The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) believes the best response to a person in a mental health crisis is connection ...

This episode is part of NAMI’s recognition of International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples on Saturday, August 9.

Thank you to our partners who helped support our 2021 National Mood Disorder Survey to better understand the experiences of people with mood disorders and their family members.

Georouting Contacts to the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline Where We Stand NAMI believes people in mental health crisis deserve a mental health response. NAMI supports public policies and laws that ...

NAMI believes that all people should have the right to make their own decisions about mental health treatment. However, in rare instances where voluntary engagement is not possible, NAMI supports ...

NAMI urges investment in proven mental health solutions over involuntary treatment in response to a new federal Executive Order.

When I first taught NAMI’s Family-to-Family course in 2014, my co-teacher (who was a 25-year NAMI state leader and classroom teacher) introduced me to a word I’d never heard of: anosognosia. When she ...

Anxiety and fear are words often used interchangeably, but they are not the same. Fear is one of the seven core emotions on the Change Triangle, the practical tool I use to teach emotion education.

Most people in the mental health community are aware of how prevalent serious mental illness is: one in 10 is living with either schizophrenia, major depressive disorder or bipolar disorder. And as ...

NAMI Next Gen is an advisory group made up of a diverse group of 10 young adults aged 18-25 with the sole intention of helping youth and young adults across the nation affected by mental health ...

As we enter a new decade, it’s important to remember that early NAMI pioneers were up against a society that didn’t understand, let alone talk about, mental illness. People with mental illness and ...

At times, I need to talk honestly and directly about my depression. It’s hard, but my recovery depends on it. Then, after a while, I need a break. For me, the best break is something that makes me ...