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.
Making a Difference: How Northwest Alaska is Working to Reduce Youth Suicide
07/10/18
The following article was written by and from the perspective of Northern Public Affairs contributors. International circumpolar policy leaders are now paying attention to Indigenous youth suicide. In a recent report by the Arctic Council’s Sustainable …
The Future of Healing: Shifting From Trauma Informed Care to Healing Centered Engagement
07/09/18
The following was written by and from the perspective of Dr. Shawn Ginwright, Associate Professor of Education, and African American Studies at San Francisco State University and the author of Hope and Healing in Urban Education: How Activists are Recl …
The Strong and Stressed Black Woman
07/05/18
The following was written by and from the perspective of clinical psychologist Dr. Inger E. Burnett-Zeigler. Ms. T., 75, came to see me for therapy after a man stole her purse. He was in a car and lured her over under the guise of asking directions. Th …
New Pacific Islander Health Center Focusing on Research and Outreach Training
07/02/18
A newly opened center hopes to improve the health of the local Marshallese community, keep the changes going for generations with education and outreach, and share what it learns to help Pacific Islanders everywhere. The Center for Pacific Islander Hea …
July is National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month!
07/01/18
Learn About Minority Mental Health Month “Once my loved ones accepted the diagnosis, healing began for the entire family, but it took too long. It took years. Can’t we, as a nation, begin to speed up that process? We need a national campaign to destigm …
Request for Input: HEALing Communities Study, An Integrated Approach to Address the Opioid Crisis
06/29/18
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), in partnership with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), has recently released a Request for Information (RFI) for the HEALing Communities Study, part of National Institute …
Found In Our Mother Tongue: Thoughts On Mental Health, South Asian Languages and Poetry
06/28/18
The following was written by and from the perspective of The Aerogram contributor Taimour Fazlani Not so long ago I wrote an open letter on mental health in South Asian communities which was rooted in my own experiences with anxiety (“We Need to Talk A …
National HIV Testing Day 2018 #DoingItMyWay #HaciéndoloAMiManera
06/27/18
Wednesday, June 27, marks National HIV Testing Day (NHTD) 2018. This year’s theme, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is “Doing It My Way, Testing for HIV.” The theme plays off a larger HIV testing and prevention campaig …
American Indians Forge New Paths to Build Healthy Communities
06/25/18
This article was written by Steve Dubb and originally posted by the Nonprofit Quarterly. While the health disparities are certainly real, there have been many gains as well. For instance, the American Indians Religious Freedom Act, which only passed i …
NYC’s Muslims and Sikhs Experience High Levels of Harassment, Study Finds
06/22/18
Muslims and Sikhs in New York City have experienced a significant level of harassment in recent years, a new survey published by a city agency has found. Nearly half of Sikh respondents to the study and 42 percent of Muslim respondents reported experie …