Hands On Advocacy
2018-2019 Campaign: Addressing Disparities in Mental Health
Campaign Areas of Focus:
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Mental health parity
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Telemedicine restrictions
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Physician depression
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Suicide prevention
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Education of middle school and high school students
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More mental health resources (for physicians & patients)
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Outreach to existing organizations
Gaps in Crisis Lines
Recent News on Mental Health
Mental Health in the Black Community
Minnesota Mental Health Resources
National Alliance on Mental Illness Minnesota
"NAMI Minnesota (National Alliance on Mental Illness) is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of children and adults with mental illnesses and their families. For over 40 years, NAMI Minnesota has worked to promote the development of community mental health programs and services, change public attitudes about mental illnesses, improve access to services and increase opportunities for recovery."
National Institute of Mental Health
"The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is the lead federal agency for research on mental disorders. NIMH is one of the 27 Institutes and Centers that make up the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the largest biomedical research agency in the world. NIH is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)."
Mental Health Minnesota
"Mental Health Minnesota was founded in 1939, and was the state’s first mental health advocacy and education organization. We are a non-profit and non-partisan organization, and an affiliate of Mental Health America."
The Minnesota Psychiatric Society (MPS) is a District Branch of the American Psychiatric Association. It represents 400+ physicians — MN psychiatrists in training and in practice, in all subspecialties from child to geriatrics, and in practice settings from solo offices to hospitals, academia, integrated care, prisons, and more.
