National Alliance on Mental Illness

Calling in Crazy: Why We Must Normalize Mental Illness

Mary Walker Baron | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: Mental Illness, Mary Walker Baron but This Is Different, Bipolar Disorder, Depression, National Alliance on Mental Illness, Mental Illness Stigma, Suicide Prevention, Schizophrenia, Mental Health, Healthy Living News
Mary Walker Baron

Throughout our lives, we travel a health-to-illness continuum, always seeking a return to wellbeing. While we acknowledge the physical realities of this continuum, it's harder to accept the emotional, cognitive and behavioral aspects.

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A Double-Edged Jobs Depression

McClatchy Newspapers | Daniel Lippman | Posted 10.16.2011

Read More: Full-Time Employee, Depression, National Alliance on Mental Illness, Mental Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Mental Health Services, Budget Cuts, Long-Term Unemployment, Mental Health Services Administration, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Jobless, American Institute for Cognitive Therapy, Contractor, Business News

Ever since the 44-year-old Germantown, Md., resident was laid off from her job as an administrator for a federal contractor in May 2009, she's sent ou...

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Arizona Shooting Increases Mental Health Awareness Across Nation

Chronicle Of Philanthropy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Arizona Shooting, Awareness, Mental Health Care, Arizona, Mental Health, Mental Health Issues, Tucson Shooting, National Alliance on Mental Illness, Impact News

Since last month's shooting in Tucson, Ariz., national nonprofit mental-health organizations have begun to undertake newly aggressive steps to lobby a...

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Obama Left Out Jared Loughner and His Mom

DJ Jaffe | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mental Illness, Bipolar Disorder, Mentally Ill, National Alliance on Mental Illness, Mental Health, Schizophrenia, Nami, Gabrielle Giffords, Jared Loughner, Barack Obama, Politics News
DJ Jaffe

I hope that we will all do as Obama asks, and be more civil. But I also think we should think about people with mental illness and what we can do for them. And let's pray for some real heroes... their Moms.

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Does the National Alliance on Mental Illness represent seriously mentally ill?

DJ Jaffe | Posted 05.25.2011

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DJ Jaffe

Pete Earley, author of Crazy, one of the best books on mental illness, recently blogged on the issue of whether pharmaceutical money drives the agenda...

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Cure mental illness by supporting these organizations

DJ Jaffe | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dna, Mentally Ill, Depression, Mental Health, Fuller Torrey, Research, Science, Bipolar, Mental Illness, Treatment Advocacy Center, Neuroscience, Bipolar Disorder, Tsunami, National Alliance on Mental Illness, Virus, Schizophrenia, Treatment, Stem Cell Research, Narsad, Nimh, Thomas Insell, Impact News
DJ Jaffe

Anyone who's been reading the papers (or me) knows that the term 'mental illness' has now lost all meaning. As the psychiatric/pharmaceutical/healthca...

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'Secret Agent L' Unmasks Identity To Further Charity Work

Posted 05.25.2011

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Until recently, Pittsburgh resident Laura Miller was known only as 'Secret Agent L' -- an elusive Good Samaritan responsible for the random gifts stra...

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A National Mental Health Funding Crisis, And Pat Quinn's Budget Isn't Helping

David Ormsby | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Governor Pat Quinn, Illinois Mental Health Care, National Alliance on Mental Illness, Illinois Budget, Illinois Human Services Commission, Michael Fitzpatrick, Lou Lang, Frank Anselmo, Community Behavioral Healthcare Association, Tony Kopera, Community Counseling Centers of Chicago, National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors, Illinois House Republicans, c4, Chicago News
David Ormsby

A national mental health funding crisis is unfolding and Governor Pat Quinn's new budget is contributing Illinois' share. According to the National A...

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Survivors Use Their Voice to Help Others Heal

Michelle Renee | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Recovery, Abuse, Mental Health, Trauma, Emotional Wellness, Violence, Healing, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Mental Illness, Health and Wellness, Nctsn, National Alliance on Mental Illness, Emotional Health, Michelle Renee, Living, Mental Illness Advocacy, Ptsd, Child Trauma, Advocacy, Mental Illness Awareness Week, Impact News
Michelle Renee

In a family driven system of care, where the voices of survivors are heard, valued and shared with other survivors, we can listen, understand and stand by one another.

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Breaking the Stigma of Mental Illness

Dr. Jon LaPook | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Mental Illness, Mental Illness Advocacy, Glenn Close, Clenn Close PSA, National Alliance on Mental Illness, Mental Illness Stigmatization, Healthy Living News
Dr. Jon LaPook

As far as I know, I don't have a single patient who is ashamed of having high blood pressure. But millions of Americans think twice about seeking help for mental illness.

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FDA Considers Caving to Scientology and Making Mental Illness Treatment Illegal

DJ Jaffe | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Church of Scientology, Mental Illness, Scientology, Depression, Mental Health, Fda, Electroshock Therapy, Schizophrenia, Scientologists, Bipolar, Psychosis, Ect, Food and Drug Administration, Electroconvulsive-Therapy, Shock Therapy, Nami, Treatment Advocacy Center, National Alliance on Mental Illness, Japan, American Psychiatric Association, Healthy Living News
DJ Jaffe

As far-fetched as it sounds, the FDA is considering making it more difficult to treat depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and psychosis.

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