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.
Mass Shootings Add to Mental Health Issues Already Affected By COVID-19
04/30/21
After two mass shootings in less than one week, mental health experts say the effects these horrific events have on the American public are amplified by the COVID-19 pandemic. On March 22, 2021, 10 people were killed at a grocery store in Boulder, Colo …
Breonna Taylor Has Been Gone a Year—Why We Need to Talk More About the Racial Trauma of Black Death
04/28/21
Last year, the police killings of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd led to a racial reckoning. This year, those traumas continue to ripple through Black communities. Though high-profile Black deaths such as Taylor’s and Floyd’s can make racism seem episo …
NNED Virtual Roundtable: Partnering to Strengthen the Behavioral Health Infrastructure and Capacity in Communities of Color
04/26/21
2021 Virtual Roundtable Series: Community-Based Organizations Build Pathways to Behavioral Health Equity for Communities of Color Within the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and racial disparities, community-based organizations (CBOs) have elevated the …
Veteran Suicide Prevention Program Bill Advances in Colorado Legislature
04/26/21
A bill to establish a veteran suicide prevention pilot program passed unanimously through committee in the Colorado State Senate, laying the groundwork to further empower local organizations that serve veteran communities. Senate President Leroy Garcia …
Mental Health ‘Epidemic’ Threatens Communities of Color Amid COVID-19
04/23/21
Communities of color face a burgeoning wave of mental health problems as a result of how the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way people interact and grieve, experts warn. “We’re about to have a mental health epidemic because of COVID,” says Vickie Ma …
Report Calls for Better Data About and for Native Hawaiian Mental Health
04/21/21
Hawaii state agencies fail to collect and track accurate data about Native Hawaiians and programs that are supposed to help them, according to a report released by Papa Ola Lokahi, a Native Hawaiian health advocacy organization, and the Hawaii Budget …
How Three Philly Groups Are Raising Mental-Health Awareness in Immigrant Communities
04/19/21
The mental health needs of immigrants, who make up nearly 14% of Philadelphia’s population, are often centered on immigration, a stressful and sometimes traumatic ordeal. Yet many immigrants come from cultures where stigma around mental health makes th …
Native American Connections Opens New Behavioral Health Center and Housing Community for Veterans Experiencing Homelessness
04/16/21
Native American Connections (NAC) opened its newest behavioral health and supportive housing campus in Phoenix. The Patina Mountain Preserve Wellness Center and Dunlap Pointe Housing Community embraces the organization’s focus on health, housing and co …
What to Know About Sexual Orientation and Mental Health in Youth
04/14/21
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and other self-identified queer (LGBTQ) youth have higher rates of mental health issues than people in the general population. Research suggests that these mental health challenges correlate with factors such as fam …
Confronting Mental Health in a Latinx Household
04/12/21
Trying to get a traditional Mexican household to acknowledge the importance of mental health can feel like trying to break a curse. It’s like a jinx that has been weaved through generations, masked by religion and left to the children of immigrants to …