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This web page features a compilation of resources that explore individual and community health disparities and tools for improving healthcare access for affected populations. It includes background information regarding systemic racism and health inequities and provides resources that offer best practices for providing accessible and competent care.
View ResourceThis report details the vulnerabilities people with substance use disorders faced during the COVID-19 pandemic. It provides recommendations on expanding and sustaining telehealth modalities to improve access use for people with substance use disorders during the pandemic and beyond.
View ResourceFew public safety personnel are adequately trained to implement drug misuse prevention programs in communities of people who are Black, Indigenous, or other people of color. This resource is an environmental scan including a literature review, 11 key informant interviews, and two roundtable discussions.
View ResourceHHS is the U.S. Government’s principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services, especially for those who are least able to help themselves.
View ResourceThis resource explains complex trauma that may be experienced in urban African American children, youth, and families. It highlights possible experiences with structural violence, racism, and other complex traumas to explore challenges and barriers to receiving mental health services.
View ResourceThis guide discusses barriers and challenges to accessing substance use disorder and mental health treatment services in rural communities. It also gives information on implementing telehealth as a method to increase access to services and the benefits of telehealth.
View ResourceCompatible with iPhone, iPad, and Android and BlackBerry devices, this app is designed to support responders in meeting the mental health and substance use-related (behavioral health) needs of disaster-affected communities. It can be used to access preparedness and response information and to find local behavioral health services for referrals.
View ResourceThis article reviews advances that have been made in research and experience after 9/11 that have led to the development of evidence-based and evidence-informed guidelines and strategies to support the design and implementation of public mental health programs after terrorism and disaster. [Authors: Watson, P.J., Brymer, M. J., and Bonanno, G. A.]
View ResourceThis report describes a study to identify promising practices for rural mental health and substance use-related programs across the United States. The report explains the importance of promising practices, defines and describes promising practices, and presents in Appendix C the programs included in the study.
View ResourceThis document reports on the findings of a project to understand issues in mental and substance use disorder services in rural areas. It covers barriers to mental health and substance use disorder service delivery, model programs and policy strategies, and the roles of telehealth and state and local organizations in service delivery in rural communities.
View ResourceThis web page delves into the mental health needs of Hispanic/Latinx communities in the United States. It sheds light on the challenges these communities encounter, such as language barriers, poverty, and stigma surrounding mental health issues, while also offering guidance on how to access culturally sensitive and linguistically appropriate care.
View ResourceThis web page explores mental health in the Latino/a/e/x community. It includes information regarding barriers within the community that hinder access to and pursuit of mental health services, guidance for finding a mental health service provider, and resources in Spanish and English.
View ResourceThis toolkit is designed to support psychiatrists in providing treatment and services to Hispanics coping with stress and trauma induced by prejudice and discrimination. It provides insights into the impact of anti-Hispanic sentiment, discrimination, and unfavorable government policies on mental health. The toolkit further offers assessment and treatment recommendations, emphasizing cultural competency and access to mental health services.
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