NAMI in the press

New York Times, Op-ed section
(July 23, 2006)
"Making Money Off the Mentally Ill"
by Jay Neugeboren

New York Times Letter to the Editor
(April 14, 2006):
"Re: Parity"
by Wendy Brennan

Newsweek
(Feb. 6, 2006): "Meds Alone Couldn't Bring Robert Back" by Jay Neugeboren

External news and reports

Study: US Leads in Mental Illness, Lags in Treatment

Health Disparities in New York City
July 15, 2004: New Report Details Disproportionate Burden of Illness and Premature Death Among Poor, As Well as Black and Hispanic New Yorkers

The President's
New Freedom Commission on Mental Health

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PERSONAL STORIES

• Assisted Outpatient Treatment May Save My Daughter's Life
• Struggling with Richard's Suicide
• A Taste of the Pit
• Manic Depression Goes to College, Too
• Twenty Years of Schizophrenia—What It's Like
• Social Anxiety
• Success! Graduation
• Electro-Convulsive Therapy
• Reborn: A Poem