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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]