Brochures and Fact Sheets

African American community mental health fact sheet
Fact Sheet providing a brief review of mental health facts pertaining to the African American community, including a list of barriers to treatment.

Cultural diversity series: Meeting the mental health needs of African Americans: Executive summary
A series of technical assistance reports focusing on the mental health needs and access issues of diverse ethnic and non-ethnic populations. The report provides a demographic and cultural overview of African Americans, describes their mental health needs, and describes traditional patterns of service utilization and suggests strategies for enhancing access to effective, culturally competent mental health services.

Changing minds, advancing mental health for Hispanics/NAMI New Jersey: Family to Family project
Project abstract of The New Jersey Mental Health Institute, Inc. in which it proposes to achieve consensus for implementing NAMI national?s exemplary practice, the Family-to-Family Education program. The program will be geared towards Hispanics, the fastest growing and largest ethnic minority group in our State and Nation.

Black women and mental health
A brief article that addresses mental health and Black women in the U.S. It provides an array of information including information on attitudes towards mental health and suggestions for improvement.

Healthy women building healthy communities [Toolkit]
This toolkit from the Bright Futures for Women?s Health and Wellness (BFWHW) Initiative is for women who want to improve the health of their communities. It will helps women plan, carry out, and evaluate a physical activity and/or healthy eating event. The ideas can be applied to events that focus on mental health and stigma reduction.

Depression and African Americans: Not 'just the blues'
Fact sheet geared towards African Americans that describes clinical depression.