How can we prevent bipolar disorder from sticking around for a lifetime? Dr. Manpreet Singh is keen to answer this question starting with..
RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY NAMI is committed to ensuring that the most effective treatments for mental illness are available to those who need them. Determining which treatments are most effective requires research. When NAMI is approached to be involved in research of any type, at any level, we take it very seriously. NAMI’s Chief Medical Officer Dr.…
The holiday season is supposed to be a time full of joy, parties and gatherings with friends and families. But the holidays can be a difficult time for many persons dealing with: Personal Grief, Loneliness, Illnesses of all Kinds, Economic Concerns, Separation From Family Members and Relationship Issues Like Separation or Divorce. We talk…
I. If you feel blue during the holiday season instead of joyous or warm and fuzzy, you are not alone. Give yourself grace for however you are feeling and try not to be down on yourself if you find it hard to muster up the jolly feeling others expect you to have. May the God…
By Moryt Milo Life has a funny way of testing one’s mettle. Marjorie Baldwin, then professor at East Carolina University, never imagined her years of research in employment discrimination toward those with disabilities would turn personal. Yet that’s exactly what happened fourteen years into her career when her son was diagnosed with schizophrenia. Baldwin’s work…
Father Brendan McGuire, St. Simon Catholic Church, Los Altos, CA Illness to Wellness: I to We “Master, I want to see.” Irony is defined as the deliberate use of opposites or contradiction to emphasize or to make a point. Life seems to have a lot of irony built into it! We all experience irony…
Are you an adult who lives with a mental health condition? Have you graduated from NAMI Peer-To-Peer Class?
We invite you to consider using your lived experience to support others in their journey toward better self-care and more independence. As a Peer Connector, you will be trained to work …
The stigma associated with serious mental illness affects both persons with mental disorders and their families. Marjorie Baldwin, Professor of Economics at Arizona State University, has experienced that stigma as the parent of a son with schizophrenia, and has studied the impact of mental illness-related stigma in her research on employment discrimination against persons with…
By Moryt Milo After thirteen years as the National Institute of Mental Health Director, Tom Insel left his government job. Some might say he turned into a renegade, when Insel acknowledged that limited progress had been made to improve the lives of those with severe mental illness. “We decided, in some odd way, that the…
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, El Camino Hospital’s behavioral health department never stopped admitting patients in mental health crisis, and the hospital saw a significant increase in first-time admittances.