NNEDLearn 2014 Participant: Toiyabe Indian Health Project Description: Toiyabe Indian Health Project (TIHP) partnered with Indian Health Services in 1968 to develop Toiyabe Family Services. Family Services proposes to strengthen Indian families and communities by providing professional therapeutic counseling combined with prevention strategies and counseling intervention with a strong emphasis on cultural and traditional activities. Services include drug and […]
Mental health
Critical Case Tracking Committee: Reporting and Tracking System to Identify At-Risk Individuals
NNEDLearn 2014 Participant: Mental Health Providers of Western Queens Description: The Critical Case Tracking Committee (CCTC) is a multi-level reporting and tracking system designed to identify at-risk and high need recipients and to provide guidance and support in their treatment and care. Specific CCTC functions include: Provide clinical consultations and suggest relevant therapeutic interventions to psychotherapists and supervisors Coordinate […]
Gender Minority Stress, Mental Health, and Relationship Quality: A Dyadic Investigation of Transgender Women and Their Cisgender Male Partners
High rates of stigma, discrimination and financial hardship don’t only affect the many transgender women who face these challenges. According to a study in the Journal of Family Psychology, they can affect their cisgender (non-transgender) male partners as well. The findings were not surprising to several advocates who are transgender women living with HIV, and […]
Decreasing Family Violence and Recidivism For African American Men
Description: Intervention: recruitment, training, and retention of African American batterers intervention professionals and training for others to increase cultural competence Prevention/Early Intervention: Creation of batterers intervention ‘peer mentors’ who are African American men and others that have successfully completed programs and remain abuse free. Peer Mentors who support men in batterers intervention and help encourage […]
Three Out of Four Children with Mental Health Needs in California Do Not Receive Treatment Despite Having Health Care Coverage
More than 300,000 California children ages 4 to 11 have mental health needs, yet only one-fourth of them received mental health care in 2007 and 2009. Health insurance coverage and a usual source of care typically facilitate mental health service use; however, this is not the case for children with mental health needs. This policy […]
Family Influences on the Use of Mental Health Services among African Americans
Family history of mental health disorders impacts utilization of mental health services among African-Americans, according to a study published in the June issue of the Journal of Health and Social Behavior. Alice P. Villatoro and Carol S. Aneshensel, PhD, from the University of California in Los Angeles examined the impact of families on mental health […]