NAMI urges the Senate to reject harmful Medicaid and SNAP cuts in the House budget bill that threaten millions of Americans' ...

Today, the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) released a statement expressing alarm following the newly released ...

Exposure to traumatic events can have long-lasting mental health impacts on individuals and their families. Join NAMI for a panel discussion on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), sharing lived ...

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A trigger, sometimes referred to as a stressor, is an action or situation that can lead to an adverse emotional reaction. In the context of mental illness, referring to triggers usually means ...

The stigma associated with mental illness is now called “sanism.” Just like racism or sexism, it is a form of oppression and discrimination. And there is a lot of sanism and misinformation surrounding ...

I remember the first time I asked a client if they were having thoughts of suicide. I was scared. It felt intrusive. And somewhere in the back of my mind, I didn’t really want to know. I wasn’t sure ...

Many of us who care for someone with a mental illness have heard these words before. We’ve watched friends and family members battle the pain and challenges, and we’ve worried for their safety when ...

As intuitive as the term “dual diagnosis” may seem, it actually doesn’t mean having two mental health conditions. Dual diagnosis (also referred to as a co-occurring disorder) is a term used when ...

Mental health heavily influences our quality of life. So it makes sense that mental health, just like physical health, needs to be taken care of and maintained. And one way that it can be maintained ...

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