Please join us for NAMI Glendale’s Second Thursdays Speaker Series! This quarter we are proud to host an informative presentation about the Los Angeles Department of Mental Health’s Assisted Outpatient Treatment Program. We will be joined by two Los Angeles Department of Mental Health representatives, Jim Randall and Staci Atkins, who will share information and more »
Read MoreCurrent, Relevant, Noteworthy, & Informative Articles on Mental Illness How bigotry created a black mental health crisis. How Barbers Are Getting Black Men Talking About Mental Health. Conundrum: Why Isn’t Killing 22 People ‘Mental Illness’? 08/09/2019
Read MoreCurrent, Relevant, Noteworthy, & Informative Articles on Mental Illness The Psychiatric ‘Wonder Drug’ That Almost No One Is Using. The Impacts of Extreme Heat on Mental Health. Time to do Away with Trauma as a Cause of Schizophrenia. 08/06/2019
Read MoreGroups Say These Inadequate Plans Undermine Consumer Protections for People with Pre-Existing Conditions, May Discriminate on Age, Gender, or Health Status Click the above to go the full article on NAMI national’s website.
Read MoreCurrent, Relevant, Noteworthy, & Informative Articles on Mental Illness Mounting Evidence Says Trees – But Not Grass – Improve Our Mental Health. Here’s Why. Isolated and Struggling, Many Seniors Are Turning To Suicide. Commission offers ways to improve physical health of people with mental illness. [The Lancet Psychiatry Commission: a blueprint for protecting physical health in more »
Read MoreDMH & Service Area 4 Town Hall Meeting Thanks to passionate NAMI advocacy activist Patricia Russel for sharing her video* of the the recent Service Area 4 Town Hall Meeting sponsored by the LA County Department of Mental Health and the Area 4, Service Area Advisory Committee (SAAC 4). The program included: *Award to Harold more »
Read MoreCurrent, Relevant, Noteworthy, & Informative Articles on Mental Illness UHS to pay feds $127 million in behavioral health settlement. Hair could be the key to better mental-illness diagnosis in teens. Why people with mental illness may face poorer physical health and early death [People with mental illness receive poorer care]. Each weekday the NAMI Glendale Advocacy more »
Read MoreCurrent, Relevant, Noteworthy, & Informative Articles on Mental Illness PMDedge Psychcast [podcast] How To Help Your Anxious Partner — And Yourself. Why Aren’t Bipolars Asking for Help Before a Suicide Attempt? 07/25/2019 Each weekday the NAMI Glendale Advocacy Team publishes a selection of worthy links to current, relevant, noteworthy, informative writings on mental illness. These articles more »
Read MoreCurrent, Relevant, Noteworthy, & Informative Articles on Mental Illness Oregon approves ‘mental health days’ for students. Unipolar vs bipolar depression: A clinician’s perspective. Royce White still isn’t buying the NBA’s mental health crusade. 07/23/2019 Each weekday the NAMI Glendale Advocacy Team publishes a selection of worthy links to current, relevant, noteworthy, informative writings on mental more »
Read MoreCurrent, Relevant, Noteworthy, & Informative Articles on Mental Illness Florida public schools will be required to provide mental health education for students. Protesters target L.A. over skid row plan: ‘We will not be gentrified.’ “Mad Scientist” Mom Turns Autistic Son Into a “Cyborg”. 07/22/2019 Each weekday the NAMI Glendale Advocacy Team publishes a selection of worthy more »
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