Community Engagement through Dialogue and Partnerships
To pave the way toward prevention, recovery, and cure, we must find ways to ensure that the interventions and information we generate can be used by patients, families, health care providers, and the wider community involved in mental health care.
The success of the Institute’s mission depends on the effective collaboration of all stakeholders in the field of mental health. This requires strengthening our current partnerships and working to build new ones so that we can understand the needs, capabilities, and limitations of the field as we work together to move forward.
NIMH Strategic Plan: Objective 4: Strengthen the Public Health Impact of NIMH-Supported Research
NIMH Outreach Activities
Many of the Institute’s outreach and public liaison activities are overseen by the NIMH Office of Constituency Relations and Public Liaison (OCRPL). These activities include interactions with advocates for individuals with mental illness, as well as professional, scientific and community-based organizations interested in the mission and/or programs of NIMH:
- NIMH Professional Coalition for Research Progress
- NIMH Alliance for Research Progress
- Outreach Partnership Program
- Public Liaison and legislative activities.
NIMH participates in additional outreach activities such as partnering with Real Warriors and Bring Change 2 Mind campaigns to raise awareness and provide information.
Come see NIMH at …
American Psychological Association Conference
August 12-15, 2010
San Diego, CA
Booth # 404
American Psychiatric Nurses Association Conference
October 13–16, 2010
Louisville, KY
Exhibit Booth #407
USA Science and Engineering Festival
October 23–24, 2010
National Mall- Washington, DC
CHADD Annual Conference
November 11–14, 2010
Atlanta, GA
Exhibit Booth #204
Health Observances
Upcoming
- National Suicide Prevention Week: September 5-11
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Awareness Week: September 12-18
- Mental Illness Awareness Week: October 4-10
- National Depression Screening Day: October 7
- World Mental Health Day: October 10
Connecting with NIMH
NIMH encourages public participation. You can:
- Attend conferences and lectures
- Use NIMH health information and distribute publications
- Register for NIMH e-mail newsletters
- Subscribe to NIMH RSS updates
- Participate in a clinical trial
- Make a Contribution to the NIMH Gift Fund
Educational Resources
The Science of Mental Illness (Grades 6–8)
Brain’s Inner Workings (Grades 9–12)
- NIH Office of Science Education:
Resources for Science Educators - NIH Speakers Bureau
- National Lab Day
Training Resources
Learn about research training, as well as internship and volunteer opportunities at NIMH and NIH.
