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NJ Governor to Most Severe Mentally Ill: We Can’t Afford to Help You

Dismissing the needs of New Jersey citizens with the most serious mental illnesses as unaffordable, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Tuesday unilaterally suspended the state’s hard-won assisted outpatient treatment (AOT) law, which would have taken effect today. In making the announcement, the governor’s human services commissioner said the mental health system “lacks the infrastructure” to make treatment available to those most in need. 

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Americans with severe mental illnesses are three times more likely to be imprisoned vs. hospitalized, according to a study by The Treatment Advocacy Center and the National Sheriffs Association. Find out where your state ranks in criminalizing mental illness.

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“Confronting Anosognosia” – Watch the Workshop Online

Our workshop on anosognosia and helping the estimated 40-50% of people with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia who experience it was one of the best-attended sessions at NAMI’s recent convention in Washington DC. Now even those who missed the convention can see “Confronting Anosognosia: How to Help Those Who Don’t Know They’re Sick,” featuring Amador Xavier, PhD, the nation’s leading clinical expert on lack of insight in mental illness, along with a family member and a consumer.

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  • I Am Not Sick I Don't Need Help! By Xavier Amador, Ph.D.
    • A must-read to learn about anosognosia - the lack of insight that causes people to think they are not ill when they are.
     
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