According to Mental Health America’s (MHA) Mind the Workplace 2022 report, 78% of workers agree that workplace stress affects their mental health, and 7 in 10 workers find it difficult to concentrate at work. This stress can negatively impact workers’ well- being, productivity, job satisfaction, and retention. With Walgreens’ support, MHA created an easy-to-follow toolkit […]
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Using Cuento to Support the Behavioral Health Needs of Hispanic/Latinos
According to the 2020 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), nearly eight million (18.4 percent) Hispanic/Latino adults reported having a mental illness. Among those with a mental illness, 1.9 million (24.4 percent) had a serious mental illness, or a mental illness that impacted their ability to function. Though the prevalence of a major […]
Where Did Funding (And the Workforce) Go? Exploring Innovative Strategies for Sustainability and Retention in the Behavioral Health Field
Community-based organizations (CBOs) across the nation are experiencing challenges in sustaining programs and services, staff retention and training, and organizational capacity. With the COVID-19 emergency relief funding coming to an end this summer, many organizations are left wondering how to access long-term funding to continue to serve their communities’ increasing behavioral health needs. The pandemic […]
Elevate CBOs: Community Needs Assessments
This opportunity intends to provide technical assistance around conducting community needs assessments to National Network to Eliminate Disparities in Behavioral Health (NNED) members and minority-serving and under-resourced community-based organizations (CBOs). After attending this workshop, participants will be able to: Understand the purpose of a community needs assessment Identify who should be involved in a community […]
Improving Access to LGBTQIA+ Friendly Care in Rural Areas
Accessing high-quality, inclusive, and affirming health care is a key component to maintaining good physical and mental health. However, LGBTQIA+ individuals face many barriers to accessing health care, including lack of health insurance, a shortage of health care providers that are skilled in treating LGBTQIA+ patients, as well as stigma and discrimination in health care […]
Building Healthy Habits in 2022 Toolkit
Since the pandemic started, experts have warned of a mental health crisis facing American children. That is now playing out at schools in the form of increased childhood depression, anxiety, panic attacks, eating disorders, fights, and thoughts of suicide at alarming levels, according to interviews with teachers, administrators, education officials, and mental health experts. Mentally […]