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.
How This Fall River Agency Is Using a Grant From the Attorney General to Aid Latinx Addiction Recovery
12/08/21
Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey was in Fall River on Monday morning touring River to Recovery on Pleasant Street with the substance abuse agency’s Executive Director Kevin Doyle and Mayor Paul Coogan. River to Recovery is a recipient of Hea …
Pandemic Has Generated Physical and Mental Health Challenges for Asians
12/07/21
The pandemic has generated wide-scale physical and mental health challenges to the Asian and Pacific Islander communities, causing a public health crisis and greatly damaging the community, according to three leading public health experts. The report, …
NNED Partner of the Month – December 2021
12/06/21
In order to highlight pockets of excellence across the country, the NNED selects a partner organization to highlight once a month. Oasis Center, has been selected as the Partner of the Month for December. In 1969, a group of young lawyers cam …
Hit Hard by COVID, Native Americans Come Together to Protect the Mental Health of Families and Elders
12/03/21
74% of American Indian and Alaska Natives said someone in their household has struggled with depression, anxiety, stress, and problems with sleeping, in a recent poll by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public …
Facing Racism Depletes African American Young Adults’ Mental Health
12/01/21
Making the transition to adulthood can be full of challenges. A new study finds that the effects of discrimination can cause severe mental health damage to the already struggling young adult age group. The study from researchers at UCLA found that youn …
How “Reservation Dogs” Is Opening Up a Crucial Conversation About Suicide in Indigenous Communities
11/29/21
I have been working as an actor for many years. But never before in my work — at least not until April 2021, when I was filming the seventh episode of Reservation Dogs — have I had an out-of-body experience or cried out involuntarily. This time, my bod …
Why Are LGBTQ Youth Avoiding Sports In School? Fear Of Discrimination, Research Shows
11/26/21
“I never hated sports, but I hated how I was treated by kids and adults who played sports.” That’s how one young LGBTQ person responded to the Trevor Project’s 2021 National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health when asked to describe their attitude towa …
Expert Speaks About Hispanic Suicide Rate and Mental Health
11/24/21
Carlos Galindo Elvira, the Director of Engagement and Community Partnerships for Chicanos Por La Causa, wrote about the suicide rate amongst Latinx/Hispanics and the lack of mental health resources for them. Elvira about his own suicidal ideation and h …
Student-Made Short Film Addresses Asian American Mental Health
11/22/21
In the same way that iridescent colors shift in the light, “Iridescence” is shimmering with meaning. The student-made short film, which is currently in postproduction, follows the life of an 18-year-old budding artist named Christian (Patrick Zhang) as …
Data Shows a High Rate of Suicide Among Young African American Boys
11/19/21
We all know life has taken a toll on Americans in the last 20 months. But there is a group experts say is really going through it — young, Black boys. The latest studies show there’s been an uptick in suicides in that demographic, and now, advocates ar …