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Yvonne Lyon, the director of education and training for the Mental Health Association of Nassau County, led a Mental Health First Aid training session on Feb. 8.

As if they were sitting in a college classroom, a group of people in the hall of the First Presbyterian Church of Baldwin took part in a Mental Health First Aid training session on Feb. 8, at which … more

By Bridget Downes | 2/20/20

Oceanside resident David Sills, left, is the co-president of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, which helps families in need of support and seeks to end the stigma associated with mental health issues. Above, Sills presented a volunteer certificate to lan Witoff, who organizes NAMI’s annual walk and teaches one of its programs.

Oceanside resident heads National Alliance on Mental Illness

Oceanside resident David Sills said he has made it his mission to help families who have loved ones with mental health issues through the National Alliance on Mental Illness, which aims to end the stigma associated with those issues. more

By Mike Smollins | 10/17/19

Health insurers count on our silence

I didn’t attend many funerals in my childhood. One that I recall was for the father of a close childhood friend. more

By Andrew Malekoff | 5/3/19

Kaitlinn Estevez, 24, of Valley Stream, delivered a powerful talk at the second annual TEDxAdelphiUniversity on March 31 about her struggle with mental illness.

Valley Stream woman discusses mental illness at academic conference

Central High School alumna Kaitlinn Estevez, 24, is used to speaking on stage, but she said that preparing for her talk at the second annual TEDxAdelphiUniversity, on March 31, was different. more

By Nick Ciccone | 4/12/17

Support groups for mental illness

The Queens/Long Island Counseling Services of the Foundation for Religion and Mental Health announces free support groups and events for people living with mental illness at Oceanside Lutheran Church at 55 Fairview Ave., Oceanside. more

10/28/15

The board of the Makeshift Movement, from left: Alex Tucciarone, chief strategy officer and founder; Laure Peteroy, chief communications officer and founder; Jessica DiRocco, chief operations officer and founder; Alison Amato, chief community liaison and founder; Samantha Postle, senior adviser; and John Kuehn, director.

Makeshift Movement fights illness with education

“We’re not going to fix anything tonight, we’re not going to solve any problems and we’re not going to judge anybody,” Alexander Tucciarone, chief strategy officer of the Makeshift … more

By Rebecca Melnitsky | 8/27/15

Assembled for the presentation were, from left, H. Frank Carey social worker Keith Lynch, Hakeem Rahim, guidance counselors Sybil Cherisme and Beth Ann Lestrange and Assistant Principal Sharon Flynn.

Carey hosts ‘Let’s Talk Mental Illness’

Hakeem Rahim, of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, provided H. Frank Carey High School freshmen with his “Let’s Talk Mental Illness” presentation when he visited their school on March … more

4/22/15

Joe, center, spent years on the street homeless, and because he suffered from mental illness, it was difficult for him to find help from government or nonprofit agencies. Madeleine Petrara Perrin and the Rev. David Czeisel came to his aid.

Help for the mentally ill homeless is hard to find

It was the summer of 2012. Madeleine Petrara Perrin, an attorney from Bayville, couldn’t get over how much Joe had changed. She had last seen Joe, a Bayville native who was 56 at the time, at his apartment a year earlier when she was volunteering for the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, a Catholic charitable group committed to ending poverty. Joe was a shell of his former self. more

By Laura Lane | 10/2/14

All Star Academy is raising money for Sunrise Day Camp

Auction for Sunrise

The All Star Academy will hold a youth art and poetry contest and art auction fundraiser on Sept. 14 at 11 a.m. at 10 Grande Ave., Rockville Centre to benefit Sunrise Day Camp and the National Alliance for Mental Illness (NAMI). Tickets are $5 each and can be bought on allstarresource.com. more

By Rebecca Melnitsky | 8/20/14

You can help save a life

September is National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. The month may be nearly over, but suicide prevention is a topic that needs to be discussed year-round. more

9/26/13

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