The NNED keeps you in the know on what’s happening in behavioral health in the U.S. and around the world. Our collection of articles from multiple sources cover important headlines, recent findings, proposal calls, and more.
Migrants’ Mental Health in Chicago Is a Looming Crisis
02/28/24
More than 25,000 migrants and asylum-seekers have arrived mostly from South and Central America since late August 2022. They are fleeing the collapse of their economies and as one social worker puts it, “misery.” Many came to Chicago on a bus from Texa …
Improving Maternal Care for New Moms in the Hispanic Community
02/26/24
The CCH Maternal Child Health team was evaluating postpartum complication rates from July 2020 through June 2021, and they noticed an increased rate in complications, such as postpartum hemorrhage and postpartum infection, with Hispanic patients compar …
‘We Don’t Know What Tomorrow Will Bring’: How Climate Change Is Affecting Fijians’ Mental Health
02/23/24
It’s unlikely any region of the world will escape the effects of climate change. These include increasing temperatures, more frequent and intense extreme weather events such as bushfires and floods, rising sea levels, and more. But some areas, like the …
Being ‘My Own Role Model’: Normalizing Mental Health Care in the AANHPI Community
02/21/24
According to the Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration’s 2021 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, a quarter of Asian American adults with mental illness had received mental health treatment in the past year. In that same timef …
Researchers: Mental Health Care and Research Must Confront Systemic Racism to Improve Health, Lives of Black Americans
02/14/24
Improving the mental health and wellness of Black Americans requires acknowledging and confronting systemic racism underlying the U.S. political, social, and health care systems that create and maintain racial inequality in every aspect of life for Bla …
Gavin Newsom’s Prop. 1 Aims to Tackle Growing Homelessness, Mental Health Crisis
02/12/24
Governor Gavin Newsom is promoting a $6 billion measure to tackle the growing homelessness and mental health crisis in California. Proposition 1 will include modernizing the Mental Health Services Act and Assembly Bill 531, along with a $6.38 billion b …
Mother and Psychologist Share Insights on Maternal Mental Health for Women of Color
02/09/24
Taressa Penny battled through a high-risk pregnancy and learned to become the best advocate for her health. Penny said her pregnancy was scary because doctors considered her pregnancy high risk. Penny also knew black women die at a higher rate during o …
Bipartisan Bill Would Expand Behavioral Telehealth Services for Rural Americans
02/07/24
A new bipartisan bill, titled the Home-Based Telemental Health Care Act, aims to increase rural residents’ access to virtual mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) treatment services by authorizing up to $10 million in annual grants through 202 …
Data Storytelling: How CBOs Can Share Their Impact
02/05/24
The strength of community-based organizations (CBOs) is knowing and engaging with their own stories and that of their communities to make a difference. Building on previous Elevate CBOs webinars, this four-part series, led by Carlos Morales of Viva Tec …
The Mental Health Needs of Black and Hispanic Girls Often Go Unmet — This Group Wraps Them in Support
02/05/24
Created in 2011 by Black and Hispanic social workers at the nonprofit organization Youth Guidance, Working on Womenhood’s (WOW) goal is to build a healthy sense of self-awareness, confidence, and resilience in a population that is often underserved by …