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Monday
Nov072011

Supporting people with mental illness

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Learn about the wide-ranging efforts of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) to support individuals with mental illness as well as their families and communities. Hear about the pros and cons of medications; consumer demographics; funding and Big Pharma; preventative treatment; working with faith communities; the criminalization of mental illness and legal reform; and community outreach. Our guest Deby Dihoff is the Executive Director of NAMI in North Carolina.