The NNED keeps you in the know on what’s happening in behavioral health equity in the U.S. and around the world. Our collection of articles from multiple sources cover important headlines, recent findings, proposal calls, and more.
Poor Care to LGBTQ Migrants
12/05/19
Several human rights groups on Wednesday demanded that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement release all LGBTQ detainees and anyone with HIV in the agency’s custody, saying the U.S. government has repeatedly proved incapable of providing adequate me …
NNED Partner of the Month – December 2019
12/03/19
In order to highlight pockets of excellence across the country, the NNED selects a partner organization to highlight once a month. Ka Hale Pomaika`i (KHP) has been selected as the Partner of the Month for December. Beginning in 1996, Ka Hale Pomaika`i …
Breastfeeding Disparities in African American Women
12/02/19
Breast milk benefits not only offers a nutritionally balanced meal, but some studies suggest that breastfeeding may even reduce the risk for certain allergic diseases, asthma, and obesity in your baby, as well as type 2 diabetes in moms. Also, breastfe …
Latinos Face Language Barrier, Cultural Stigmas When Seeking Mental Health Treatment
11/26/19
Wasatch Mental Health’s American Fork clinic didn’t think it had any clients who spoke Spanish. Then it hired someone who knew the language, and the people started rolling in. “If we have it available, more people will be willing to come,” said Elizabe …
Why Asian Americans Struggle to Seek Therapy
11/21/19
Koko Nishi learned gaman from her grandmother. Gaman describes the act of persevering through challenging times, the seemingly unbearable, with patience and poise. It’s a mindset by which many Japanese people ― including Nishi, a third-generation …
Advocates, Families Face Overwhelming Barriers to Help Homeless with Severe Mental Illness
11/19/19
For homeless people incapacitated by mental illness in Hawaii, years go by and ― for many ― nothing changes. They’re trapped. And their families struggle to get them help, despite a law passed five years ago that was supposed to offer a way out. Cheryl …
Asylum Seekers Suffer Physical, Mental Health Problems in Crowded Shelter
11/14/19
Immigrants from Mexico and Central America seeking asylum in the United States frequently end up at border shelters in Tijuana, Mexico. They stay in them for weeks as they wait for the U.S. government to approve or deny their applications. Most of the …
VA Partnership Supports Older Veterans Well-being
11/12/19
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) recently began partnering with the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) to engage Senior Corps volunteers in support of VA’s Choose Home Initiative, enabling older Veterans to receive needed …
Working Improves the Mental Health of Refugees
11/07/19
Refugees already face immense challenges to their mental health. They have feared for their lives and those of loved ones, and they have been terrorised by a harsh asylum procedure in the world that treats them like criminal suspects. The anxiety is co …
NNED Partner of the Month – November 2019
11/05/19
In order to highlight pockets of excellence across the country, the NNED selects a partner organization to highlight once a month. Great Plains Tribal Chairmen’s Health Board has been selected as the Partner of the Month for November in celebration of …