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Christine Michaels, CEO of NAMI Keystone Pennsylvania, talks reducing the stigma surrounding mental illness
Christine Michaels, CEO of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Keystone Pennsylvania, spoke with FOX43's Amy Lutz on May 19 about the nation's largest grassroots mental health organization...
NAMI's Statement on Recent Racist Incidents
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) today released the following statement from CEO Daniel H. Gillison, Jr., regarding recent racist incidents across the country and their impact on mental health: "The effect of racism and racial trauma on mental health is real and cannot be ignored...
Coronavirus on Smart Talk Thursday: Mental health providers face challenge treating from a distance and Pa to see some restrictions eased
"We're all in this together." That is a sentiment that we've heard often during the last two months as the coronavirus has changed our ways of life significantly. Staying at home, not being able to visit or even communicate with others, losing jobs, worrying about our finances...
NAMI Keystone Pennsylvania CEO Christine Michaels appeared on "Issues on the Point" on 22 the Point on WPNT to Discuss NAMIWalks, CEOs Against Stigma, and More
In 2016, the National Alliance on Mental Illness selected Southwestern Pennsylvania to become the state's official organization. NAMI Keystone Pennsylvania advances the national organization's mission to raise awareness about mental health while providing support, education and advocacy for...
PennLive Patriot-News: Psychiatrist shortage causing suffering, risk of jail and suicide in central Pa.
Depression is on the rise. So is suicide, particularly among young people and military veterans. And Pennsylvania recently concluded that addressing mental health needs is the best defense against school shootings...
WESA-FM radio host Kevin Gavin interviews NAMI Keystone PA CEO Christine Michaels and Joni Schwager, Exec. Dir. of the Staunton Farm Foundation, on addressing mental health in the workplace
Depression costs the U.S. economy $210 billion a year in absenteeism, lost productivity and medical costs. Advocacy nonprofit NAMI Keystone PA recently launched CEOs Against Stigma, a program developed in Massachusetts, to help employers make improvements in the workplace to support...
NAMI Keystone Pennsylvania and City of Asylum launch mental-health series with author Jordan Corcoran
Author Jordan Corcoran was diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder and panic disorder when she was a freshman in college. One of the biggest struggles she faced at the time was being able to effectively communicate what she was experiencing...
Valley News Dispatch: Westmoreland Casemanagment and Supports Inc. offers mental health first aid class
Michel M. Keller is one in a million and she hopes you can be, too. More people should learn mental health first aid, said Keller, a staff development manager for Westmoreland Casemanagment and Supports Inc., which has offices in New Kensington, Greensburg and Monessen...