According to its website, “NAMI is a nonprofit, grassroots, self-help, support and advocacy organization of consumers, families, and friends of people with severe mental illnesses, such as schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic and other severe anxiety disorders, autism and pervasive developmental disorders, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, and other severe and persistent mental illnesses that affect the brain.” (http://www.nami.org/template.cfm?section=About_NAMI; accessed 8/26/03)

NAMI corporate sponsors include:

• Abbott Laboratories
• AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals
• Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
• Eli Lilly & Company
• Forest Laboratories Inc.
• GlaxoSmithKline
• Janssen Pharmaceutica Inc.
• Magellan Health Services
• McNeil Consumer Healthcare
• Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation
• Organon Inc.
• PacifiCare Behavioral Health Inc.
• Pfizer Foundation
• Pfizer Inc
• PhRMA
• WellPoint Health Networks
• Wyeth Pharmaceuticals