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National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) is the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization. The Marion and Crawford Counties Chapter was formed in 1995.
NAMI's programs and services include education, support groups, informational publications, and presentations. Although originally focused primarily on family members, in more recent years NAMI has moved toward trying to include people diagnosed with mental illness as well (although activists have criticized these efforts).
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) programs are local initiatives designed to improve the way law enforcement and the community respond to people experiencing mental health crisis. CIT programs are built on strong partnerships between law enforcement, mental health provider agencies, and individuals ...
Two-generation family programs offer comprehensive wraparound services to support families. [2] Examples of these support services include access to physical and mental health services for children, career coaches, case managers, family planning, and food assistance. [1] These services aim to help expand family resources and support networks. [1]
The last few years have been tough for so many people. According to a survey released in August 2023, 6.4 million people were unemployed at the time and a year earlier, in 2022, the Bureau of ...
Family support is the support of families with a member with a disability, which may include a child, an adult, or even the parent in the family.In the United States, family support includes "unpaid" or "informal" support by neighbors, families, and friends, "paid services" through specialist agencies providing an array of services termed "family support services", school or parent services ...
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is one of 27 institutes and centers that make up the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The NIH, in turn, is an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services and is the primary agency of the United States government responsible for biomedical and health-related research.
Harriet Jane Shetler (August 1, 1917 – March 30, 2010) was a co-founder of the (American) National Alliance on Mental Illness, which was described in 1999 by Steven Hyman, the director of the National Institute of Mental Health, as "the greatest single advocacy force in mental health."