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.
Breaking the Cycle: How Parental Mental Health Affects Kids — and What to Do About It
12/05/22
When Mariana Pimentel thinks about her childhood in a small town in Mexico, she remembers being surrounded by anger and desperation. Her parents worked long hours to support Pimentel and her brothers and sisters, so they were often absent. When they we …
50 Years After Its Founding, Chinatown Center Still Fights Stigma That Keeps Asian Americans From Accessing Mental Health Help
12/05/22
When San Francisco commissioned a study in 1971 about the mental health of local children, it found that only one Chinese American kid in the city was receiving mental health treatment. “There weren’t linguistically and culturally appropriate services, …
Suicide Prevention Program Helps Support Young Native Americans
12/02/22
The suicide rate in the United States has been rising for decades, with some ethnic groups seeing astronomical jumps. “Native communities experience higher rates of suicide compared to all other racial and ethnic groups in the U.S., with suicide being …
NNED Partner of the Month – December 2022
12/01/22
In order to highlight pockets of excellence across the country, the NNED selects a partner organization to highlight once a month. Fragile Families NETWORK has been selected as the Partner of the Month for December. Grandfamilies are created when a gra …
Incarceration Associated With Negative Mental Health Risks for Black Men
11/30/22
When University of Pennsylvania doctoral student Helena Addison worked as a nurse at an inpatient psychiatric hospital, she encountered many people who had previously been incarcerated. The interactions made her want to better understand the mental hea …
Why Race Matters if You Have Bipolar Disorder
11/30/22
Bipolar disorder — a mental health condition characterized by periods of extreme highs (mania) and deep lows (depression) — affects 2.8 percent of U.S. adults. While marginalized racial and ethnic communities, such as Black and Hispanic-Latinx people, …
Elevate CBOs: SAMHSA Data and Publicly Available Analysis Tools
11/28/22
We invite you to join this informational virtual workshop led by Kathy Downey Piscopo and Sam Brown from SAMHSA’s Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality (CBHSQ) to learn how to use SAMHSA data and tools to advance your behavioral health eq …
“1 Mile 1 Veteran” Podcast Kicks off to Prevent Veteran Suicides
11/25/22
In Honolulu, a local veteran is kicking off a podcast called “1 Mile 1 Veteran” to help prevent suicides in the veteran community. The host and founder, Danny Mayberry served in the Navy for 11 years with several deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. Af …
Peer-Led, Family-Centered Preventive Intervention Promotes Mental Health Among Bhutanese Immigrants in the U.S.
11/23/22
After years of working with Bhutanese community members in Western Massachusetts, a team led by a University of Massachusetts Amherst researcher has developed a peer-led, family-centered preventive intervention to reduce stress, anxiety, and depressive …
How to Find a Therapist Who Focuses on Latine Mental Health
11/21/22
It’s no secret that there is a stigma in the mental health field, no matter the demographic. People are afraid to go to therapy because of how it may look to other people (for the record, it looks healthy). And while this spans across cultures, when it …