Article: JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICA JOINS NAMI CAMPAIGN TO END DISCRIMINATION AGAINST PEOPLE WHO SUFFER FROM SEVERE MENTAL ILLNESSES

TITUSVILLE, N.J., Feb. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Janssen Pharmaceutica has joined The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) in its five- year national education campaign to end discrimination against people with severe mental illnesses. As a Founding Sponsor, Janssen is a major supporter of the five-year campaign, announced today at a Washington press conference.

Although years of scientific research have proven that brain disorders, such as schizophrenia and manic depression, are biological conditions, discrimination against people who suffer from severe mental illnesses persists. Many still incorrectly believe that mental illness is caused by poor parenting or ...

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