ARLINGTON, Va., March 9, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Two thirds of states have cut mental health care in the last three years--even though need has increased because of the nation's economic distress and troops returning home from war, according to a report released today by the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100216/NAMILOGO) Seventeen states managed to increase mental health budgets during the same three years.

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WASHINGTON, May 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) is calling on Congress for greater scientific research, mental health grants to offset massive state budget cuts and an end to a backlog in the processing of Social Security disability claims. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20100216/NAMILOGO) NAMI Executive Director Michael J.

The transition from adolescence to adulthood is rarely easy, but is much harder for those with mental illness, a U.S. non-profit official says.

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