The National Alliance for Caregiving, Mental Health America, and the National Alliance on Mental Illness are hosting a webinar about a new research study, On Pins & Needles: Caregivers of Adults with Mental Illness, on caregivers of adults with mental illness. The webinar will discuss the 8.4 million Americans caring for a loved one with schizophrenia, depression, bipolar disorder, or other moderate-to-serious mental health conditions.
About the Report:
On Pins & Needles is a new research study conducted by the Alliance, Mental Health America, and the National Alliance on Mental Illness that provides new data on 1,601 family caregivers of persons with severe mental illness including people caring for a loved one with bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, major depression, or other mental illnesses.
The report briefing will further describe the challenges facing these families and include gaps in existing coverage. In addition, the experts will offer public policy solutions based on the findings from the caregivers who were surveyed in the study. The study was made possible through grant funding from Allergan, Eli Lilly, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, and Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC.