI cavorted with one drug maker, AstraZeneca (see [...]
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
ARLINGTON, VA -- 10/26/09 -- The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) is joining advocates from across the nation in asking President Obama to make medical research for improving health care a priority and support robust funding for the Natio..
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
ARLINGTON, VA -- 10/26/09 -- 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 ..
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Green Mountain Daily - Front Page (Free subscription) | 24/10/2009
Cross posted from Beyond VSH : Yesterday's New York Times covers an issue that Vermont patients' rights advocates have been trying to address for years. NAMI, a national organization that attacks the patients' rights movement and the very concept that anyone would have the right to refuse treatment by labeling mental illnesses as "brain diseases", received almost $23 million from the drug...
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World of Psychology (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
As we noted in April, NAMI gets a significant portion of its funding from pharmaceutical companies. We had to guess at what that percentage was, however, because the National Alliance for Mental Illness (NAMI) refused to detail their pharmaceutical ... ...
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Pharmalot (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
A majority of donations made to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, a big advocacy group, have come from drug makers in recent years, according to Congressional investigators. The disclosure comes after protracted criticism of NAMI for coordinating lobbying efforts with drug makers and pushing legislation that also benefits the pharma industry, The New [...]
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Postpartum Progress (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
Several national mental health advocacy organizations have joined together to support a new campaign to end mental health stigma called "Bring Change 2 Mind." BringChange2Mind.org was created by actress Glenn Close and Fountain House, where Glenn volunteered in order to learn more about mental illness, from which both her sister and nephew suffer. Their goal is to provide quick and easy access...
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The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 06/10/2009
If the stigma attached to mental illness is going to end any time soon, it will be because of people like Sharon Dunas, president of the National Alliance on Mental Illness for the Westside of Los Angeles.
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Postpartum Progress (Free subscription) | 05/10/2009
Here's to your mental health! This is Mental Illness Awareness Week (Oct. 4-10), in case you didn't know. This special annual event is led by the National Alliance on Mental Illness in the US. It is also held in Canada, coordinated by the Canadian Alliance on Mental Illness and Mental Health. Part of this weeklong event is National Depression Screening Day on October 8th. To find a screening location...
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Blog Town, PDX (Free subscription) | 05/10/2009
An alliance of four Mental Health groups plans to call Thursday for the resignation of the three Portland police officers involved in the death in custody of James Chasse, a man with schizophrenia, back in 2006. The National Alliance on Mental Illness, Disability Rights Oregon, the Mental Health Association of Oregon and the Mental Health Association of Portland plan a joint press conference on Thursday...
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