NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR THE MENTALLY ILL
According to its website, “NAMI is a nonprofit, grassroots, self-help, support and advocacy organization of consumers, families, and friends of people with severe mental illnesses, such as schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic and other severe anxiety disorders, autism and pervasive developmental disorders, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, and other severe and persistent mental illnesses that affect the brain.” (http://www.nami.org/template.cfm?section=About_NAMI; accessed 8/26/03)
NAMI corporate sponsors include:
Abbott Laboratories
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Eli Lilly & Company
Forest Laboratories Inc.
GlaxoSmithKline
Janssen Pharmaceutica Inc.
Magellan Health Services
McNeil Consumer Healthcare
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation
Organon Inc.
PacifiCare Behavioral Health Inc.
Pfizer Foundation
Pfizer Inc
PhRMA
WellPoint Health Networks
Wyeth Pharmaceuticals
(NAMI 2002 Annual Report, http://www.nami.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Inform_Yourself/About_NAMI/Annual_Reports/Annual_Report_02-proof.pdf; accessed 8/26/03)
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