NAMI South Carolina News & Blog

June 18, 2020 By Elizabeth Lawrence Kaiser Health News Scientific American https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/covid-19-worsens-obsessive-compulsive-disorder-but-therapy-offers-coping-skills1/ Before the COVID-19 pandemic took hold in the United States, Chris Trondsen felt his life was finally in … Read more

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 … Read more

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, … Read more

NAMI Urges House Passage of 988 Bill 7/16/2020 Today, NAMI thanks the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for formally designating 988 as a nationwide 3-digit number for mental health crisis and … Read more

June 3, 2020 By Rebecca Ruiz Mashable https://mashable.com/article/black-mental-health-resources/ Life has been unforgiving for black people in America. The trauma of personal and institutional racism that black people endure — and … Read more

June 2, 2020 By Sandee LaMotte CNN https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/02/health/natural-ways-to-improve-mental-health-wellness/index.html Life today is razor’s-edge tense. If your regular coping methods aren’t measuring up, there are science-backed actions we can add on our … Read more

5/28/2020 NAMI https://www.nami.org/About-NAMI/NAMI-News/2020/Google-Partners-with-NAMI-To-Create-an-Anxiety-Disorder%C2%A0Self-Assessment Today, in partnership with NAMI, Google has launched an anxiety self-assessment tool. When people in the U.S. look up information about anxiety on Google, they will now have … Read more

Jun 1, 2020 By Jessica Walthall NAMI https://www.nami.org/Blogs/NAMI-Blog/June-2020/The-Evolution-of-the-Mental-Health-Movement As we enter a new decade, it’s important to remember that early NAMI pioneers were up against a society that didn’t understand, … Read more