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NAMI Keystone Pennsylvania CEO Chosen to Serve on NAMI's Strategic Planning Steering Committee
NAMI Keystone Pennsylvania CEO Christine Michaels has been chosen to serve on the 2020-2025 Strategic Planning Steering Committee for the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). The main role of the steering committee is to make recommendations about the goals, strategies, and priorities...
Life-Saving Documentary on Suicide Prevention Coming to Pittsburgh NAMI Keystone Pennsylvania to Host Sold-Out Screening at The Waterfront
More than 42,000 Americans die by suicide each year, according to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. That's 117 people every day. On Thursday, March 22, 2018, at 7:30 p.m. NAMI Keystone Pennsylvania will present a special screening of the documentary, Suicide: The Ripple Effect at...
NAMI Keystone Pennsylvania Holds State Conference to Focus on Mental Health, Violence, and Stigma
NAMI Keystone Pennsylvania is hosting its annual state mental health and wellness conference in Harrisburg Monday, March 12 - Tuesday, March 13. The two-day event is bringing together experts from across the state to discuss the stigma and stereotypes facing individuals and families affected by...
Annual NAMI Walk Seeks to Change Perception of Mental Illness
Even though one in four people will experience a mental illness this year, more than half of them will not seek treatment because of what they perceive others will think. This Sunday, Oct. 4, thousands of people will come together to change that perception....
One Conversation Counts: NAMI Offers Resources to Help for Suicide Prevention Month
Suicidal thoughts can affect anyone, regardless of age, gender or background and are often the result of mental health conditions. But suicide is preventable. One conversation with a person who cares can make a difference. To honor National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month in September...
NAMI Southwestern PA 16th Annual Education Conference, "Call to Action: Creating A Movement to Change Lives."
Promising, new intervention programs for First Episode Psychosis (FEP) have shown to offer real hope for recovery to the hundreds of thousands of adolescents and young adults who experience their first psychotic episode each year....
Michelle Wright and Hundreds of Advocates Kick Off the 9th Annual NAMIWalks Season
NAMIWalks Honorary Chair Michelle Wright, WTAE-TV News Anchor, will kick off the 9th Annual NAMIWalks at a lunchtime event on Thursday. Michelle will join 200 southwestern Pennsylvanians at the Sheraton Station Square to launch the 2015 NAMIWalks season and promote awareness of mental illness...
NAMI Welcomes All-Pro Wide Receiver Brandon Marshall to Pittsburgh
For the first time, Brandon Marshall, all-pro wide receiver for the New York Jets, will come to Pittsburgh to talk about his mental illness at NAMI Southwestern Pennsylvania's 15th Annual Education Conference.
Conference To Change Perception of Suicide
NAMI Southwestern Pennsylvania announces its first conference dedicated solely to the topic of suicide, specifically explaining suicide as an illness not a behavior. Featuring keynote speaker Ian Cummins, who walked across America in memory of his brother Ryan, this one-day conference will...