NAMI Nevada County

01/09/2026

January is substance use disorder (SUD) awareness month; co-occurring SUD is common for people living with severe mental illness. Yet only 19.2% of people with severe mental illness and SUD received treatment for both conditions in 2024. Advocacy is vitally important to demand more accessible and better services tailored to help people with co-occurring conditions.

01/02/2026

12/31/2025

Not long to go! For the penultimate story in our New Year countdown, we are revisiting research that offered an explanation for why fluoxetine takes time to work.

Read our coverage via the link in the comments.

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12/31/2025

A high-profile tragedy reveals the adult mental health crisis facing families nationwide — marked by addiction, isolation, and a fragmented behavioral health system.

12/31/2025

12/30/2025

Under the original law, only people diagnosed with schizophrenia and other limited psychotic disorders qualified for the program. Now, people who experience psychosis as a result of bipolar disorder can enter the program as well.

📸 Adriana Heldiz, AP