Schedule : NAMICon 2026

5/28/26
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM	Applying A Research Lens to the NAMI Family Programs: The Promise and the Challenge			After the Unthinkable: NAMI’s Role in the Wake of Community and Mass Violence				Depression Looks Different for Everyone: The Symptoms No One Talks About			The Psychological Labor and Lived Experiences Of Co-Responders: Provider and Peer Care					Bridging Hope: Strengthening Collaboration Between Mental Health, Faith, and Spiritual Communities				Language Reframing: How to Apply Sensitive Language to Any Setting					Building Youth Resilience in Communities With Limited Capacity to Recover from Disasters
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM	Embracing Neurodiversity in the Workplace	How Metabolic Psychiatry Is Transforming Mental Health Care				Launching FaithNet: Tools and Strategies for Faith Partnerships			Mental Wellness Is Substance Use Prevention: Building Youth-Led Systems That Work			From Mandate to Meaning: Creating Mental Health Literacy That Works in Schools			Lived Experience Navigating Schizophrenia, Crisis, and Care			Improving Crisis Response: Progress and Opportunities Across the Country				Belonging Is Critical: Why Inclusion Improves Mental Health Outcomes				Sharing Your Story to Break Stigma Around LGBTQ+ Youth
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM	Understanding and Strengthening the CCBHC Approach to Care				Peer Support Specialists: Transforming Crisis Response Through Lived Experience				Youth Advocates, Real Talk: What’s Working, What’s Not, and What Needs to Change					Building the Behavioral Health Crisis Response Workforce: Leveraging Federal, State and Local Strategies					Clozapine: Facilitating Awareness and Access				Hope on the Inside: Peer Education & Support for People in Corrections
5/29/26
10:15 AM - 11:15 AM	Preparing for Change: State Implementation of H.R. 1 and Upcoming Medicaid Changes		Strengthening Community Impact Through Culturally Responsive Engagement				The Power and Risk of Telling Stories About Serious Mental Illness			Be a Voice			Reimaging Mental Health for Black Men and Boys				Providing Counseling Services for Juvenile Populations: Strategies, Challenges, and Best Practices				Transforming Awareness: Using Digital Platforms to Destigmatize Dissociative Disorders			Evaluating NAMI Support Groups: Impact and Lessons Learned
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM	Who Holds the Holder? The Mental Health Cost of Always Being “Strong”		Walking Together: A Mother and Son’s Journey Through Crisis, Recovery, and Hope				Redesigning Advocacy for Gen Z and Gen Alpha: Meeting Us Where We Are			The Emergency Room Doesn’t Have to Be a Scary Place: Transforming Psychiatric Emergency Care			What’s Happening Now in Washington, D.C.? An Update on Federal Mental Health Policy				Mental Health Policy Can't Evolve Unless We Do				Unmuted: Storytelling as a Tool for Stigma Shattering and System Shifting			From Lived Experience to Leadership: Cultivating Sustainable Peer Leadership

Schedule At A Glance