We are pleased to announce that two of our members were recognized at this year’s NAMI South Carolina Conference for “going above and beyond in advocating for people with mental illness and their families.” Randall Peters is Solid Gold Member of the Year, “the individual recognized for long-term commitment to NAMI South Carolina and demonstrated more »
Read MoreSouth Carolina recently passed a law that requires police officers in the state to undergo training to better recognize when a mental illness, not malicious intent, is behind a person’s actions. The legislation, passed unanimously and signed by the governor in May, applies to all 16,000 officers in South Carolina. NAMI’s Crisis Intervention Training (CIT) more »
Read MorePaton Blough thought a Mississippi police officer was going to kill him, so he hopped in his car and sped out of the state. He debated whether to go his home in Greenville, South Carolina, or to Washington, D.C. Instead, he ended up in Alabama, armed himself with a shotgun and led police on a more »
Read MoreNAMI Lowcountry (SC) is pleased to announce that we have been granted affiliate status from NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness. NAMI is the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness. Affiliate status is granted to affiliates which demonstrate adherence to NAMI’s more »
Read MoreIt was just another Monday when a man walked up to the parking lot of a Rosewood grocery store – naked. He was not combative or acting erratic, Columbia police officers said. He was just standing there around 7 p.m., in mid-January. Officers would later find his clothes about a mile away, near Devine Street. more »
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