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.
What Happens to the Mental Health of School-Shooting Survivors?
07/31/19
We have witnessed how the devastating after-effects of a school shooting can reverberate long after the immediate trauma. Recently, two survivors of the Parkland massacre of 2018 — a 19-year-old graduate named Sydney Aiello and an unnamed …
Alarming Suicide Trends in African American Children: An Urgent Issue
07/26/19
The suicide rate among African American children aged 5 to 11 years has increased substantially since 1993 and is persisting, according to Dr. Jeffrey Bridge, a leading researcher at the Nationwide Children’s Hospital. In 1993 suicide ranked as the 14t …
Native Americans Hit Hard by the Opioid Crisis
07/19/19
The Native American population living on reservations has the highest overdose death rate among all minorities. The Washington Post is reporting that among the demographic groups that have endured the most severe impact by the opioi …
Featured NNEDshare Resource: The Behavioral Health Barometer, Volume 5
07/18/19
The Behavioral Health Barometer, Volume 5, is one of a series of national, regional, and state reports that provide a snapshot of behavioral health in the United States. The reports present a set of substance use and mental health indicators as measure …
Black Female Therapists Wish They Could Tell All Black Women About Mental Health
07/17/19
The thought of going to therapy used to give Jameelah Nasheed anxiety. While to many people going to therapy may seem like the obvious solution to feelings of overwhelming stress, sadness, and anxiousness, for Nasheed—a Black woman—it h …
Moving Forward: Diverse Community Perspectives and Strategies on Trauma, Healing and Trust
07/09/19
Trauma, trauma-informed care and the connection between traumatic exposure and mental health are hot topics. The growing discussions across the spectrum of research, clinical practice, community and service systems – mental health, education …
VA Partners with Tech Companies to Prevent Veteran Suicide
07/09/19
VA is partnering with four technology organizations — CaringBridge, IBM, Objective Zero Foundation, and RallyPoint — that share VA’s commitment to preventing Veteran suicide. These organizations are working with VA to promote s …
Asking For Help in a System that Doesn’t Speak Your Language
07/03/19
In many Asian cultures, it’s common for grandparents to take care of, and even raise, grandchildren as their parents work. For grandparents whose children and grandchildren live in the United States, maintaining that tradition often means making a trek …
NNED Partner of the Month – July 2019
07/01/19
In order to highlight pockets of excellence across the country, the NNED selects a partner organization to highlight once a month. The Love More Movement (LMM) has been selected as the Partner of the Month for July in honor of National Minority Mental …
How Workplaces Can Support Black Mental Health
06/28/19
Mental health is the next frontier of diversity and inclusion within organizations. Black Americans are no different when it comes to the prevalence of mental health conditions when compared to the rest of the population. According to the Office of Min …