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NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness... In 2004, NAMI opposed the placement of "black box" warnings on antidepressants determined to cause suicide in under-18 year olds, and in 2006 opposed black box warnings on ADHD drugs causing heart attack, stroke and sudden death in children in 2006. Despite overwhelming evidence of serious adverse cardiac events and sudden deaths caused by ADHD drugs, in 2006 NAMI took the position that the “black box” warning on ADHD drugs was “premature.” NAMI even lobbies for laws allowing people accused of mental illness to be forced to take psychiatric drugs. The drugs most often prescribed for involuntary patients -- Janssen's Risperdal (risperidone) and Lilly's Zyprexa (olanzapine) -- cause debilitating, indeed, lethal effects. NAMI's failure to inform its constituents about the danger these drugs pose for patients, and its continued aggressive promotion of these drugs despite the evidence, may be viewed as confirmation that NAMI is an extension of the pharmacuitical industry's marketing department. It takes a lot of nerve to call NAMI a patients’ advocacy group when half to two-thirds of it's funding comes from companies that are constantly loosing class action lawsuits, federal lawsuits or both for not disclosing adverse findings in clinical trials, lying about known health risks, directly causing death and chemical injury and illegally marketing their most powerful and unpredictable drugs off label even to children. NAMI could hardly be more blatant in aligning their methods with the commercial interests of these companies. I searched the NAMI site over and over looking for information for people like myself hurt by psychiatric medication, zero results. NAMI is run with millions in "donations" from the pharmacuitical companies, search for yourself. http://www.google.com/search?q=NAMI+pharmaceutical+funding When I was really sick from medication withdrawal my family had read NAMI propaganda and belived I was faking it cause I "lacked insight" and all that other stuff NAMI writes about non compliant patients.