2010 NAMI Convention to Address Youth Mental Health
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) will address concerns for child and adolescent mental health at the 2010 NAMI National Convention in Washington, D.C, July 1-3.
The 2010 NAMI Convention also will honor journalist Judith Warner with an award for the book, Weâve Got Issues: Children and Parents in the Age of Medication, which explores difficult decisions parents face in finding help for children who âsuffer enormouslyâ from mental illness.
Only one in five children who has a diagnosable mental illness receives treatment, yet children who receive earlier treatment interventions have …