'Bear Our Pain': The Plea For More Black Mental Health Workers
"I get calls from people right now asking, 'Can't you refer me to a Black psychiatrist?' And because there are so few of us, I'm limited...
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sramos90
- Jul 3, 2020
- 1 min
July is Minority Mental Health Month!
July is Minority Mental Health Month! Free toolkit available for download! Mental Health America has developed content for our 2020...
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sramos90
- Jun 25, 2020
- 1 min
We Don’t Need Cops to Become Social Workers: We Need Peer Support + Community Response Networks
“Replace the cops with mental health workers!” is a really well-intentioned statement, but the current mental health system is also a...
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sramos90
- Jun 16, 2020
- 1 min
Take Action!
Today, years of hard-fought civil liberty protections are under threat— and to influence lawmakers, we need everyone to get involved....
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sramos90
- Jun 11, 2020
- 1 min
Talking About Race
Talking about race, although hard, is necessary. The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture is here to...
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sramos90
- Jun 10, 2020
- 1 min
'Defund the police' is a Call to imagine a safer America
Weeks of sustained anger and grief after the police killing of George Floyd have reignited a public debate over police brutality in the...
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sramos90
- Jun 8, 2020
- 3 min
Cal Voices' Response to the Killing of George Floyd and Resulting Protests
Cal Voices Condemns the Killing of George Floyd and Government Efforts to Infringe on Americans’ First Amendment Rights On May 25,...
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sramos90
- Jun 5, 2020
- 1 min
Open letter advocating for an anti-racist public health response to demonstrations
Open letter advocating for an anti-racist public health response to demonstrations against systemic injustice occurring during the...
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sramos90
- May 29, 2020
- 3 min
When We Normalize Racism And Bigotry, We Do Violence To Our Mental Health
The following statement can be attributed to Paul Gionfriddo, president and CEO, Mental Health America "The inexcusable and violent...
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Cecilia Farfan-Mendez
- Aug 2, 2018
- 1 min
Rising suicides in Mexico expose the mental health toll of living with extreme chronic violence
Mexico has suffered one of the world’s highest murder rates for over a decade, a consequence of the government’s aggressive, 12-year-long...
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ERIN MAGNER
- Jun 25, 2018
- 1 min
Why Separating Families at the Border is a Recipe for a Mental Health Disaster
As terrified children, ripped from the arms of their asylum-seeking parents, shiver and cry in prison-like detention centers on the...
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Paul Gionfriddo, president and CEO
- Jun 19, 2018
- 2 min
MHA Joins Leading Nonprofits to Condemn Border Atrocities
"Today, I joined nonprofit colleagues from around the nation in condemning the horrifying actions being taken by our government to...
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dalarcon8
- Apr 12, 2018
- 1 min
Strategic Plan to Reduce Mental Health Disparities
The California Pan-Ethnic Health Network is excited to release the California Reducing Disparities Project: Strategic Plan to Reduce...
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