The Toolkit for Community Conversations About Mental Health is designed to be a resource to help those interested in holding a conversation about mental health. It is comprised of three parts described below, that will help communities and groups plan and facilitate a dialogue about mental health. Information Brief | En Español — Provides data and […]
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Culturally Focused Depression Screening, Diagnosis and Consultation
Ethnic minorities with depression are much more likely to be cared for by primary care physicians than by specialists in mental health. These providers may face difficulty in correctly diagnosing depression in patients from another ethnic background, due to different cues or vocabulary used by patients to describe symptoms, as well as other cultural barriers. […]
Online Toolkit for Enhancing Mental Health Service Delivery to Hispanics
This resource consists of various print, video and audio resources designed to assist mental health agency administrators and their governing leadership, as well as direct service providers, to best attract, engage and serve Hispanics in a culturally and linguistically competent manner. When utilized collectively, the resources can serve as valuable tools for eliminating the array […]
Trauma-Informed Child Welfare Practice Toolkit
Creating Trauma-Informed Child Welfare Systems: A Guide for Administrators, comprises the first installment of a complete toolkit to be issued at the end 2012 as the Trauma-Informed Child Welfare Practice Toolkit. The project was established as an National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) Category II Center in the Spring of 2010 to improve services for children involved in the […]
Online Tool Helps Latino Parents to Prevent Kids’ Substance Use
The Partnership at Drugfree.org recently launched a free online toolkit for Hispanic parents and families to use as a resource in order to help them prevent their children from abusing drugs and alcohol. This bilingual (Spanish and English) resource provides clear, understandable content with customized checklists, how-to guides and videos featuring Hispanic parents and experts […]
A Toolkit for Counting Homeless Youth: Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority & The California Homeless Youth Project
Researchers, policymakers and advocates agree that there is no good statewide estimate of the number of youth living on the streets, “couch surfing”, living in cars or in other unstable living conditions. This is significant because in order to make good program and policy decisions, we need to be able to: Establish benchmarks Measure change over […]