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NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR THE MENTALLY ILL
NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, formerly known as the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill is an American non-profit national advocacy group founded in 1979 for people affected by serious mental illnesses and their families. Among other major initiatives, NAMI has advocated for the routine availability of evidence-based practices for the treatment of severe mental illness, such as assertive community treatment.
Its programs include:
- Family to Family, an educational program for the families of people with mental illness that was developed by a clinical psychologist with a mentally ill sibling and is taught by laypeople with mentally ill relatives.
- Peer to Peer, an educational program for mental health consumers led by consumers.
- In Our Own Voice, a public anti-stigma campaign that affords mental health consumers the opportunity to speak to community groups.
NAMI claims to have over 200,0001 members, offices in all 50 states, and 1200 affiliates across the United States.
NAMI is a grassroots organization that is run primarily by volunteers.
Contributors
NAMI gets some unrestricted funding from the pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly [1]. NAMI also gets unrestricted funding from other sponsors, as well as from its membership.
This allows NAMI the ability to support people with mental illness and their families thru educational projects such as Family-to Family and Peer-to-Peer, both projects taught by trained volunteer facilators. Both are offered at NAMI affilates and are free to the public.
Notes
- Note 1: Nami has approximately 50,000 members.
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