Mental health

Los Medios de Comunicación Creados Por y Para Los Inmigrantes: Nuevas Voces Para la Salud Comunitaria
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

Immigrant Media Making, New Voices for Community Health
 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

The Stories of Four New Routes Leaders
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
Twa Zanmi (Three Friends) Project Impact 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
Patient Voices: Digital Stories from People who Live with Serious Diseases
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 Health Campaign in Chinese American Communities Launched
“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
Deportation by Default
“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
Many mentally disabled immigrants stuck in limbo, deportation report says
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
World Refugee Day in Atlanta Celebrated with Music & Diversity
 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

National Campaign To Raise Awareness About Mental Health Problems in Multicultural Communities
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
National Network to Eliminate Disparities (NNED) in Behavioral Health
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
Egal Shidad: Stories of Somali Health
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 Story on Mental Health Recovery in Haiti
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 Media
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
Leaders Discuss Making the Egal Shidad Programs for Somali
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
Tell the women they should never feel scared: Domestic violence and digital storytelling
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
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US Conference on African Immigrant Health (USCAIH) 2010
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

Disabled Immigration Detainees Mistreated
A study has found mistreatment of the mentally ill held in immigration detention. Nina Bernstein in the New York Times. read more
In Haiti, Mental Health System Is in Collapse
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
Ethnic Seniors Grapple with Depression--Alone
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
Downward mobility tied to depression in immigrants
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
Report: A Place to Call Home: What Immigrants Say Now About Life in America
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
The Americanization of Mental Illness
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 Hid Truth of Immigrant Deaths in Jail
“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
Documents Reveal Earlier Immigrant Deaths
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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