Did you know that transgender people are up to 3 times more likely to serve in the U.S. military? Or that rates of transgender-related diagnoses are 5 times higher in the V.A. compared to the civilian population? Do you feel ready to work with these Veterans in a culturally sensitive way? As Transgender Veterans seek […]
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Creating Linguistically and Culturally Competent Suicide Prevention Materials
This guide is designed to help public health practitioners produce suicide prevention materials for specific cultural and linguistic communities. Developed in collaboration with the California Mental Health Services Authority (CalMHSA), it is based on their work to adapt suicide prevention materials for a variety of cultural and linguistic populations in California. The guide contains key […]
Addressing Depression and Stress in African American Men
The Brother, You’re on My Mind toolkit provides Omega Psi Phi Fraternity chapters and partners with the materials needed to educate fellow fraternity brothers and community members on depression and stress in African American men. The toolkit also aims to communicate the importance of seeking help for mental health problems and to encourage affected individuals to […]
The State of Mental Health in America 2018
For the fourth year in a row, Mental Health America (MHA) released its annual State of Mental Health in America Report, which ranks all 50 states and the District of Columbia based on several mental health and access measures. This year, Massachusetts came out on top overall with Nevada coming in 51st place. In developing the […]
All Kinds of Minds: Shattering Mental Illness Preconceived Notions
This TED playlist All Kinds of Minds has powerful stories that shatter preconceived notions about mental illness, and pose the provocative question: What can the world learn from different kinds of minds? A tale of Mental Illness — from the Inside: A legal scholar, in 2007 Saks came forward with her own story of schizophrenia, controlled by drugs […]
Facilitating Health Communication with Immigrant, Refugee, and Migrant Populations
The increasingly diverse ethnic composition of the United States population has created a profound and ongoing demographic shift, and public health and health care organizations face many challenges as they move to address and adapt to this change. To better understand how the public health and health care communities can meet the challenges of serving […]