4/8/2020 NAMI https://www.nami.org/About-NAMI/NAMI-News/2020/NAMI-Calls-on-Congress-to-Respond-to-the-Mental-Health-and-Addiction-Crisis-Caused-By-the-COVID-19-P Today, NAMI joined more than a dozen of the nation’s leading mental health organizations in calling for specific additions to the next stimulus package to address the profound mental health implications of the COVID-19 pandemic. Access to critical care must be sustained for the millions of Americans living with mental health and […]
Congress Cannot Ignore This Mental Health Emergency
As one of NAMI’s most active advocates, we need your help. In the last few weeks, we know that life during COVID-19 has become more difficult – even more so for people with mental health conditions.In the best of times, we know it is hard to get mental health treatment and support, and the coronavirus […]
PBS Now showing Bedlam An Intimate Journey into America’s Mental Health Crisis
Bedlam PBS Now showing Bedlam An Intimate Journey into America’s Mental Health Crisis Find your local PBS schedule here or stream to your device. About the Film To get to the bottom of the current mental health crisis in the U.S., psychiatrist and documentarian Kenneth Paul Rosenberg, M.D. chronicles the personal, poignant stories of […]
The family of Leon Alderfer has designated NAMI GH as a memorial recipient
Leon Alderfer, our leader, colleague and friend has died. We are in sorrow and support of his family and the whole NAMI community, who will miss him greatly and treasure him always.
External Links on Managing Mental Health During COVID-19 Crisis
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Official Statement From NAMI Greater Houston
Official Covid-19 Response from NAMI-Greater Houston, April 9, 2020 This is sort of like a Bob Dylan song of old – Idiot Wind “Now everything’s a little upside down As a matter of fact the wheels have stopped What’s good is bad, what’s bad is good You’ll find out when you reach the top You’re […]
Model Telehealth Program for Law Enforcement: Another First for Harris County
By Frank Webb Project Manager – Patrol Bureau Harris County Sheriff’s Office Police officers are increasingly responding to individuals in behavioral health crisis at the same time mental health resources are decreasing. Law enforcement agencies are searching for affordable ways to fill these gaps in services and the means to access mental health professionals to […]
Thank You Burns & McDonnell
NAMI Greater Houston is honored to be chosen as the charity of choice by Burns & McDonnell in 2020.
America’s Mental Health Crisis Hidden Behind Bars
February 26, 2020, 11:52 AM By Eric Westervelt Houston Public Media https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/npr/2020/02/25/805469776/americas-mental-health-crisis-hidden-behind-bars/ It’s recreation time at a Los Angeles County jail known as the Twin Towers. Nearly a dozen disheveled young men stand docilely as they munch on sandwiches out of brown paper bags. They’re half-naked except for sleeveless, thick, blanket-like restraints wrapped around them […]
Moodiness or more? How to tell if your kid’s suffering from a mental disorder
Published: February 27, 2020, 8:06 am, Updated: February 27, 2020, 7:22 pm By Kristen Rogers, CNN Click2Houston https://www.click2houston.com/news/national/2020/02/27/moodiness-or-more-how-to-tell-if-your-kids-suffering-from-a-mental-disorder/ Children’s lives may not be as hard as adults’ lives, but sometimes their moodiness and sadness are more than just a phase. Around one in six US youth ages 6 to 17 has a mental, behavioral or developmental disorder […]
Groundbreaking study on mental health reveals SECOND type of schizophrenia
PUBLISHED: 07:54, Tue, Mar 3, 2020 | UPDATED: 08:53, Tue, Mar 3, 2020 By Tom Fish Express https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1250118/mental-health-study-schizophrenia-types-variations For the first time ever, two distinct neuroanatomical variations of schizophrenia have been identified. Researchers analysed the brain scans of more than 300 schizophrenia patients in the study. The first variation shows lower volumes of grey matter in comparison to […]
Young Workers Seek Mental Health Accommodations, Employers Try to Keep Up
Feb 12, 2020 11:00 am ET By Lauren Weber The Wall Street Journal https://www.wsj.com/articles/managing-mental-health-at-work-is-a-juggle-of-rights-and-realities-11581523201 Managers and younger employees are struggling to adapt as a generation of people with higher rates of reported mental illness enter the workforce. Many of these new workers are coming to offices from colleges and high schools where they received accommodations, […]