Community perspective by Donna Winant. Academic perspective by Carol Lim, MD, MPH…
Community-Academic Partnership to Improve the Psychiatric Care of Justice-Involved Individuals with Serious Mental Illness
Leaving the Therapist’s Office Behind: Getting Evidence-Based Emotion Regulation Skills to Youth with Criminal Justice System Involvement
Youth involved in the criminal justice system have unaddressed mental health needs, which have been shown to significantly increase their risk of re-offending and re-incarceration (1). Thus, it is a top priority to equip these youth with emotional health strategies to boost their mental health…
The Crime Is Not The Person: Assessment and Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress in Correctional Settings
As a psychiatrist, my calling is to deeply listen to the people who come to me for help, and to help them understand who they are and how they’ve come to be in their present circumstances. Indeed, a central task of a mental health provider is to help people learn…
How Racism Affects Mental Health, Policing, and Incarceration
In October 2016, a resident in New York City (NYC) called 911 stating that their neighbor, Ms. Deborah Danner, was acting “erratic”, by yelling and screaming. The NY Police Department sent over an officer…
Primary Prevention for Criminal Justice System Involvement
Desiderius Erasmus, a Dutch philosopher, describes the principle which is at the core of modern medicine: preventing an illness, called primary prevention, is better than curing an illness once it has begun, called secondary prevention…
Article: Challenges of Responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic and the COVID-19 Vaccine in Nepal
Introduction
Nepal, one of the least developed countries with a population of about 28 million, is a landlocked country surrounded by India and China. The first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in the capital city, Kathmandu, on January 23, 2020. As of April 8, 2021, there…
Community Partner Article: Cory Johnson Program: Coping in this Season of COVID-19
The Cory Johnson Program for Post-Traumatic Healing (CJP) is a spiritually inspired, community-based, clinically supported program that addresses the epidemic of post-traumatic stress in urban neighborhoods including exposure to violence, poverty, and racism…
Article: COVID-19 Vaccinations in Latinx Communities
States are striving to distribute more COVID-19 vaccines to communities of color, as concern escalates over racial inequities in vaccine distribution. State-level data show a racial disparity, with Black and Latinx people obtaining fewer COVID-19 vaccinations than their white counterparts, despite their higher risks of contracting COVID-19…
Health Equity and Vaccination Rates: What Will it Take?
The Spring 2021 Newsletter was dedicated to what is the public health decision of a lifetime for adults in the United States – whether to receive a vaccination for COVID-19…
Article: Understanding and Coping with Substance Use and Mental Health
Substance use problems, including alcohol and drug misuse, are much more common in people with mental health challenges than in the general population. For example, about 50% of people with serious mental health challenges experience problematic substance use at some point in their lives, compared to only about 15% of people without a mental health condition. Why are the rates of substance use problems so much higher in people with a mental health condition?…