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.
Understanding Black Grief
05/13/22
With Black Americans leading shorter and sicker lives, it’s likely they are also experiencing grief more often and earlier in life, making bereavement a health disparity of its own, suggests new University of Arizona research published in Frontiers in …
Brain Scans May Reveal a Lot About Mental Illness, but Not Until Studies Get Bigger
05/11/22
MRI scans have allowed researchers to peer inside the human brain. And the technology is great at revealing damage from a stroke, or areas that light up when we see a face. But brain scan studies have yet to offer much insight into the underpinnings of …
Veteran Inspires Fellow Veterans Struggling With Mental Health
05/09/22
Bill Klingenberg is a veteran and Peer Support Specialist at the VA in Lexington. He’s using a personal challenge to help others who might be in a similar situation. “Air traffic controller,” said Klingenberg, who served in the U.S. Navy. “Was in it fo …
New Jersey Immigrant Students Face Barriers to Mental Health Aid. What Needs to Change?
05/06/22
Immigrant students in New Jersey need more support in schools to address their unique mental health needs, a new report from immigrant youth advocates states. A child’s experience migrating to a new country can be traumatic, isolating, and distressing …
Addressing Social Needs and Structural Inequities to Reduce Health Disparities: A Call to Action for Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
05/04/22
Entering Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, a cutting-edge issue is addressing social determinants of health, which are especially critical among diverse Asian American ethnic groups that vary in education, income, and acculturation. F …
A Consequence of Health Disparities: Depression Among Sexual Minorities
05/02/22
Kafi Friday, BA, PharmD candidate 2023; and Prashant Sakharkar, PharmD, MPH, shared their poster “Examining Health Disparities and Level of Depression among Sexual Minorities: A Population-based Cross-sectional Study” at the American Pharmacists Associ …
NNED Partner of the Month – May 2022
05/02/22
In order to highlight pockets of excellence across the country, the NNED selects a partner organization to highlight once a month. Filipino Young Leaders Program (FYLPRO), has been selected as the Partner of the Month for May in celebration of Asi …
Identifying as Hispanic and LGBTQ+: Mental Health, Coming Out
04/29/22
Raised in a Colombian household, freshman biology major Valeria Velasquez said coming out to her parents as gay was difficult at first. “Their doubt seeped in through to me because they’ve known me since the second I was born,” Velasquez said. “They’ve …
Attacks on Asian American Women Are Igniting a Conversation About Public Safety
04/27/22
From the 19th century Page Act, which depicted the majority of Chinese women in the US as sex workers, to US military occupations in Asia to pop culture touchstones such as “Full Metal Jacket,” Sung Yeon Choimorrow notes that Asian women in the United …
Elevate CBOs: Data 101 Workshop
04/26/22
You’re invited to attend an introduction to data webinar. This opportunity intends to provide technical assistance to National Network to Eliminate Disparities in Behavioral Health (NNED) members and minority-serving and under-resourced community-based …