Trinh Dang is the Executive Director of National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Southern Nevada, a grassroots mental health nonprofit. NAMI SNV is a local affiliate of a nationwide organization with over 600 affiliates across the nation.  National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Southern Nevada https://www.namisouthernnevada.org/[email protected] (702) 890-9729  Trinh Dang [email protected]   0:00 Executive director of NAMI duties 0:39 About NAMI 3:34 Funding 5:46 Services 7:07 Stigma on mental illness 11:06 Who should contact NAMI and when? And more about NAMI services. 19:42 Mental illness recovery or hope 21:24 Personally story with NAMI 26:25 Differences of NAMI, psychologists and psychiatrists  29:32 Which first? NAMI, psychologist or psychiatrist? 31:31 Mental illness stigma from Asian point of view 34:16 Asian traditional pride extra harsh with mental illness 36:07 Asian collective-vious culture 38:07 NAMI is responsible for 100% of it's funding 41:43 Mental illness awareness is the most important; destigmatize it 46:01 As executive director of NAMI do you directly deal with participates 46:42 Mentally connecting with participates 48:34 The movie "Silver Linings Playbook" 50:19 Thriller and psychopathic movies do a disservice to mental illness awareness  51:56 Brené Brown 54:41 Most pressing mental illness issue in America currently 56:12 Vanity and Narcissism 56:35 Social media and mental illness 1:00:15 NAMI Facebook page 1:01:18 More about the importance of mental illness awareness 1:04:18 Indicators to get help 1:06:39 Volunteering for NAMI 1:13:43 Executive director's magic wane first wish: mental illness awareness 1:23:47 What NAMI in Southern Nevada needs 1:24:30 First desired improvement: Development director 1:26:04 Second desired improvement: Upgraded headquarters 1:27:58 Third desired improvement: Youth program 1:30:25 Privacy 1:32:12 NAMI is completely free for all participates 1:33:46 The importance of mental health 1:37:19 Cryptocurrency 1:44:02 Vietnam's collectivistic culture 1:57:59 Vietnamese food 2:02:41 Meditation 2:31:55 Contact information