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Our March 2020 Janis Black Warner Speaker Series has been booked. Topic: Trauma, PTSD, and Mental Health Speaker: Bruce L. Kagan, M.D., Ph.D. Dr. Kagan is Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at the Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and staff

Our focus is on serving our Westside community, but it’s great to share our message when we’re on the road. Last week, our Executive Director, Erin Raftery Ryan, spoke on a panel to discuss mental health at the Instant Karma pop-up

We hope you and your family are enjoying the holiday season and looking forward to a fresh start in 2020. Special holiday hours: Our office will be closed December 23 to January 2. Also see special hours below for our

We are excited to share that one of our NAMI WLA Ambassadors, Brenda Sarai Zuniga, is helping to raise funds and awareness for our work with her Brenda’s Dress campaign. Brenda is Miss Burbank USA 2019 and will be participating

“I am grateful for people who support and care for me both at work and at home. I am blessed to be surrounded by like-minded people who share the same passion for advocacy and taking a stand against the stigma

Today, we celebrate and honor America’s veterans for their patriotism and willingness to serve and sacrifice for the common good of our nation.  We are proud to have a program to support veterans, which was started in honor of a

Too many lives are cut short by suicide. The national suicide crisis is affecting our friends, our families, and our communities. And tragically, suicide is the 2nd leading cause of death among people ages 10-34. The National Suicide Hotline Designation Act, H.R.

We know many of our community members are impacted by The Getty Fire. We hope you are safe. We also want thank our first responders for getting so many to safety, and we want to stress the importance of attending

Great to see the “Stop the Stigma: A Conversation About Mental Health” special coverage on CBS This Morning on mental health, with editorial support from NAMI and including a discussion with NAMI’s Medical Director, Dr. Ken Duckworth. More clips from

I like to share this quote with family members who love someone with a mental health condition: “Ask not what disease the person has, but what person the disease has.” —Sir William Osler Remember: you did not cause the illness,