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.
Why Asian-American Seniors Have High Rates Of Depression But Rarely Seek Help
06/06/17
Time after time, Joy Luangphaxay would see Asian-American seniors come to the nonprofit Hamilton-Madison House accompanied by their adult children and complain to therapists about their difficulty falling sleeping. That they’d had many a restless night …
Apply Now! Racial Empowerment Collaborative Summer Institutes
06/05/17
At the Racial Empowerment Collaborative (REC), they view the ability to cope with racial stress as a matter of skill, not character or morality. The REC Summer Institutes seek to increase racial literacy—the ability to read, recast, and resolve raciall …
Black Teen Suicide Rate Has Doubled. Here Are 5 Ways to Help
06/05/17
The rate of suicide among Black youth has doubled in the last 20 years, according to the Journal of the American Medical Association. In fact, it is the third leading cause of death for Black Americans ages 15 to 24. Though mental illness is not a new …
States Take the Lead on Juvenile Justice Reform
06/02/17
A new article posted on The Pew Charitable Trusts website highlights seven states taking the lead in systemwide, multicomponent, juvenile justice reform as part of Pew’s Public Safety Performance Project. In the article, Project Director Jake Horowitz …
The Steps That Can Help Adults Heal From Childhood Trauma
06/01/17
This article is the third in a series exploring how research into adverse childhood experiences – or ACEs – is helping researchers, therapists, parents, educators and the medical community better understand the lasting effects of trauma on mental healt …
Therapy to Reach Veterans’ Kids through Playtime
05/24/17
Helping kids cope may not be easy, but county officials are hoping the answer is child’s play. “Children have their own language,” said Sarah Holland, peer support specialist at Crossroads Area Veterans Center. Saturday, the Crossroads Area Veterans Ce …
Adolescent Boys Treated At Urban ER for Violent Injury Want Mental Health Care
05/22/17
Adolescent males of color treated for violent injury and discharged from an urban pediatric emergency department (ED) overwhelmingly identified a need for mental health care, according to research from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)’s Viole …
Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention Accepting Applications for Advisory Committee
05/19/17
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention is accepting applications to fill current and upcoming vacancies on the Federal Advisory Committee on Juvenile Justice (FACJJ). Composed of members of state advisory groups on juvenile justice, …
National Asian & Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: Saving Face Can’t Make You Safe
05/18/17
May 19th is National Asian and Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. Between 2010 and 2014, the Asian population in the United States grew around 11%, more than three times as fast as the total U.S. population. During the same period, the number of …
Unequal Lives: The State of Black Women and Families in the Rural South
05/16/17
While most of America has largely recovered from the Great Recession, a new report from the Southern Rural Black Women’s Initiative (SRBWI) shows that black women in the rural south are trailing far behind the rest of the nation, living in an impoveris …