Results for Minority Mental Health
“Everyone’s reaching out to us like, How did this happen? How did you do this? What is the secret ingredient? This is the ingredient: if you are serving a community, hire them, consult with them first, and make sure they are there. That is it.” —Rochelle Williams, Tribal Operations Manager for VOAWW The seemingly simple… View Article
Published on - November 13, 2023 9:04 pm
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We asked our Vibrant Military and Veteran Programs Team to share thoughts for the upcoming Veterans Day holiday, specifically about working with and for the Service Member, Veteran, and Family (SMVF) population. Here are their responses: Contributed by Dr. Kate Metro, Program Director; Gretchen Domek, Program Manager; Ryan Seymour, Program Manager: Standards, Training, and Practice;… View Article
Published on - November 6, 2023 7:31 pm
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BY JEANNETTE CRUZ, INTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER We asked Dra. Monserrate Allende Santos, Director of Puerto Rico’s Línea PAS, (Puerto Rico’s 988 system), to tell us more about the crisis line. Here’s what she had to say. Tell us how long you’ve been working in mental health: I’ve been in the mental health field since 1989,… View Article
Published on - October 17, 2023 3:33 pm
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Vibrant Emotional Health Media Contact: Divendra Jaffar, [email protected] New York, NY (June 29, 2023) – Vibrant Emotional Health is disheartened that the United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) ruled against affirmative action in higher education. As one of the nation’s leading mental health organizations, we know firsthand that underserved and highly marginalized communities, specifically communities of color,… View Article
Published on - June 30, 2023 6:03 pm
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Three years ago, on May 25, 2020, our country began mourning the public murder of George Floyd, who, while going to a local corner store in Minneapolis, was murdered by police officer Derek Chauvin. The video of this incident and his dying words, “I can’t breathe,” moved millions of people worldwide to take a stand against… View Article
Published on - May 25, 2023 3:07 pm
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This page is regularly updated with new resources and information. According to SAMHSA, nearly one fifth (18.7%) of Native American and Alaska Native adults experienced mental illness in 2019. Additionally, suicide rates amongst Native American and Alaska Native adolescents are over double the rate of white adolescents. This community faces many complicated, interrelated challenges that… View Article
Published on - October 26, 2022 4:24 pm
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This page is regularly updated with new resources and information. The Latine community is very diverse and includes people from several different nations. The word typically refers to individuals from Spanish-speaking countries, especially those of Latin America. Furthermore, while the Latine community may share a language and various attributes, it is important to acknowledge that… View Article
Published on - October 12, 2022 8:01 pm
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By Anitha Iyer, PhD, Chief Clinical Officer and Vice President, Crisis and Behavioral Health Technologies at Vibrant Emotional Health The decision to seek mental health care requires one to overcome various internal barriers. For ethnic minorities and/or immigrants, additional systemic barriers may further complicate care-seeking and connection. Systemic barriers that impact minority and immigrant communities… View Article
Published on - July 16, 2019 7:27 pm
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