Organization Details:

The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill of New York City, Inc. (NAMI-NYC Metro) is dedicated to improving the lives of people with neurobiological disorders (mental illnesses) and their families and friends through support, education, advocacy, and research.

Description and/or History:
NAMI-NYC Metro offers practical support, useful education, comfort and understanding to those in the greater New York City area who suffer or have family members suffering from neurobiological disorders: primarily schizophrenia; bipolar disorder (manic-depression); depression; panic and anxiety disorders, including obsessive-compulsive disorders; multiple diagnoses, including mentally ill, chemically addicted (MICA) consumers; and borderline personality disorders.

Founded in 1979, NAMI-NYC Metro is a grassroots, nonprofit, self-help, organization of family members and friends of the mentally ill, as well as people who suffer from mental illnesses themselves ("consumers"). NAMI-NYC Metro is one of the largest chapters of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) and the New York State Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI-NYS).

Contact person: Shaneiqua Boyd, Volunteer Coordinator, (212) 684-3365, (email)

Address:

505 8th Avenue, Suite 1103 New York, NY 10018 (See a map)