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Megan's Story
By Deanna L. AdamsThe children sat quietly in their first grade classroom completing a Thanksgiving coloring project. Most of the students at age 6 needed to improve their fine motor coordination, so...
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Halloween Protests: Haunted Asylums and Mental Illness
By Bob Carolla, NAMI Director of Media RelationsHalloween will soon be here!Unfortunately, “Halloween Horrors” have already arrived.They involve “haunted asylum” attractions with depictions of...
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Living Well with ADHD
By Darcy Gruttadaro, NAMI Director of the Child and Adolescent Action CenterADHD Awareness Week, Oct. 14-20, is a time to take stock of what we know about attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder...
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Why I Vote for Mental Health Care (and More)
By Logan StewartThis is my first presidential election and I’m very excited to have a say about who is going to lead our country. I’m 21 years old, just graduated from college with a degree in...
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Making a Difference with Just a Phone Call
By Helen SingerThis spring, after several of my close friends and family reached out to share the news that Mike Wallace, the legendary investigative journalist and “60 Minutes” anchor, had died, I sat...
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Is American Horror Story Stigmatizing or Just Silly?
By Doug Bradley, NAMI HelpLine CoordinatorThe new season of American Horror Story is set on the grounds of a 1960’s psychiatric hospital and, of course, uses imagery of a hopefully bygone era of...
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Besides Voting, Let’s Talk with the Winners
By Sita Diehl, NAMI Director of State Policy and AdvocacyElection campaigns are supposed to be dialogues between candidates and voters. It’s very important to vote on Tuesday, Nov. 6 (or early if your...
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Cante' Wast'e Win: Breaking the Cycle of Historical Trauma
By Elicia GoodsoldierThe author is a board member of NAMI Boulder County (Colo.) and member of NAMI’s American Indian and Alaska Native Networking Group. For discussion of historical trauma and the...
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NAMI's Thank You to Veterans
By Jean Moore, Manager, Military and Veterans Policy and SupportThe National Alliance on Mental Illness and its Veterans and Military Council salutes all veterans of the United States Armed Forces and...
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Mental Health Survey: College Students Speak
By Dana Crudo, NAMI Child and Adolescent Action Center program managerAs I imagine most young adults feel, I started my first year of college with nervous anticipation. Going away to college provided a...
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Don’t Forget to Share Love and Thanks
By Lisa D'Alessio“I can’t wait for 2012 to be over.”I’ve heard this a lot in the past few months, from friends across different social and professional groups. Maybe you’ve heard it among your own...
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Young Adults Find Friendships and Hope through NAMI Peer-to-Peer
NAMI Northern Virginia Program Director, Kristen Duda, and Walk Manager, Laura Marcucci.By Kristen Duda, Program Director, NAMI Northern VirginiaMore and more young people are speaking out about their...
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Depression during the Holidays: Helping Family Members
By Sarah EvansIf your family is as far-flung as mine, the holiday season may be one of the few times of the year you’ll see some relatives. In my family’s holiday pictures, the kids usually look...
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The “Fiscal Cliff:” What Does It Mean for Americans with Mental Illness?
By Sita Diehl, NAMI Director of State Policy and AdvocacySome call it a fiscal cliff, others call it an obstacle course. Whatever term you choose, our nation is facing an economic crisis. As part of...
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Newtown Tragedy: Push for Mental Health Reform
By Mike Fitzpatrick, NAMI Executive Director It’s almost a week now since 20 children and six adults were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.America’s hearts are still...
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My Life Changing Experience with NAMI's Family-to-Family
By Dawn Brown, NAMI HelpLine Information and Referral SpecialistDawn and her son, Matthew, who lives with schizophrenia.During the holiday season, you sometimes receive an unexpected gift from an...
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I’m Just a Dad with a Bicycle
By Eric WardPut simply, I am a single father, who is obsessed with cycling. I travel all over California and Arizona just to ride and race my bike. To get a little more complicated, I am considered a...
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To Train or Not to Train
By Julie Erickson, NAMI Education Programs Coordinator, with contributions by Martha Silva, NAMI New Jersey Martha Silva and Norma BangsNAMI’s annual Training of Trainers trains over 100 NAMI teachers...
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Disclosure and Relationships
By Linea JohnsonThis blog also appeared on Strength of Us, an online social community from NAMI designed for young adults living with mental illness.Having hard conversations in a relationship is never...
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How I Found a Home at School
By Megan RogersLindsey Racz, center, vice president of NAMI on Campus North Carolina State, and Megan Rogers, right, president, at a suicide candlelight vigil in September 2012. Courtesy Megan...
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