Category Archives: Mental Illness

NAMI Warns Senate about Criminalization of Mental Illness – NAMI …

10, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) today warned the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee that criminalization of people living with mental illness has reached “crisis …

The postcode lottery of new mothers' mental health services …

The postcode lottery of new mothers' mental health services. With one in 10 women developing a mental illness during or after pregnancy, including postpartum psychosis, not all are lucky enough to be cared for in a specialist …

Letter to the Editor: Please recognize mental illness | Herald Times …

Treatment for mental health illness involves individual medication management and counseling that requires continual therapy, support, medication changes and adjustments. On Aug. 26, 2014, as I took Logan to the hospital …

Can You Get Fired For Having Postpartum Depression? | Fast …

Postpartum depression can hit as many as one out of five new mothers up to a year after giving birth. Yet some still get fired.

Improving Access to Mental Health Services | SAMHSA Blog

Summary: The President's Fiscal Year 2017 Budget proposes $500 million to increase access to mental health care. As part of his January announcement of new Executive Actions to reduce gun violence and make our …