Word: namie
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...Walter Kirn's article "The Danger of Suppressing Sadness" [VIEWPOINT, May 31], a factual error created the false impression that NAMI, the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill--which you mistakenly referred to as the National Association for Mental Illness--considers feelings of being "specially connected to God" as a possible symptom of manic depression...
...biological brain disorders, severe mental illnesses can be treated with medication, but other factors also are important. Although delusions of grandeur, in which some people may believe that they are God or, conversely, the devil, sometimes mark the manic phase of bipolar disorders, NAMI believes spiritual faith can play a critical role in an individual's recovery and renewal. For more information about mental illness, readers can call (800) 950-6264. LAURIE FLYNN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR National Alliance for the Mentally Ill Arlington...
...like him are stark evidence of America's brutal indifference to the mentally ill. The care meted out to the severely disturbed is a "disaster by any measure used," concludes a new report issued by the Public Citizen Health Research Group and the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI). "Not since the 1820s have so many mentally ill individuals lived untreated in public shelters, on the streets and in jails." Up to 30% of the estimated 500,000 homeless in the U.S. suffer from serious mental disorders, mostly schizophrenia and manic depression, as do 10% of the 1 million...