National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month

July is National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month. The goal is to bring awareness to the unique struggles that racial and ethnic minority communities face regarding mental illness in the United States. In honor of this, the Mountain Plains PTTC would like to share the following resources:

National Resources:

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration (SAMHSA):

• Behavioral Health Locator 

• SAMHSA Report on Behavioral Health Disparities in Black and Latino

• SAMHSA Behavioral Health Equity: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

• The Opioid Crisis and the Hispanic/Latino Population: An Urgent Issue

National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)

• LGBTQI Mental Health 
• Mental Health by the Numbers
• Strength Over Silence: Stories Of Courage, Culture And Community

Other

• LGBTQ+ Communities and Mental Health | Mental Health America
• Mentalhealth.gov
• Asian American/Pacific Islander Communities And Mental Health
• BIPOC and LGBTQ+ Mental Health, Infographic 
• The Opioid Crisis and Racial/Ethnic Minority Population

TTC Resources: 

National Hispanic and Latino PTTC 

• Resources on Suicide Prevention, May 2022
• Toward Equity-Focused Prevention of Substance Misuse for Hispanic and Latin Populations: Old Trends and New Directions, April 2022

Central East PTTC: 

• Providing Culturally Appropriate Healthcare for LGBTQ Persons of Color, May 2021
• Suicide Prevention and LGBTQ Communities, August 2019

Mental Health TTC

• Developing Anti-Racism Strategies in Behavioral Health Agencies Webinar, June 2021
• Diversity & Difference Webinar, June 2021
• How to Talk to Youth about Race & Racial Trauma, June 2022
• Native LGBTQ+/Two Spirit Youth Bullying, June 2022
• Racial Equity and Cultural Diversity Resources
• Racial Equity Resource Packet, June 2020
• Structural Racism and Mental Health: Challenges and Opportunities, March 2021
• Suicide Attempts and Culturally Responsive Approaches for Latinos, September 2020