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.
A Hidden Population: Youth Homelessness Is On the Rise
07/11/17
They are the nation’s invisible homeless population, undercounted for years, hiding out in cars and abandoned buildings, in motels and on couches, often trading sex for a place to sleep. And now, for a complex variety of reasons, the number of youth — …
Unemployment, Foreclosures, Poverty, and Suicide Rates
07/10/17
New research suggests that poverty itself, rather than unemployment and foreclosures, contributed to the rise in the suicide rate during the Great Recession of 2008 to 2009. These findings were based on an analysis of county-level data from 16 states i …
#YouGoodMan: Black Men and Mental Health
07/07/17
In 2016, social media started a dialogue on Black men’s mental health using the hashtag #YouGoodMan following the disclosure of mental health issues by rapper Kid Cudi. In a post on his Facebook page, Cudi stated he was seeking help to treat his anxiet …
July is National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month
07/06/17
In 2008, the U.S. House of Representatives established July as Bebe Moore Campbell National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month (NMMHAM). This observance aims to improve access to mental health treatment and services for multicultural communities th …
School District in Alaska Expands Crisis Response Team to Address High Rates of Youth Suicide
07/05/17
In an effort to address high rates of youth suicide, the Anchorage school district is expanding its crisis response team. Made up of more than a dozen staff members, the team helps schools respond to traumatic events in their communities. Their crisis …
The Opioid Epidemic Is Making the Fight against HIV More Difficult
07/03/17
Bringing down the rate of HIV infection in one of the United States’ great public health triumphs of the past quarter-century. Now, thanks to the opioid epidemic, some of those hard-won gains may be reversed. Opioids, as well as being harmful on their …
Apply for Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Juvenile Justice Certificate Program
06/30/17
The Center for Juvenile Justice Reform (CJJR) and the Center for Children’s Law and Policy are accepting applications for the Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Juvenile Justice Certificate Program to be held November 14-17, 2017, in Washington, …
How Yoga is Helping Girls Heal from Trauma
06/29/17
Rocsana Enriquez started thinking about yoga again when she was pregnant. She was 19 and in an abusive relationship. When she was younger, Rocsana, whom the author had interviewed as part of her research, had taken part in a yoga program in a San Franc …
KIDS COUNT Finds Mixed Progress in Child Well-Being
06/28/17
While the percentage of American children living in poverty fell in 2015, many continue to live in high-poverty areas and gains in children’s well-being could be lost without continued investment, an annual report from the Annie. E. Casey Foundation fi …
Cowboys in Crisis: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Mental Health Care in a Small Western Town
06/27/17
“Welcome to the Wild West of mental health care.” That’s how Stephanie,* a 40-something professional and Jackson Hole, Wyoming native, described the day she checked into the emergency department at St. John’s Medical Center a few years ago. She has str …