Yale-NAMI Conference on Neuroscience, Mental Health, and Society

The annual Yale-NAMI Conference on Neuroscience, Mental Health, and Society will be held Saturday, March 22, 2025, from 8:30 am to 12:30 pm in The Anlyan Center Auditorium, 300 Cedar St., New Haven. The conference is free and the public is invited. The topic is postpartum depression.

The 2025 Yale Department of Psychiatry Mental Health Advocacy Award will be presented to Angelina Spicer, a stand-up comic, writer, producer, actress, mother, and accidental activist who blends humor and advocacy to spotlight maternal health. She is the founder of Spicey Moms, a global grassroots organization that provides immediate, comprehensive support to vulnerable mothers, particularly during the critical first 48 hours postpartum, when help is most needed.

The Yale NAMI Mental Health Conference, held each spring on a Saturday at Yale School of Medicine, provides an opportunity for community members, patients and their families, and providers to come together and hear about new advances in the care for mental illness from Yale experts.

This event, held annually since 1992, is sponsored by the Yale Department of Psychiatry, the Connecticut chapter of the National Alliance for Mental Illness (NAMI), and Yale Center for Brain and Mind Health.