NAMI-NYC

NAMI-NYC Gala

Join us on Tuesday, October 28, at the iconic Ziegfeld Ballroom!

Basics

Sign up for Basics, our free, 6-week class for parents and caregivers of children and teens ages 17 and younger who are looking to better understand their child or teen with mental health.

Rejection & Resilience: Responding to Stigma at Work, at School, and at Home

Join us to learn skills for coping with stigma, handling rejection, and building healthier paths at work, school, and home.

Learn with NAMI-NYC

Learn more about your mental health condition or your loved one’s.

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NAMI-NYC Young Adult Voices Story Hour

Join us to hear young adults share inspiring personal stories of mental health challenges, recovery, and hope for the future.

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Workplace Mental Health Support in the Face of Suicide

Your story can make a difference. Share your experience of losing a colleague to suicide to help us build better support systems for employees facing grief and loss.

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Teen Mental Health Programs

Call the Helpline or join our weekly support groups.

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Program Changes

We’ll be posting any changes to program dates and times here.

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Guided by lived experience and evidence-based practices, the National Alliance on Mental Illness of New York City, Inc. (NAMI-NYC) helps families and individuals affected by mental illness build better lives through education, support, and advocacy.

We’re Here For You

1 in 5 live with mental health challenges, and The Other 4™ are family and friends. We are ALL impacted by mental illness.

We’re here for you

Helpline

Our Helpline is available as a source of information and support. Call us.

Support Groups

All groups are led by a trained volunteers with lived experience, in a safe and judgment-free environment of mutual respect.

Classes

Our trained volunteers teach peer-led classes which provide outstanding free education, skills training, and support.

Your Support Matters

Dealing with mental illness is not easy – not for the person with the illness, nor for the people in their life.

Your generous gift makes hope possible!

Ways to Give

Resource of the Month:

Connection Corner (Teen Support Group)

A support group for teens ages 14-18 living with mental health challenges, facilitated by near peers (someone close in age with lived experience). This group is a safe space to develop coping skills, share common experiences, build self-advocacy skills, and connect with others who truly understand. Join us every Thursday from 5:30-6:30 PM and Wednesdays from 7-8 PM.

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NAMI-NYC Changes Lives

“I couldn’t describe what recovery means to me without NAMI-NYC.”

Miguel, Peer and Long-Time Volunteer

“Hearing personal stories helped our kids open up about their own struggles.”

NYC Public School Teacher

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Statewide Coalition Marks Minority Mental Health Awareness Month with Panel on Racial Disparities in Mental Health Care and the Criminal Legal System

(Brooklyn, NY) – In recognition of Minority Mental Health Awareness Month, Assemblymember Phara Souffrant Forrest hosted a panel with experts in the field of social justice and mental health to unravel the complex nexus between mental health in America and …

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