NAMI the pharma front making the mental illness stigma worse

A quick glance at the National Alliance On Mental Illness (NAMI) funding reports shows the group is backed by millions of dollars in pharmaceutical industry money. Is it any surprise then that NAMI advocates psychotropic drugs?

Large corporations often use front groups to advocate for political positions that benefit themselves as well as create an illusion of grassroots support.

NAMI claims it is “the nation’s voice on mental illness” and “a uniquely credible voice.”

But before you heed their recommendations, which always lead to psychotropic drugs for you or a family member, consider who is behind NAMI.



They will tell you NAMI is a "Grass Roots" organization... LOL






The NAMI anti stigma campaign:

"Insisting that mental health problems are brain diseases" foments fear and prejudice in relation to people experiencing emotional difficulties, and he criticizes the "negative and discriminatory attitudes" that many psychiatric professionals perpetuate when they support laws that allow forced drugging. Read more https://www.madinamerica.com/2014/10/psychiatric-professionals-promote-stigma/ And more http://hubpages.com/health/Stigma-and-mental-health-problems-why-psychiatric-professionals-are-the-main-culprits

And More :

"Equally revealing was this: In both the 1996 and 2006 surveys, those who believed in a "neurobiological conception of mental illness" -- i.e., the chemical imbalance story -- were more likely to have a negative attitude toward those with mental disorders than those who did not.

While this finding confounded the researchers' expectations, it is easy to see why the chemical-imbalance story leads to negative attitudes about people struggling with mental illness.

It tells the public that people with a psychiatric diagnosis have "broken brains," and that their moods and behaviors are governed by faulty brain chemistry. This is an understanding that separates the "mentally ill" from the rest of society. The "mentally ill" are different from "us."

Now imagine what societal attitudes might be if the public were told that the biological causes of major psychiatric disorders remain "unknown" (which would be a scientifically accurate message.) That conception of mental illness suggests that it may be possible for anyone -- faced with certain environmental stresses or setbacks in life -- to suffer a severe bout of psychiatric distress. Readers of Shakespeare might sum it up this way: To be human is to have the capacity to go "mad." That is an understanding of "mental illness" that evokes a sense of our common humanity, and a sense of a shared vulnerability to mental suffering.

Read more http://www.madinamerica.com/2010/11/%EF%BB%BFthe-successful-creation-of-a-societal-delusion-and-the-increase-in-stigma-it-has-spawned/