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Child and adolescent mental health
American Psychiatric Association, whose offerings include its Mental Health Disparities: Diverse Populations analyses of mental health/health care among African Americans, Native Americans/Alaska Natives, rural Appalachians, Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders, LGBTQ, Muslims, women and refugees from other nations.
American Psychological Association
American Society of Hispanic Psychiatry
Asian American Psychological Association
Asian Mental Health Collective
Association for the Medically Underserved, which has addressed suicide prevention and the mental health of physicians and other health care providers during Covid-19.
Black Psychiatrists of America
Mental Health in America 2020: This annual report ranks all 50 states and the District of Columbia based on several mental health and access measures. This year’s report includes:
- The State of Mental Health in America – Home
- Ranking Guidelines
- Ranking the States -Results of Overall, Adult, Youth, Prevalence, and Access to Care Rankings
- Adult Data – Adult Prevalence and Access Data
- Youth Data – Youth Prevalence and Access Data
- Prevalence Data – How many adults and youth have a mental health or substance use problem in America?
- Access to Care Data – How many adults and youth have access to insurance and mental health treatment in America?
- Glossary and Citations – For Indicators & Positive and Poor Outcomes
National Alliance on Mental Illness calls itself the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization. Its executives include mental health clinicians. Its local affiliates, and national office, pursue an array of advocacy, patient navigation, policy reform and other endeavors. Many of those affiliates, focusing on cultural competency, also have programs specifically addressing mental health concerns of persons of color.
National Latinx Psychological Association
Society of Indian Psychologists (Native American clinicians)
Treatment Advocacy Center, a national nonprofit, focuses on broadening access to care for those with mental illness and has done considerable research and advocacy involving the disproportionate tally of persons with mental illness who wind up in the criminal justice system. The centers research/programs include and focus on:
- Consequences of non-treatment.
- Criminalization of mental illness.
- Taxpayer costs of incarcerating the mentally ill, often ill-advisedly.
- Psychiatric bed shortages.
- De-mythologizing the mentally ill as society’s most violence when, in fact, they are more likely to be victims than perpetrators of violence.