Mental health
Este informe ofrece una guía para organizaciones comunitarias y para aquellos que invierten en el cambio social y entienden el poder de los medios de... read more
This report offers guidance for community organizations and those who fund social change in how best to harness the power of local media-making for community... read more
Guillermina Castellanos
(Domestic Workers Safety and Dignity Project), Sara Rohde and Mukhtar
Gaaddasaar (Egal Shidad) and Nadia Sol Ireri Unzueta Carrasco (Salud:
Healing Through the... View video
In Boston, Haitian immigrants are creating media and holding community meetings to address their cultural dislocation and chronic mental health issues. After the January 2010... View video
In Patient Voices, The New York Times features digital first person stories of the challenges patients face as they cope with various health issues, including... Visit website
“Mental illnesses, including depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder and
schizophrenia, are widespread in the U.S. According to The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), from
2004... read more
“This 98-page report says that immigrants with mental disabilities are
often unjustifiably detained for years on end, sometimes with no legal
limits. The report documents case after... Visit website
From the Chicago Tribune: NEW YORK — Thousands of mentally disabled immigrants are entangled in deportation proceedings each year with little or no legal help,... Visit website
Cheering music from around the world starts off this enjoyable radio program recorded on World Refugee Day 2010. Then you can listen to on-site interviews... Listen to audio
The Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration
(SAMHSA), in collaboration with the Ad Council, announced the launch of a
national public service advertising (PSA)... read more
This organization works toward behavioral health equity for all individuals, families, and communities. The NNED website supports information sharing, training and technical
assistance among organizations and... Visit website
This hour long program provides mental health information for Somalis and organizations working with Somalis. Through storytelling it encourages Somalis to seek resources. English subtitles... View video
PBS did a Q&A Interview with Father Eddy Eustache, a priest and psychologist in Haiti on the issues confronting mental health workers in Port Au... read more
Healthy Roads has revised its website and added a substantial number of new resources in several media formats. It provides access to health information in... Visit website
Saeed Fahia and Zuhur Ahmed, Somali community leaders in the Twin Cities, talk to host Mike Wassensaar on the St. Paul Forum about making the... View video
By Jen Gilomen, Lead Developer of Strategic Initiatives, Bay Area Video Coalition
“I am telling a story that had a great impact on
my family. Something we... read more
The first of its kind, the USCAIH 2010 will encompass the following elements that are considered critical in addressing health disparities in the African Diaspora:... Listen to audio
A study has found mistreatment of the mentally ill held in immigration detention. Nina Bernstein in the New York Times. read more
As disasters often do in poor countries, Haiti’s earthquake has exposed the extreme inadequacies of its mental health services just at the moment when they... read more
Depression is a serious problem among ethnic elders who are often less likely than white seniors to get appropriate and effective treatment. Poverty, lack of... Visit website
Immigrants to the U.S. may face an increased risk of depression if they feel they've lost the social standing they once had in their native... read more
Public Agenda's phone survey of more than 1100 US immigrants captures immigrant perspectives on a tumultuous period in history. This follow-up to a 2002 survey... Visit website
For more than a generation now, we in the West have aggressively spread our modern knowledge of mental illness around the world. We have done... read more
“Officials, some of them still on the job, used their role as overseers to cover up evidence of mistreatment of immigrants in federal custody.” Nina... read more
Recently obtained documents shed light on immigrant deaths that occurred while immigrants were held in detention. They foreshadow later ones that galvanized public attention. Nina... read more
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This report (PDF 3.8MB) offers guidance for community organizations and those who fund social change in how best to harness the power of local media-making for community health improvement. Spanish-language version is now available. Una versión en español de este informe esta en la web.








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