NAMI gives Texas a "D" on Mental Health

The National Alliance for Mental Illness (NAMI) is an important national organization advocating for Americans suffering from mental illness.  Mental illness represents the most frequent basis for social security disability benefits in the United States.

NAMI has graded US states for 2009 in their support for the mentally ill.  NAMI awarded the state of Texas the very unsatisfactory grade of "D".  http://www.nami.org/gtstemplate09.cfm?Section=Grading_the_States_2009&Template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=74935.

While I know many with the state of Texas, and the various MHMR clinics, who are working hard to assist the mentally ill, the state of Texas has little to be proud of in NAMI's assessment of how we provide mental disease services.