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.
Asian American Women have Tough Time Seeking Help for Eating Disorders
12/13/17
Young Asian American women tend to have cultural and family influences that discourage them from seeking help for eating disorders, according to new research led by Yuying Tsong, Cal State Fullerton associate professor in human services. Compared with …
Without an Honorable Discharge, Mental Health Options are Limited for Veterans
12/11/17
When service members separate from the military, their futures depend on something called a characterization of service. There are five different possibilities: honorable, general under honorable conditions, other than honorable, bad conduct, and disho …
Online Tool Helps PrEP Users Assess Marketplace Coverage Options
12/08/17
To help individuals using pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) who are also seeking to get or renew coverage in the Insurance Marketplace during the current open enrollment period, NASTAD recently launched PrEPcost.org . The site is an online health plan fi …
To Build Healthy Communities for Native Kids, Involve Them
12/07/17
In the heart of the Crow Reservation in southeastern Montana, the 450-person town of Valley of the Chiefs has faced mounting difficulties over the past several decades. In the last two generations, the Crow Nation has lost 80% of its population and 73% …
Moving the Race Conversation Forward
12/04/17
“Moving the Race Conversation Forward” is a report by Race Forward: The Center for Racial Justice Innovation that aims to reshape and reform the way people talk about race and racism in the United States. Part One (pdf) includes: Content analysis of ma …
Managing Stress: Promising Intervention for Latinos with Type 2 Diabetes
11/30/17
Mental health problems can make people with diabetes sicker. Countless studies have shown that depression raises the risk of all sorts of bad outcomes in diabetes—from foot numbness to premature death. A new study supported by NIMHD found that stress m …
Health Education & Behavior: Collaborating for Equity and Justice Call for Abstracts (Dec 15th)
11/29/17
A group of noted community scholars recently published six principles for collaborating for equity and justice (Wolff et al., 2017). Collectively, these principles argue that coalitions attempting to promote community change for health must embrace str …
How the Undetectable = Untrasmittable Breakthrough Took Away Boyd’s Fear and Shame
11/28/17
This is a blog post written by and from the perspective of Roscoe Boyd II, Founding Member of the U=U Steering Committee. I have been very public in sharing that I am a person who has lived with HIV for the past 16 years. I am healthy and motivated to …
Dad’s Comics Promote Empathy, Tolerance and Love
11/27/17
For the past five years, Chris Grady has been drawing his experiences as a dad and sharing them in a web comic called Lunarbaboon. Grady has a 7-year-old son and 2-year-old daughter. His comic offers a humorous take on classic parenting struggles, from …
Understudied NHOPI and AIAN Groups Show Alarmingly High Rates of Obesity and Diabetes
11/22/17
Some of the smallest and historically neglected racial groups in the United States experience far more obesity, diabetes and other health conditions than non-Hispanic white adults, a study by researchers at the University of California, Riverside has f …