Grading the States 2009

March 11, 2009 The report is a comparative assessment of state mental health care systems conducted by the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). The information was provided by state mental health agencies in response to a NAMI survey in August 2008. Other data were drawn from academic research, health care associations, and federal agencies. In addition, NAMI conducted a nationwide on-line survey for consumers with mental illness or in recovery and family members. The 13,000 survey responses were not used in the grading process but helped to inform the report. NAMI volunteers also conducted a Consumer and . . .