Aug 26, 2020 By Katharine Hartleb NAMI https://www.nami.org/Blogs/NAMI-Blog/August-2020/How-Early-Intervention-Impacted-My-Life I remember the first time I experienced the feeling of not being able to get out of bed. Not because I was too tired, but because I was too sad. It was during a time in my life when I was coping with a lot: My parents […]

8/7/2020 NAMI https://www.nami.org/About-NAMI/NAMI-News/2020/U-S-Senate-Passes-the-Commander-John-Scott-Hannon-Veterans-Mental-Health-Improvement-Act On August 5th, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed the Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act, S. 785, bipartisan legislation focused on efforts to reduce veteran suicide and improve mental health outcomes through improved access to care, better diagnostic tools and increased oversight of VA programs.

July 31, 2020 By Grace White KHOU https://www.khou.com/article/news/health/hpd-sees-increase-in-mental-health-calls-since-start-of-covid-19-pandemic/285-c7fdb1df-78c6-413b-b7ca-4870868891b0 HOUSTON — On the streets of Houston, fighting crime isn’t the only job police officers are doing these days. “We can say we have seen an increase in mental health related calls for service to HPD,” Asst. Chief Wendy Baimbridge, with the Houston Police Department, said. She […]

August 4, 2020 By Jeff Forward The Houston Chronicle https://www.chron.com/neighborhood/woodlands/news/article/Experts-worry-about-mental-health-as-COVID-19-15458329.php As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to surge across the Houston region and the nation, mental health experts are seeing increased issues related to anxiety and depression resulting from stay-at-home orders and other restrictions on social interactions. Now, therapists and other mental health doctors and providers […]

7/17/2020 NAMI https://www.nami.org/About-NAMI/NAMI-News/2020/An-Open-Letter-in-Response-to-the-President-s-Executive-Order-on-Safe-Policing-for-Safe-Communities Today, NAMI, in partnership with CIT International and other national organizations working in mental health and policing, released an open letter responding to President Trump’s June 16th executive order, “Safe Policing for Safe Communities.” The order is the Administration’s response to the recent national outcry for police reform, following the killing of George […]

Jul 10, 2020 By Sebastian Martinez NAMI https://www.nami.org/Blogs/NAMI-Blog/July-2020/Why-We-Need-More-Culturally-Competent-Therapists I am a Latinx (a person who is ethnically from a Latin American or Caribbean culture) living with co-occurring mental health conditions. It took quite some time for me to realize that my constant depressive state, trauma responses, insomnia and other symptoms all fall under the title […]

Posted June 12, 2020/Updated June 16, 2020 By Todd Ackermann Houston Chronicle https://www.houstonchronicle.com/local/prognosis/article/COVID-19-mental-health-pandemic-epidemic-despair-15334401.php COVID-19 has already claimed the lives of more than 115,000 Americans, but one of the disease’s most serious and lasting effects is just starting to hit: the mental health toll. The coming crisis, created by massive unemployment, social isolation and uncertainty about […]

May 14, 2020 By Raven Ambers ABC 13 https://abc13.com/mental-illness-linked-to-covid-19-health-coronavirus-social-distancing/6177207/ HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Doctors in the Houston area said the unknowns of the coronavirus pandemic and social distancing has led to an increase in mental health patients over the last couple of months. “Depression and anxiety are one of the more common presenting symptoms for […]

July 6, 2020 By Kylie M. Smith, Ph.D. NAMI https://www.nami.org/Blogs/NAMI-Blog/July-2020/Discrimination-and-Racism-in-the-History-of-Mental-Health-Care People with mental illness have always been discriminated against. They have been denied full participation in society and labeled as dangerous and criminal. Many have been locked in institutions that acted more like prisons designed to punish than hospitals designed to treat. In the 1960s, […]

July 1, 2020 NAMI https://www.nami.org/Press-Media/Press-Releases/2020/This-Minority-Mental-Health-Month-NAMI-is-Raising-Awareness-About-Mental-Health-in-Underrepresent Arlington, VA — NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, has the goal of raising awareness about mental health care in underrepresented communities. Our culture, beliefs, sexual identity, values, race and language all affect how we perceive and experience mental health conditions. In fact, cultural differences can influence what treatments, coping mechanisms and […]

May 19, 2020 By Samara Perez Click2Houston https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2020/05/19/here-2-help-all-the-mental-health-resources-you-need-to-know-about-as-you-face-covid-19-era/ HOUSTON – The coronavirus pandemic has impacted our daily lives and the mental well-being of millions worldwide. In support of mental health awareness month, observed in May, we gathered a list of resources available to Houston-area residents as they face the COVID-19 era.  

May 27, 2020 By Joy Sewing The Houston Chronicle https://www.houstonchronicle.com/lifestyle/renew-houston/health/article/UH-psychologist-sheds-light-on-mental-health-for-15297488.php When Rheeda Walker finished writing her book, “The Unapologetic Guide to Black Mental Health,” (New Harbinger Publications, $16.95), she considered not using “mental health” in the title. The words often carry a stigma and can inhibit someone from seeking help altogether, she said. But Walker, […]