-
NIH Being Established
NIH is the main HUB for all of the National Institutes of Research. NIMH is a branch off of NIH. -
Helping Wounded Soldiers
NIMH was helping Mentally Disabled Ex-Soldiers after World War II. -
No More Insane Asylums
Truman passed a law to help anyone who was poor and could not afford to get thereapy. This lowered the rate of people having to go live in an Insane Asylum because they were mentally ill. -
It Quickly Grew
NIMh quickly grew and was being funded by many companies. -
Huge attack on Mental Illnesses
During the mid-1960's NIMH launched an extensive attack on special mental health problems. Part of this was establishment of centers for child and family mental health, crime and delinquency, minority group mental health problems, schizophrenia, urban problems, and later, rape, aging, and technical assistance to victims of natural disasters. The mental health centers staffing amendments authorized grants to help pay the salaries of professional and technical personnel in Community Mental Health -
Left NIH but rejoined
NIMH separated from NIH and was given bureau status within PHS by a reorganization effective January 1. However, NIMH's intramural research program, which conducted studies in the NIH Clinical Center and other NIH facilities, remained at NIH under an agreement for joint administration between NIH and NIMH. -
First SAD
They started the first seasonal depression research in the 1980's -
NIMH was established, then joined NIH
NIMH was it's pwn research company all together, until NIH came around 10 days later... NIMH than joined NIH and is being funded by them ever since. -
Today
Today NIMH has a budget of 1.5 million dollars. That is amazing for research on the mentally ill and being able to fund any other ally companies that are also studying the brain. -
Scientists
Today NIMH supports training for over 1,000 scientists to carry out mental health research. Shares information with scientists, the media, and the public.
