Happy New Year, all During 2014, NAMI worked closely with USA Today on its nine-part “Cost of Not Caring: Mental Health in America” series, which was syndicated to other media. They are now working to assess the impact the series may have had on stimulating public conversations about the need for reform. (See links below). · Please let me know if you recall conversations, meetings or conferences in which any part of the series was discussed and/or whether you shared it with others by email or social media. Did you receive comments? Were you able to use it in advocacy activities? · The series also can continue to be used by circulating the complete series to NAMI members, advocates and policymakers. · Over the past year, some state and local media, such as the Denver Post, have also produced comprehensive series on mental health reform. If news media in your community have not done so in recent years, please consider sharing the USA Today series with their editors or reporters as a model for the kind of public service they too can perform. Many thanks, Bob Carolla Director of Media Relations NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Arlington, Virginia 22203 703-516-7963 THE COST OF NOT CARING: MENTAL HEALTH IN AMERICA USA TODAY SERIES Cost of not caring: Nowhere to go usatoday/longform/news/nation/2014/05/12/mental-health-system-crisis/7746535/ Cost of not caring: Stigma set in stone usatoday/longform/news/nation/2014/06/25/stigma-of-mental-illness/9875351/ Mental illness cases swamp criminal justice system usatoday/story/news/nation/2014/07/21/mental-illness-law-enforcement-cost-of-not-caring/9951239/ Mental Disorders Keep Thousands of Homeless on the Streets usatoday/story/news/nation/2014/08/27/mental-health-homeless-series/14255283/ 40,000 suicides annually, yet America simply shrugs usatoday/story/news/nation/2014/10/09/suicide-mental-health-prevention-research/15276353/ The Fortunate Mother: Caring for a son with schizophrenia usatoday/story/news/nation/2014/11/16/schizophrenia-mental-illness-treatment/18647395/ Substance abuse treatment often impossible to find usatoday/story/news/nation/2014/12/19/mental-health-and-addiction/19861509/ Solutions to woes of mentally ill exist but arent used usatoday/story/news/nation/2014/12/22/solutions-mental-illness/18816843/ Early intervention could change nature of schizophrenia usatoday/story/news/nation/2014/12/31/early-intervention-mental-illness/18183737/ # # #
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