Mental health

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
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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
Awards for Advancing Minority Mental Health
Awards of $5,000 will be given to individual professionals, mental health programs, and organizations working to raise awareness of mental illness in underserved minority communities....Brochure, instructions and... read more
Most Depressed Adults Go Without Treatment, Especially Minority Populations
Most depressed adults in the United States don't get the minimum recommended treatment, and the vacuum is especially dramatic among minority populations. . . [O]ne in five... read more
Egal Shidad STD Discussion Guide
Because students in adult English class are very diverse (including men and women, young and old, religious and non-religious, et cetera) and because discussing issues of sexuality... read more
Dr. Astride Desrosiers speaking on Haitian mental health
Dr. Astride Desrosiers speaks at a conference in Cambridge Massachusetts in November of 2008 about mental health issues in the Haitian community. In October 2009,... read more
Latina Teens at High Risk for Suicide
One in seven Latina teens attempts suicide, according to the CDC. Mother-daughter conflict drives many Latinas to the brink, psychologist Luis Zayas, a psychologist at... read more
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COMING November 10: A Somali Program about Sexually Transmitted Diseases
The Egal Shidad Project team is deep in the production process for its upcoming program on sexually transmitted diseases.   You will hear from renowned Somali... read more
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