NAMI Montana is incredibly happy to announce that Dr. Gary Mihelish received NAMI's national "Distinguished Service Award" for 2013. This is NAMI's highest award. Past recipients of the Distinguished Service Award include Congressman Patrick Kennedy and Dr. Joyce Burland. Dr. Mihelish is a longtime leader of both NAMI Helena and NAMI Montana. He helped lead the charge for mental health parity in the Montana legislature and has been a teacher of Family-to-Family with his wife Sandra for over a decade. Dr. Mihelish has also been a means of support and information for desperate families across Montana that didn't have anywhere else to turn.
Dr. Mihelish was also elected to NAMI's national Board of Directors. This will allow him to bring his passionate service for people who live with mental illness and their families to a nationwide platform. This is a critical time for mental illness advocacy in America and we are extremely happy that Dr. Mihelish will be helping lead the fight.
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