Originally
incorporated in 1981 as the American Schizophrenia
Foundation, NARSAD is now a
powerful alliance of the three leading national mental
health and illness organizations: The National Alliance for
the Mentally Ill, The National Mental Health Association,
and The National Depressive and Manic Depressive
Association. Since the
inception of its programs in 1987
NARSAD has awarded $215 million
to fund 3,194 research grants to scientists in 415
institutions in the U.S. and 25 other countries.
The unified
commitment to research by the more than 1,000,000 members of
these organizations makes NARSAD
the most important private mental illness and research
organization ever created.
NARSAD is a private, not for
profit public charity 501(C)(3) organized for the purpose of
raising funds for scientific research into the causes,
cures, treatments and preventions of severe psychiatric
disorders such as Schizophrenia, Depression & Bipolar
Disorder among others.
We expanded our focus to include a total of 32 diseases –
including Autism, Alzheimer’s, Parkinsons, and others.
5 AMA PRA Category 1
credits (TM) and 6 CEU's via NASW-Metro DC.
March 30, 2008
5th Annual Mission Possible Symposium
Washington, DC
A free public symposium will take place on Sunday, March 30th, from 9am to 5pm, at George Washington University’s Lisner Auditorium,
730 21st Street, NW, Washington, D.C.
Darrel A. Regier, M.D., M.P.H., Executive Director of the American Psychiatric Institute for Research and Education will serve as moderator for the symposium. The morning session will be devoted to the assessment and treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) in the military and the afternoon session will feature presentations on the latest advancements in research on schizophrenia, bipolar disorder & child and adolescent disorders.
Is to raise funds
for psychiatric brain disorder research for scientists
worldwide, in an effort to find the causes, better
treatments, and eventual cures for these disorders. NARSAD's
role is crucial because for the first time in the history of
medical research, there is real hope for conquering the
devastating disorders of schizophrenia, depression and other
psychiatric illnesses. This hope is made possible through
today's amazing array of new advances which enable
scientists to begin unraveling mysteries of the brain.
