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NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, presents this first
comprehensive state-by-state analysis of mental health care systems
in 15 years. Every U.S. state has been scored on 39 specific criteria
resulting in an overall grade and four sub-category grades for each
state. The national average grade is D. Five states receive grades
in the B range. Eight receive Fs. None received As.
Grading the States 2006: Project Overview
Letter
from the NAMI Executive Director
Read the letter from NAMI's Executive Director, Michael J. Fitzpatrick,
as part of the NAMI Grading the States 2006 report.
Executive
Summary
Read the Executive Summary from the NAMI Grading the States 2006
report.
Acknowledgements
and Authors
Learn about the authors of the report.
Introduction
Read the introduction from the report which includes a very short
section about the methodology and common trends found throughout
the state reports.
Innovations
NAMI's Grading the States 2006 report included innovations in mental
health care in each state. View a listing of innovations compiled
from states by category.
List
of References
Download a list of references used throughout the report. Includes
a listing of the state mental health authority websites and the
link to their state block grant if available online. (PDF, 94 kb)
Compendium
of State Narrative Tables Listing Spending and Rankings
Download the table that includes the per capita income for each
state, per capita mental health spending per state, total mental
health spending per state, and the suicide rank in each state. (PDF,
42 kb)
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