Yesterday kicked off the 2013 Medicare Part D open enrollment period, during which millions of Medicare-eligible Americans over 65 and persons with disabilities can choose a new Part D plan that best fits their needs. As Medicare Today recently highlighted in a survey, 90 percent of seniors are satisfied with their Part D plan, with [...]

Michael J. Fitzpatrick is executive director at NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness. Prior to taking that role in January of 2004, he served both as the director of NAMI’s Policy Research Institute and as NAMI’s national director of policy. Since 1990, when Congress established the first full week of October as Mental Illness [...]

The stigma that surrounds mental illness remains a challenge. It can be difficult even for patients to accept and understand their diagnosis. So this week we join others in the mental health community participating in Mental Illness Awareness Week. Mental illness places a heavy burden on patients. The stress associated with coming to terms with [...]