Mental Health Conditions Archives - NAMI CCNS https://www.namiccns.org/tag/mental-health-conditions/ Chicagoland Mental Health Wed, 03 Dec 2025 13:06:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.namiccns.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/cropped-cropped-favicon-180x180-1-32x32.png Mental Health Conditions Archives - NAMI CCNS https://www.namiccns.org/tag/mental-health-conditions/ 32 32 Texas & Ohio Mass Shootings | Status Quo is Literally Killing Us https://www.namiccns.org/status-quo-is-literally-killing-us-texas-ohio-mass-shootings/ https://www.namiccns.org/status-quo-is-literally-killing-us-texas-ohio-mass-shootings/#respond Wed, 07 Aug 2019 17:42:56 +0000 https://namiccns.org/dev/?p=13608 Every time we experience a tragedy like this, people with mental illness are drawn into the conversation. The truth is that the vast majority of violence is not perpetrated by people with mental illness. Statements to the contrary only serve to perpetuate stigma and distract from the real issues. NAMI sees gun violence as a national public health crisis that impacts everyone. Continue reading →

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]]> https://www.namiccns.org/status-quo-is-literally-killing-us-texas-ohio-mass-shootings/feed/ 0 Top 5 Misunderstood Mental Health Conditions https://www.namiccns.org/top-5-misunderstood-mental-health-conditions/ https://www.namiccns.org/top-5-misunderstood-mental-health-conditions/#comments Thu, 05 Oct 2017 08:11:33 +0000 https://namiccns.org/dev/?p=4173 There’s much stigma attached to mental health and mental illness, so for this year’s “Mental Illness Awareness Week” we are focusing our attention on five mental health conditions in need of better public understanding and stigma-busting: Mental Health is something that’s … Continue reading →

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