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What is AMWA?

The American Mental Wellness Association is the umbrella organization which unites individuals and organizations together as one voice for mental wellness in the United States.

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Become a Champion

Mental Wellness Champions are individuals and organizations that want to take a stand for mental wellness. Becoming a champion is free, easy, and benefits include:

  • Uniting as one voice
  • Participation in discussion
  • Access to up-to-date research
  • Networking with national advocates
  • Strength in numbers
  • Free tools, trainings, and best practices

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Latest Research & Articles

A cure for schizophrenia may be possible - by Karen Lankford, PhD, Neuroscientist Researcher at Yale University

January 23, 2019

Note: The author of this article works in neuroscience research, but not in the area of mental illness research.  Her opinion is based on articles and opinion pieces published by other scientists. Understanding the biological nature and cause of schizophrenia has frustrated researches for decades.   Only subtle differences could be detected between the brains of […]

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The Top 9 Addiction Myths Preventing Us from Solving the Opioid Crisis

January 2, 2019

The opioid crisis has reached epic proportions with more people dying from overdoses per year than died in to the entire Vietnam War. It’s no surprise then that everyone is concerned about this from families to entire communities to our legislators on both the state and federal levels. However, while everyone is working with good […]

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It's Time to Start Screening for Mental Health Symptoms: By Karen Lankford, PhD

December 26, 2018

Doctors in the US now routinely screen patients for: high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, breast cancer, cervical cancer, prostate cancer, hepatitis, HIV, and TB, among other conditions.  And this screening has shown benefits.  Deaths from all these conditions that doctors have been screening for have been decreasing. Early detection and early treatment improve outcomes.   […]

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