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NAMIWalks Keystone PA Celebrates 15th Year With Hybrid Event Annual Walk Raises Awareness for Mental Health, Aims to Reduce Stigma
On Saturday, Oct. 9, NAMI Keystone Pennsylvania, the state organization for the National Alliance on Mental Illness, will bring together hundreds of people to raise mental health awareness during the 15th annual NAMIWalks Keystone PA, a hybrid event taking place at Monroeville Community Park.
Breaking Point
Growing up my life appeared to be very normal from the outside looking in. I had friends, spent lots of time at parties, football games, and playing volleyball. But what most people didn't know is that I was hiding. I was suffering in silence, because I felt like I had to be perfect to be likable...
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...
My Experience With Tardive Dyskinesia
I had been on atypical antipsychotics after having serious side effects from mood stabilizers for Bipolar Disorder Type II when I noticed that the right side of my face would seem to move by itself. At first, I just thought it would go away and because I had had such a hard time...
Running for Mental Health: 6 Reasons It Works For Me
I've been a runner for over half my life, but I've never known how to convince other people to start running. Everyone already knows all the reasons to start: improved cardiovascular fitness, increased life expectancy. Everyone knows that more time in the sun means more vitamin D.
NAMI Keystone PA Recognizes Mental Health Awareness Month & TD Awareness Week in May, Launches 2021 NAMIWalks Season
Before the pandemic, one in five people in the U.S. reported having a mental health condition. Now, the figure is two in five, or even higher. This May, for Mental Health Awareness Month, NAMI Keystone Pennsylvania, the state organization of NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness...
NAMI Keystone PA & WQED Multimedia Collaborate To Bring National "Well Beings" Virtual Tour To Pittsburgh
NAMI Keystone Pennsylvania is partnering with WellBeings, a national initiative, and WQED Multimedia on a live panel discussion, Healthy Connections: Teens, Parents, Educators, and Mental Health. The conversation will focus on how parents and teenagers can find common ground when it comes to...
I'm Good
My anxiety is high. Go see a Therapist! I'm Good I'm so sad. Go see a Therapist! I'm Good ...
Youth Mental Health Conference Goes Virtual, Focuses on the Impact Pandemic is Having on Young People
On Friday, February 5 NAMI Keystone Pennsylvania will host a virtual education conference focusing on the impact the COVID-19 pandemic is having on children, adolescents, and transition age youth. The conference, Closing the Gap: Prioritizing the Needs of Traumatized Youth , will examine...