Thursday, May 8th is National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day. Today, local members of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) lobbied state legislators in Massachusetts to pass a Children’s Mental Health bill that would facilitate prevention and streamline the mental health system. According to a NAMI report, 11% of children aged 9-19 in the state are affected by mental illness, but less than 5% receive case management or residential services.
For more, see this great article in the Metro. Visit the NAMI homepage to learn about an upcoming Capitol Hill briefing on children’s mental health issues, and see the Massachusetts chapter’s website to learn more about the local bill.
