Lift Every Voice: A Call to Action to
Promote the Mental Health of the Black Family 

You can view the Lift Every Voice Town Hall here

NAMI/Steve Fund Virtual Town Hall Resources

The Steve Fund Resouces

• Young Gifted & Well Family Webinars focused on supporting young people of color and their families. 
• Lift Every Voice Infographic – Click Here to Download

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE INFOGRAPHIC

References Lift Every Voice Infographic

• American Psychiatric Association. Mental Health Facts for African Americans. 2017

• Bor, J., et al. Police killings and their spillover effects on the mental health of black Americans: a population-based, quasi-experimental study. The Lancet. July 28, 2018; 392(10144), 302-310. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(18)31130-9

• The Commonwealth Fund. Beyond the Case Count: The Wide-Ranging Disparities of COVID-19 in the United States. Issue briefs, September 10,  2020.

• Cook, B.L., et al. Assessing Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Treatment across Episodes of Mental Health Care. Health Serv Res. 2014 Feb; 49(1): 206–229. doi: 10.1111/1475-6773.12095

• Fowers, A. and Wan, W. Depression and Anxiety Spiked Among Black Americans After George Floyd’s Death. Washington Post, June 12, 2021.

• Maura, J and de Mamani, A.W. Mental Health Disparities, Treatment Engagement, and Attrition

• Among Racial/Ethnic Minorities with Severe Mental Illness: A Review.  Clin Psychol Med Settings. Dec. 2017;24(3-4):187-210.  doi: 10.1007/s10880-017-9510-2

• Schwartz, R.C. and Blankenship, D.M. Racial disparities in psychotic disorder diagnosis: A review of empirical literature. World J Psychiatry. Dec. 22, 2014; 4(4): 133–140.  doi: 10.5498/wjp.v4.i4.133

• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. 2019 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, Detailed Tables. September 11, 2020

Speaker Resources

• The Congressional Black Caucus: Emergency Task Force on Black Youth Suicide & Mental Health.  Chair, Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman Taskforce on Black Youth Suicide and Mental Health | U.S. Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman (house.gov)
• Dr. Napoleon Higgins: Global Health Psychiatry – A Mindset. A Mission. A Movement. (ghpsychiatry.org)

National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Resources

• NAMI Sharing Hope website
• Identity and Cultural Dimensions
• NAMI Sharing Hope YouTube Playlist
• NAMI African American/Black Playlist

Other Helpful Resouces

• BEAM
• Hurdle
• National Queer & Trans Therapists of Color Network
• The Boris L. Henson Foundation
• Community Healing Network: Tool Kit: Healing in the Face of Cultural Trauma. Click here to download.

You may also visit stevefund.org and nami.org or email us at lifteveryvoice@nami.org