When the flu pandemic hit the United States in 1918, medical care was a privilege reserved for the elite. But the widespread outbreak of a deadly virus did not adhere to social hierarchies. It highlighted an inadequate system that too few could access. As a result, forward-thinking people built a public health infrastructure from scratch - one which we still see the critical value of today.

 

 

The coronavirus pandemic has not only wreaked havoc on the physical well-being of Americans across the country, but it has also exacerbated mental and behavioral health struggles for people of all ages, especially children. At a time when so many families are grappling with financial hardships and health concerns, the mental health of young people has taken a considerable hit, experts say.

 

 

The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is interested in hearing from all interested parties about the next generation of innovative research priorities to improve mental health outcomes among minority and health disparities populations in the U.S. The NIMH is deeply committed to improving minority health outcomes and addressing mental health disparities through cutting-edge research.

 

We appreciate your responses by October 30, 2020. All comments must be submitted via email as text or as an attached electronic document. Your responses should be addressed to: [email protected]. Please include the Notice number (NOT-MH-20-073) in the subject line. Responses to this RFI are voluntary. The submitted information will be reviewed by NIH staff.

 

We also appreciate any assistance you can provide in encouraging your networks to respond to this RFI. Thank you in advance!

 

Real Talk is a discussion series highlighting topics pertaining to the Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) Community, the Black Lives Matter (BLM) Movement, systemic racism, and racial injustice.

 

It is facilitated by the hosts of our "People of Color" Support Group: Dewonna Howard & CW Johnson, as well as Kozi Arrington from PEERS in the East Bay.

 

To receive the Zoom link for this discussion, please email [email protected] 

 

Please join us for the webinar series, Eliminating Inequities in Behavioral Health Care. The aim of this five (5) week webinar series is to increase participants' knowledge about the interplay between structural racism, behavioral health institutional racism, implicit bias, and behavioral health disparities. It also offers education about strategies to decrease, and ultimately, eliminate racial disparities in access, quality and outcomes of behavioral health treatment. This series is sponsored by the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS).

 

The target audience for the series includes behavioral health care leadership, administrators and managers, ethnic service managers, peer professionals, clinical supervisors, clinicians/direct care providers, and care managers.