LONDON, July 27, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- This month Journal of Mental Health features a special issue on diagnosing mental illness. The issue - which comes out just weeks after the eagerly-awaited new draft of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), the global diagnostic 'bible' for the field of mental health medicine - includes a series of articles written by high profile mainstream personalities on what a diagnosis of mental illness has meant to them. Best-selling British author Sir Terry Pratchett, former prime ministers of Australia and Norway, memoirist Mark Vonnegut (son of Kurt Vonnegut Jr.) and some of the world's top mental health experts are among the line-up of writers featured. "Our j...
NAMI Blasts BP: Oil Company Ignores Louisiana's Call for $10 Million to Meet Mental Health Crisis
WASHINGTON, July 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) today blasted BP oil company for ignoring Louisiana's appeals for help in funding mental health care in communities affected by the BP oil spill.
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"It is imperative that BP recognize the urgent mental health crisis that has been created by the oil spill, including the heightened risk of long-term, chronic mental illness triggered by immediate conditions," wrote NAMI Executive Director Michael Fitzpatrick in a letter to BP Chief Operating Officer Doug Suttles.
The NAMI letter comes after Louisiana's Department of Health and ...
Taking It to the Streets: National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month Begins July 1
NAMI Highlights Surgeon General’s Concerns
