NARSAD was created by an alliance of individuals and national mental health organizations to help increase private funding for mental health research and to raise awareness of the need for scientific research on mental health in general. NARSAD has a broad focus, recognizing that mental disorders represent a spectrum of related causes and through its grantmaking has sought to encourage a new generation of scientists to pursue a career in neurological and psychiatric research.
NARSAD has not yet started any petitions.