"Hearts And Minds" Education Program Launched: On Average, People With Mental Illness Live 25 Years Less Than Other Americans

The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) has launched a new health education program to promote sound “mind and body” health practices among individuals who live with serious mental illness. The “Hearts and Minds” initiative takes aim at risk factors like high blood pressure, high cholesterol, smoking and obesity for major illnesses such as heart disease, cancer and diabetes…

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