The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) will address concerns for child and adolescent mental health at the 2010 NAMI National Convention in Washington, D.C., July 1-3. The 2010 NAMI Convention also will honor journalist Judith Warner with an award for the book, We've Got Issues: Children and Parents in the Age of Medication, which explores difficult decisions parents face in finding help for children who "suffer enormously" from mental illness.
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