May is Mental Health Awareness Month and we are reaching out to our community in the hopes of connecting and sharing ways in which we can help those affected by mental illness…
We Asked, You Answered: What Are You Grateful For?
After we shared a list of the reasons we are grateful this year, we asked our supporters to do the same. The responses have touched us and filled us with hope. “I am grateful for having my son alive and
Why We Were Grateful in 2018
How grateful are we? Let us count the ways. We had nearly 2000 participants at this year’s NAMIWalks, AKA the Los Angeles Make Waves in Mental Health fundraising walk, and we raised almost $500,000 for our programs! Nationwide, NAMI has
WANTED: Team Captains and Donations for NAMI Walks
Directing Change
Lights… Camera… Mental Health! West LA College and NAMI Westside LA are proud to host the DIRECTING CHANGE cinematic event. We will be screening videos produced by high school and college students throughout California as part of a contest
UCLA News
Improve Your Brain Power! UCLA researchers want to learn more about the benefits of participation in a game-like internet training program designed to improve thinking skills such as memory, attention, and concentration. Who is eligible? Individuals who have been diagnosed
Hospitals Closing
Area Hospitals In a recent issue of the NAMI Westside-LA newsletter, I wrote an editorial about the revolving door policy of many psychiatric wards. NAMI members know that it is usually difficult to get a relative placed on a 72-hour
I Am Not Sick; I Don’t Need Help! How to Help Someone with Mental Illness Accept Treatment
Xavier Amador, Ph.D Vida Press: 2010 10th Year Anniversary, 249 Pages Language: English, Spanish I Am Not Sick I Don’t Need Help: How to Help Someone with Mental Illness Accept Treatment Dr. Amador is a clinical psychologist with over
NAMI National Welcomes New Executive Director
NAMI National Announcement On behalf of NAMI’s Board of Directors, I am very pleased to announce that we have chosen Mary Giliberti to serve as the next Executive Director. Mary succeeds Mike Fitzpatrick, who announced this past January that he