NAMI 101
The year NAMI was founded
What is 1979?
The year National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month was announced
What is 2008?
The most common mental illness people face
What is anxiety disorder?
The ratio of U.S. adults who experience mental illness each year
What is 1 in 5?
Olympic swimmer living with ADHD
Who is Michael Phelps?
The number of NAMI Signature Programs
What is 11?
African Americans living with Mental Illness
What is 6.8 million?
The second leading cause of death among people aged 10-34
What is suicide?
In the 17th century people, women especially, were considered this if they displayed symptoms of mental illness
What are witches or demonic possession?
This Rapper & Pulitzer Prize winner opened up about depression
Who is Kendrick Lamar?
The number of NAMI-NYS Affiliates
What is 24?
The institution where most mental health treatment takes place, particularly for BIPOC
What are prisons?
This mental health condition involves persistent, intrusive thoughts and repetitive behaviors that a person feels driven to perform
What is Obsessive Compulsive-Disorder?
Unethical experiment meant to measure an individual’s willingness to obey an authority figure
What is the Milgram experiment?
NBA legend Mental Health Advocate & NAMI-NYS Supporter
Who is Metta World Peace?
NAMI Home Office Location
What is Virginia?
Minority Mental Health Awareness Month was named after this person who is a author, journalist, teacher, and mental health advocate
Who is Bebe Moore Campbell?
People with depression have a 40% higher risk of developing these diseases than the general population
What are cardiovascular and metabolic diseases?
The term that is used to describe when people living with mental health conditions were moved out of asylums and mental hospitals to federally funded community mental health centers
What is deinstitutionalization?
SNL star is living with personality disorder
Who is Pete Davidson?
Off the Mask is_____
What is NAMI-NYS Fundraising & Awareness Event
What is the combined effect of racist beliefs about BIPOC in the mental health field and the centering of whiteness in research?
What is misdiagnosed and underdiagnosed?
This mental health condition causes dramatic shifts in a person’s mood, energy, and ability to think clearly
What is Bipolar Disorder?
This occurs when people internalize public attitudes and prejudices toward mental illness and put them on themselves
What is self-stigma?
During Mental Health Awareness Month, this celebrity spoke with NAMI CEO
Who is Selena Gomez?