The National Alliance on Mental Illness (also known as NAMI) was founded in 1979 as the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill. NAMI is a nation-wide American advocacy group, representing families and people affected by mental illness. NAMI claims to be a grass roots organization and has affiliates in every American state and in thousands of local communities in the country.
| Property | Value |
|---|
| dbpedia-owl:abstract
|
- The National Alliance on Mental Illness (also known as NAMI) was founded in 1979 as the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill. NAMI is a nation-wide American advocacy group, representing families and people affected by mental illness as a non-profit grass roots organization and has affiliates in every American state and in thousands of local communities in the country. NAMI's mission is to provide support, education, advocacy, and research for people and their families living with mental illness through various public education and awareness activities. Any family can find themselves dealing with a mentally ill family member. This was the reason for the start of NAMI. Needing support in dealing with their mentally ill family members, parents turned to each other for answers. The federal government started Community Support Programs (CSP) to deinstitutionalization the mental health program. During the Learning Community Conferences (LCCs) NAMI was encouraged to help with the CSP’s goals to educate and support in the rehabilitation process. NAMI member not only advocated for their own children but for others. Constance Walker served 22 years in the Navy and her son Mike joined the army but became mentally ill. Walker being a member of NAMI submitted a statement to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs United States Senate about veteran mental health accessibility
- The National Alliance on Mental Illness (also known as NAMI) was founded in 1979 as the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill. NAMI is a nation-wide American advocacy group, representing families and people affected by mental illness. NAMI claims to be a grass roots organization and has affiliates in every American state and in thousands of local communities in the country. NAMI's mission is to provide support, psychoeducation, and research for people and their families living with mental illness through various public education and awareness activities.
|
| dbpedia-owl:wikiPageExternalLink
| |
| dbpprop:advert
| |
| dbpprop:hasPhotoCollection
| |
| dbpprop:pov
| |
| dbpprop:refimprove
| |
| dbpprop:wikiPageUsesTemplate
| |
| dcterms:subject
| |
| rdf:type
| |
| rdfs:comment
|
- The National Alliance on Mental Illness (also known as NAMI) was founded in 1979 as the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill. NAMI is a nation-wide American advocacy group, representing families and people affected by mental illness. NAMI claims to be a grass roots organization and has affiliates in every American state and in thousands of local communities in the country.
|
| rdfs:label
|
- National Alliance on Mental Illness
|
| owl:sameAs
| |
| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#wasDerivedFrom
| |
| foaf:homepage
| |
| foaf:isPrimaryTopicOf
| |
| is dbpedia-owl:wikiPageDisambiguates
of | |
| is dbpedia-owl:wikiPageRedirects
of | |
| is owl:sameAs
of | |
| is foaf:primaryTopic
of | |
