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.
Discipline Disparities for Black Students, Boys, and Students with Disabilities
04/18/18
Starting in prekindergarten, black boys and girls were disciplined at school far more than their white peers in 2013-2014, according to a government analysis of data that said implicit racial bias was the likely cause of these continuing disparities. T …
Vote for the Winner of the 2018 Scattergood Innovations in Behavioral Health Award
04/17/18
Vote from the finalists for this year’s 2018 Scattergood Innovation Award winner who will also recieve a $25,000 prize! The Scattergood Foundation defines innovation as the process of translating an idea or discovery into a good or service that creates …
Share Your Story: Community Partnerships in Action to Advance Health Equity and Reduce Disparities
04/16/18
Partnerships are important to help reduce disparities in health and health care. We can best meet the challenges facing our communities by working closely with them to determine the best solutions that meet their needs. Dr. Mathew Lin, Director of the …
National Movement to Reduce U.S. Prison Population has Largely Ignored Women
04/16/18
The nationwide push to reduce prison populations and bolster alternatives to incarceration has largely neglected women prisoners, according to a report released in January by the Prison Policy Initiative. Spurred by budget shortfalls and prison overcro …
Minnesota is Considering Doubling its Number of Rural Mental Health Counselors, to Two
04/13/18
Ted Matthews drove past acres of fields, racing to meet with a farmer who called threatening to kill himself. That’s when he got a call from another farmer in a different part of the state who was also threatening suicide. Since he couldn’t be in two p …
Communities Recognized for Work to Improve Public Health: Healthiest Cities & Counties Challenge
04/11/18
Communities are going above and beyond to focus their work around local social determinants of health as part of the Healthiest Cities & Counties Challenge. Now, midway through the two-year effort, the challenge is recognizing some of the communiti …
National Youth HIV/AIDS Awareness Day 2018 (April 10)
04/10/18
April 10, 2018 is National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day (#NYHAAD). Use the CDC’s hashtag #DoingIt to encourage young people and their caregivers to get tested. Capacity 4 Health joins with Advocates for Youth in observing this awareness day, it’s …
2018 National Ryan White Conference on HIV Care and Treatment Call for Abstracts
04/06/18
The call for abstracts is now open for the Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) HIV/AIDS Bureau’s (HAB) 2018 National Ryan White Conference on HIV Care and Treatment. The conference will take place December 11-14, 2018, at the Gaylord …
A Few Steps to Build and Encourage Cultural Competency in the Classroom
03/28/18
A beneficial, yet challenging, factor of education today involves the increasing diversity in our schools. Because of the ever-growing demographics, teaching cultural competency has become a major focus in the classroom, especially for a public school …
The Stigma of Mental Illness in Small Towns
03/27/18
Mental illnesses such as anxiety and depression are common among older adults in rural areas, affecting 10 to 25 percent of that population. But many of those people with them suffer in silence rather than seeking treatment. Researchers at Wake Forest …