Lakota Voice Project is a public service campaign started to help stem a tide of suicide among reservation youths. The radio and television messages feature Pine Ridge residents and focus on a message that hope can overcome bullying, dysfunctional home life and relationships gone bad on the reservation. Suicide is a leading cause of death among young […]
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Community Access: Building Hopes, Homes and Futures
Community Access was founded in 1974 as a response to the mass release of patients from New York’s psychiatric hospitals. The founders pooled their energies, monies and efforts to assist residents in obtaining housing, reconnecting with the community, finding work and rebuilding social ties. These early efforts became the prototype for one of the nation’s […]
Guide in Punjabi: Tips for Talking to Children and Youth After Traumatic Events
The guide helps parents and teachers recognize and address problems in children and teens affected by the trauma after an act of violence. Describes signs of stress reactions that are common in young trauma survivors at different ages, and offers tips on how to help. Population of focus: Sikh and Punjabi children and youth Link […]
Substance Abuse & Mental Health Treatment Services Locator
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) provides an on-line directory for locating drug and alcohol abuse treatment programs, and mental health treatment facilities and programs. The Substance Abuse Treatment Facility Locator lists private and public facilities that are licensed, certified, or otherwise approved for inclusion by their State substance abuse agency, and […]
Empowering our Spirits Tribal Suicide Prevention Initiative
NNEDLearn 2012 Training Track: Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training The Empowering Our Spirits Program is a comprehensive, integrated, three-tiered prevention approach to decrease Apache youth suicidal behavior (death, attempts, ideation) by promoting protective factors and reducing risk factors on a community, family and individual level. Population of focus Native American youth Implementation The Universal tier increases […]
Latino Multifamily Group (Latino MFG) Program
NNED Community of Practice: Latino Multifamily Group (Latino MFG) Program The Latino Multifamily Group (Latino MFG) program facilitates the involvement of Spanish-speaking Latino families in mental health services for their ill family members. Based on the Multifamily Group program first developed by Dr. William McFarlane and widely validated, the Latino MFG program is presented in Spanish […]