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Name Change
Published Online:18 Nov 2005https://doi.org/10.1176/pn.40.22.0003a
The organization long known as the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) changed its name last summer to the National Alliance on Mental Illness..
Bob Carolla, NAMI director of media relations, told Psychiatric News that “the change reflects NAMI's long-held commitment to people-first principles—we do not define anyone by their illness.”▪
