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NAMI Pennsylvania Executive Director Wins Newspaper Op-Ed of the Year
Christine Michaels, Executive Director of NAMI Southwestern Pennsylvania, was honored last night at the 3rd Annual Media & Mental Health Awards in Southwestern Pa. for her newspaper editorial defending people with serious mental illness who receive SSI disability benefits. She...
Navy Shipyard Tragedy: NAMI Calls on Congress for Immediate Action on Mental Health
In the wake of the Navy Yard tragedy, the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) has called on the President and Congress to act immediately on mental health legislation that has been stalled since the collapse of the gun debate earlier this year...
Michelle Wright Kicks Off 7th Annual Walk
NAMI Walk Honorary Chair Michelle Wright, WTAE-TV News Anchor, will kick off the 7th Annual NAMI Walk at an event on Wednesday, Aug. 14. Michelle will join 150 local mental health advocates at the Sheraton Station Square to kick off the event to promote awareness of mental illness treatment...
SAMHSA Administrator Comes to Pittsburgh to Discuss Mental Illness as a Public Health Issue
Do you consider mental illness a public health issue? Should a person's healthy mental development be a national priority? These are some of the questions that will be discussed on Friday, June 14, at an event in Pittsburgh featuring Pam Hyde, Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental...
NAMI Announces New Community Education Classes
NAMI is pleased to announce a series of community wellness classes in June that focus on mental health and addiction. The interactive classes are offered to anyone wanting to learn more about mental illness or addiction and taught by experts in the mental health and/or addiction fields along...
NAMI 13th Annual Conference Offers Hope for Recovery
During a time when everything is changing--the economy, politics, healthcare, technology--NAMI Southwestern Pennsylvania presents an annual conference designed to empower participants to shape their future by following an individual journey based on hope, courage and recovery...